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Screen a listDetroit Sound Conservancy
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$308krevenue
FY2025 · −33% in 3 yrs5staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−30.4%
Months of reserve32.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+19.4%
Middle half of peersMedianDetroit Sound Conservancy
Where the money goes FY2025 · $402k spent
Programs$284k71%Management and general$72k18%Fundraising$46k12%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 33% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit gave $150k in FY2022, 33% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 87% in FY2025
$535k in FY2024, $71k in FY2025.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 19% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort17funders
$154ka year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of DetroitOn and off$150kNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesSince FY2022$10k$100kThe Andrew W Mellon FoundationOn and off$100kThe Kresge FoundationStopped after FY2019$35k$18k–The Annenberg FoundationOn and off$35kDetroit Regional Chamber Foundation IncOn and off$30kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$10k$75k$16k6 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$1k$16k$53k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped