Maine · Nonprofit
ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being OAK GROVE SCHOOL ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Elm City Community Music School does
Mission
Elm City Community Music School is a place-based hub serving the waterville area that provides opportunities for music making and progressive skill development for people of all ages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Elm City Community Music School offers private lessons and group classes designed to offer comprehensive and inclusive music education to individuals of all ages and skill levels, including private instruction focusing on skill development, technique and music expression. Group classes in wee violin (ages 3-6); rhythm rockers (ages 6-8); rock band (ages 13+) and community sing and adult jam session. All instructors are trained musicians, with experience teaching both privately and in school settings. We are "genre agnostic," encouraging students to explore a range of genres from classical to folk, jazz and rock as well as world music traditions.
$103,465 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $103,465.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Teresa Mckinney
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL’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
ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
100% of ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL's grant income comes from Maine funders.
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.
Against its field
ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
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In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL?
- ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being OAK GROVE SCHOOL ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,500 in grants to ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL.
- Who is the largest funder of ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL?
- OAK GROVE SCHOOL is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELM CITY COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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