New York · Nonprofit
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,805,050 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($4,555,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $8.8M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Chamber Music America Inc does
Mission
Chamber music america's mission is to develop, support, and strengthen the chamber music community. Cma serves as the hub of this field, comprised of individual artists, independent musical ensembles, volunteer and institutional presenters, and others involved in the performance and presentation of small ensemble music.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grant programssix cma grant programs, in which funding is given to ensembles and concert presenters, awarded 74 grants in the following areas:1) classical commissioning: 3 grants were awarded for the creation ofnew chamber works in the classical tradition;2) new jazz works: 14 grants were awarded for the creation, performance, and recording of new works for small ensembles in the jazz idiom;3) presenter consortium for jazz: 15 grants were awarded to fivepresenter consortiums to support multiple performances by jazz ensembles;4) artistic projects: 14 grants were awarded to grant opportunities for small ensembles and presenters based in the five boroughs of new york city with operating budgets under $250,000;5) performance plus: 13 grants were awarded to female-led jazz ensembles to work with artist-educators and produce demo recordings to expand their career opportunities;6) ensemble forward: 9 grants were awarded to young classical ensembles based in the five boroughs of new york city to work with established chamber music coaches to develop their distinctive and cohesive ensemble sound as they build their careers.
$1,944,964 spentof which $1,310,780 as grants66% of program spendingChamber music magazineto highlight the work of chamber ensembles and presenters throughout the country, and to keep the field informed of news within and beyond the chamber music community, cma publishes "chamber music" magazine quarterly. Receiving the magazine is a benefit of membership in cma.
$295,478 spent$174,147 earned by the program10% of program spendingNational conferencecma produces an annual conference each january that brings the membersof the field together for a weekend of learning, sharing bestpractices, showcase performances, and concerts.
$435,659 spent$128,263 earned by the program15% of program spendingMember services, website, professional development, research & advocacy, national chamber music month, and networking events throughout the year.
$292,623 spent$171,463 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,968,724.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $12M to $15M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 2% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 15% · 2022 6% · 2023 11% · 2024 3% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kevin Kwan Loucks
CEO
Board chair
Bryan Young
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $755k → $2.2M.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 89% · 2019 57% · 2020 44% · 2021 79% · 2022 40% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
64% of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$1.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC?
- CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,805,050 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($4,555,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $8,805,050 in grants to CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC?
- DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,555,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing