Arizona · Nonprofit
FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC
FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112,500 to it, the largest being FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC ($112,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $653k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $113k
- Net assets
- $541k
What Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Inc does
Mission
Preservation and promotion of traditional music and dance
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Ffotm presented the 19th annual 3-day pickin in the pines bluegrass & acoustic music festival september 12-14, 2025. The festival attracted total paid attendance of 3500 adults and over 400 children under the age of 15 receiving free admission. The main stage features multiple grammy award-winning bluegrass & acoustic music performances with a total of 17 national, regional and local acts performing bluegrass, folk and old-time music. The festival also offers free educational music workshops that feature fiddle, bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin,and singing instruction. Along with informal music jams, childrens programs, family activities and a traditional dance event, the festival promotes the mission of the organization.
$554,360 spent94% of program spendingOther programs ffotm provided in 2025 include the young jammers music instruction program for local youth ages 9 to 17. Between 30-35 children attended the weekly music lessons in an indoor setting. The program provides children an opportunity to learn how to play traditional music on a free, donated musical instrument. Ffotom also hosts weekly music jams that averages 20 adults, and an annual member campout that averages 50-75 people. Ffotm hosted 7 contra dances. Ffotm also produced a monthly digital newsletter that is published and delivered to members featuring stories, announcements, and a calendar of events.
$23,381 spent4% of program spendingFfotm presented the 23rd annual flagstaff folk festival, a 2-day event held in june providing a venue for over 100 local and regional amateur musicians to perform. Presented on 5 stages, the festival includes educational workshops and jams at a low cost of $15 per person and $5 for seniors and students and children under 18 are free. The festival is a family-friendly event that encourages attendees to bring a musical instrument along to join in the fun. The performance opportunities are open to amateur musicians and exposure to perform in front of a large audience
$14,078 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $591,819.
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 $371k to $473k (+28%).
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 8% · 2018 9% · 2019 7% · 2020 6% · 2021 50% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 8% · 2026 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $23k → $0.
From the IRS filings of FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC 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 FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC?
- FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112,500 to it, the largest being FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC ($112,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $112,500 in grants to FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC?
- FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $112,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 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