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DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC

DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,200 to it, the largest being THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$34k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$23k
Net assets
$-1921
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Downtown Music Productions Inc does

Mission

Live musical performances

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Presentation of modestly priced concerts to adults and children in downtown area and annual production of musical shows involving public school students

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($34k) Expenses 100 ($47k)2018 Revenue 98 ($34k) Expenses 56 ($26k)
20172018
Revenue (98)Expenses (56)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$0
$8k
20172018
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
$7k
’18
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $500.

From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS 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

DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

43%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

94% of DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
NJ

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

74%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC?
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,200 to it, the largest being THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,200 in grants to DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC?
THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 4 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