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ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE
ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE (New York) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,760,535 to it, the largest being Henry and Elaine Kaufman Foundation Inc ($5,818,000). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 138
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $32M
What Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance does
Mission
Kaufman music center stimulates appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education in ways that awaken creativity, advance innovation, and create a sense of wonder among performers, students, teachers, and the public at large. We believe music is essential to the human experience and a vital component of education for everyone.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Lucy moses school, new york city's largest community school of the arts, serves all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels -- from accomplished musicians to aspiring beginners. Each year 2,500 students of all ages come to lucy moses school for lessons and classes in music, dance, and theater, as well as inspirational performances by peers and master classes by renowned musicians. Advanced students can participate in the young artist program, which includes a study of an instrument, plus theory, ensemble and a robust performing schedule.
$4,260,050 spentof which $182,883 as grants$3,521,380 earned by the program44% of program spendingMerkin hall is renowned for its innovative and diverse programming -- from experimental new works to classical concerts to broadway show tunes and family musicals. Its near perfect acoustics allow for the intimacy of chamber music and large orchestral works to enlightening dialogues between artists and audience. Kaufman music center's presentations include: the artist as curator series, which focuses on musical collaborations across genres that are unexpected, bold and experimental; tuesday matinees, which feature the brightest rising stars in the classical music scene; the broadway close-up series which treats audiences to an insider's view of the musical theater world; what makes it great with rob kapilow, which unravels and explores musical masterpieces with host, performers and audiences asking and finding out: what makes great music great? These flagship series are a natural fit for the center's dual roles in music education and performance.
$2,577,032 spent$1,718,128 earned by the program26% of program spendingSpecial music school opened in 1996 as a k-8 school and expanded in september 2013 to include a high school. It is now the only nyc k-12 public school that features music as a core subjet. Kaufman music center provides the entire music program, which includes private lessons, classes in theory, music history, and chorus. Funding for the music program comes entirely from contributions to kaufman music center since, as a public school, this education is tuition-free for students. The high school music curriculum incorporates technology, enterpreneurship and boasts a robust ensemble program, including chorus, orchestra, wind ensemble, big band, improvisation, and chamber music.
$2,230,130 spentof which $3,360 as grants$130,769 earned by the program23% of program spendingOther program services include birnbaum music library, theatre program, and special projects.
$666,397 spentof which $19,951 as grants$253,565 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,733,609.
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.
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 $27M to $32M (+17%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 16% · 2023 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 48 funders, grant income rose $339k → $4.4M.
22 of 138 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 138 funders by total. 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
ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 18% · 2019 18% · 2020 24% · 2021 48% · 2022 60% · 2023 59% — 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
44% of ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
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
87% of ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE is better cushioned than half of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $450k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$450k
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 ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE?
- ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE (New York) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,760,535 to it, the largest being Henry and Elaine Kaufman Foundation Inc ($5,818,000). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE have?
- IRS filings report 138 organizations giving $15,760,535 in grants to ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE, 94 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE?
- Henry and Elaine Kaufman Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,818,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE 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.
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 138 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing