Ohio · Nonprofit
CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,869 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,150). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $260k
What Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz does
Mission
Educate and promote jazz music awareness.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In March, our stage was pulsing with Pulse and Power: An Evening with GRAMMY Winner Dan Pugach, Dan's explosive energy and bold arrangements, showed a fresh, modern edge that pushed big band jazz into exciting new territory! Our audience loved Dan's personal stories about his music and inspirations. Approximately 200 in attendance.
$9,663 spent36% of program spendingWe celebrated the holiday season with our Jingle Jazz: The Nutcracker Remix Album Release Party. This swinging holiday tradition features jazzy takes on classic carols, soulful seasonal surprises and plenty of cheer. This show is definitely a fan favorite and our biggest show of the season. This year's Jingle Jazz performance was extra special as we unveil our brand-new Nutcracker Remix CD featuring CCJO's adventurous "Nutcracker Remix" suite as well as three special bonus tracks featuring vocalist Mandy Gaines. This digital album is our second album, following Meet the CCJO released in 2024. In addition to selling physical CDs we invested in streaming opportunities and were honored to have our album streamed in Japan, Europe and US over the holiday season. Spreading the jazz around the world over the holidays was extra special when our board members heard songs on SiriusXM driving around Cincinnati. Additionally, our album reached #36 on The JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart in late December, which tracks national and international radio airplay. Approximately 420 in attendance over two nights.
$9,863 spent37% of program spendingIn February, we hosted world-renowned artist in More Than Meets the Ear: Trombonist Robin Eubanks. Robin fused innovation with tradition and brought his electrifying energy and virtuosity to a dynamic evening of contemporary jazz that showed our audiences new avenues in jazz and the trombone. Approximately 200 in attendance.
$7,180 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,706.
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 2022 to 2023, from $97k to $177k (+82%).
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.
52% of CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $63k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ’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
CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 37% · 2023 79% — 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
33% of CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
83% of CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $37k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ?
- CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,869 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,150). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $210,869 in grants to CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $138,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 9 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