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DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC

DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,631,211 to it, the largest being THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION ($990,890). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$1.7M
15/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Detroit Chamber Winds Inc does

Mission

The purpose of dcws is to provide world-class presentations of repertoire that vary in instrumentation but emphasize brass and woodwind instruments. Through these presentations, dcws will build rapport with audiences by performing in intimate concert settings. We will be nationally recognized for our contributions to the arts and locally acclaimed for encouraging new musicians.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To provide world class concerts of unique repertoire in smaller venues which encourage a sense of camaradarie among musicians and a close connection with the audience; as well as offering programs that encourage young musicians.

    $404,434 spent
    41% of program spending
  2. To provide executive and administrative to other arts related non-profit organizations in metro detroit

    $589,052 spent
    59% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $993,486.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($727k) Expenses 100 ($728k) Net assets 100 ($459k)2018 Revenue 125 ($909k) Expenses 118 ($856k) Net assets 114 ($524k)2019 Revenue 189 ($1.4M) Expenses 132 ($961k) Net assets 203 ($934k)2020 Revenue 118 ($858k) Expenses 134 ($979k) Net assets 177 ($812k)2021 Revenue 123 ($897k) Expenses 128 ($932k) Net assets 179 ($821k)2022 Revenue 166 ($1.2M) Expenses 131 ($957k) Net assets 220 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 148 ($1.1M) Expenses 143 ($1.0M) Net assets 229 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 249 ($1.8M) Expenses 161 ($1.2M) Net assets 375 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (249)Expenses (161)Net assets (375)Peer revenue range

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 $1.2M to $1.9M (+58%).

$512k
$591k
$1.0M
$997k
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 5% · 2021 23% · 2022 10% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

65% of DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$427
’17
$53k
’18
$414k
’19
−$121k
’20
−$35k
’21
$252k
’22
$34k
’23
$633k
’24
0.7
months of
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.

Board chair

Geoffrey Nathan

Co-chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2020212120172222
Joined·+2+1+3+1+0+6+2
No longer listed·2032312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $42k → $299k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS 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

DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

25% 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 DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC.

61%
largest funder
76%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 41% · 2019 47% · 2020 56% · 2021 78% · 2022 55% · 2023 61% — growing more concentrated.

“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

50% of DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

96% of DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

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MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $375k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.

Federal$100k
grants $100kcontracts $0
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20
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$100k

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 DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC

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In Michigan

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 7%Fundraising 9%

Governance

24
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

56%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC?
DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,631,211 to it, the largest being THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION ($990,890). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,631,211 in grants to DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC?
THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $990,890 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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