Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC
EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,421 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $335k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $97k
- Net assets
- $78k
What East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband Inc does
Mission
To nbsp;provide nbsp;music nbsp;education nbsp;in nbsp;steelpan nbsp;music nbsp;youth nbsp;development nbsp;cultural nbsp;education nbsp;and nbsp;experiences nbsp;to nbsp;youth nbsp;in nbsp;wards nbsp;7 nbsp;and nbsp;8
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
East of the river steelband offers year-round instruction serving youth ages 8-18 in communities with limited enrichment programs. The program incorporates the history and cultural aspects of the traditional steelpan music of trinidad and tobago.
$304,366 spentof which $313,012 as grants$7,841 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $304,366.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $69k to $79k (+15%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 74% · 2023 83% · 2024 85% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Kimberly C Gaines
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $30 → $49k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND 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
EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
35% 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 EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 51% — 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
71% of EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC has grown faster than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND 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.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC?
- EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,421 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $97,421 in grants to EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND INC?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST OF THE RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS STEELBAND 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 8 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