Minnesota · Nonprofit
CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC
CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being The Afognak Fund ($31,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $946k
What Chatfield Brass Band Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to preserve band music and continue the legacy of its performance. The library exists to collect, repair, catalog, store and make available on a loan basis all types of band music, especially music no longer being published.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
CHATFIELD MUSIC LENDING LIBRARY and ARCHIVE--The Chatfield Music Lending Library and Archive is the only one of its kind in the world today. The library has collected and cataloged 51,280 pieces of band music, many of which are no longer in print. The library lends music to bands and musicians from all over the world. The online catalog is accessible from the library website. The cataloging project continues as not all titles are yet available online. During this fiscal year the library: Loaned 680 individual titles to 416 patrons throughout the USA and foreign countries. 2,336 packages of music have gone through the scanning project. 3 volunteers worked a total of 155 hours 7 visitors
$53,955 spent$16,993 earned by the program85% of program spendingCHATFIELD BRASS BAND--The Chatfield Brass Band is a community band based in Chatfield, MN, with a rich history and strong commitment to free community access to the arts, whether it be as a member or as the audience. With a 50 plus year history, the band remains strong and active while maintaining a visible presence in the arts communities of SE Minnesota. The band has 42 members that come from a 40 mile radius to rehearse and perform. Rehearsals are weekly during the school year. The band sponsors and administrates an 8 week "Music in the Park" free summer concert series, with the Chatfield Brass Band and guest groups. The concerts foster greater knowledge and appreciation of the wide variety of wind music and bring enjoyment to both audience and performers. Other performances include regional parades in their circus-style bandwagon, a community Christmas concert, outreach concerts at senior living centers, and performances at area communities by request. The band is part of the fabric of the community and contributes to the quality of life in our rural area. This fiscal year the 42 member band held 32 rehearsals, performed 8 concerts, and appeared in 1 parade. 4 guest groups…
$9,210 spent15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $831k to $946k (+14%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of CHATFIELD BRASS BAND 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
CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like CHATFIELD BRASS BAND 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 CHATFIELD BRASS BAND 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 CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC?
- CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being The Afognak Fund ($31,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $38,000 in grants to CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC?
- The Afognak Fund is the largest funder on record, with $31,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHATFIELD BRASS BAND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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