Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DC BLUES SOCIETY INC
DC BLUES SOCIETY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,159 to it, the largest being THE BLUE WATERS FOUNDATION ($13,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $36k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $36k
What DC Blues Society Inc does
Mission
To celebrate, preserve, and promote the blues as an original american art form.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The mission of dcbs is to keep the blues music traditions of the washington, dc area alive through live performances, outreach and education. Dcbs relies solely upon the dedication of its volunteers to carry out its program in support of this mission. Funding comes from membership dues, private donations, sponsorships, grants, sales of merchandise, newletter adverising and event ticket sales. Dcbs carries out its programs with regular free events that are open to the public. In addition, dcbs also hosts 2-3 concerts per year where admission is charged.
$27,849 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,849.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $37k (+33%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 DC BLUES SOCIETY 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
DC BLUES SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 94% — 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.
Where its funders are
DC BLUES SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $659 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like DC BLUES SOCIETY 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 Washington, D.C.
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 DC BLUES SOCIETY INC?
- DC BLUES SOCIETY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,159 to it, the largest being THE BLUE WATERS FOUNDATION ($13,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DC BLUES SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $14,159 in grants to DC BLUES SOCIETY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DC BLUES SOCIETY INC?
- THE BLUE WATERS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DC BLUES SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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