New York · Nonprofit
FOUND SOUND NATION INC
FOUND SOUND NATION INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,894,265 to it, the largest being BANG ON A CAN ($1,647,728). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $147k
What Found Sound Nation Inc does
Mission
Found sound nation (fsn) is a collective of artists who use the collaborative power of music to connect people across political, cultural and economic divides. We've found that engaging in music creation is an important way for creative leaders in civil societies to develop ideas for building more peaceful and haronious societies. We believe that the art of listening extends far beyond the practice of making music; it's one of the major ways we beecome aware of the beauty, trauma, and hidden potential present in our institutions, neighborhoods and families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Found sound nation partners with local youth, social organizations, music festivals, and artists across all disciplines to engage people from all walks of life in our interactive process of collaborative music, audio, and video production, in order to give voice to underrepresented communities, unlock the creative potential of youth, and bridge cultural and political divides.fiscal year 2025 program activites included the following:global exchanges: onebeatfound sound nation implemented onebeat 14, convening 25 international musicians and creative practitioners for a collaborative exchange focused on co-creation, cultural dialogue, and public-facing artistic work. The program supported participants in developing new musical collaborations, strengthening professional networks, and engaging audiences in the u.s. Through workshops, performances, and related community activities. Program dates: september 18 - october 14, 2024, with pre-planning and post-production throughout the year before and after the program dates. Location & audiences: residency program took place in new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts and maine, serving audiences and workshop participants in those locations.…
$1,626,799 spent$2,911 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,626,799.
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 2020 to 2021, from $27k to $114k (+328%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 26% · 2023 70% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of FOUND SOUND NATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $200k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 FOUND SOUND NATION 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
FOUND SOUND NATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 FOUND SOUND NATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 41% · 2022 54% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
0% of FOUND SOUND NATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% 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
96% of FOUND SOUND NATION INC'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. $112k 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
FOUND SOUND NATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FOUND SOUND NATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Department of State$2.3M
- National Endowment for the Arts$95k
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 FOUND SOUND NATION 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUND SOUND NATION 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 FOUND SOUND NATION INC?
- FOUND SOUND NATION INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,894,265 to it, the largest being BANG ON A CAN ($1,647,728). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUND SOUND NATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,894,265 in grants to FOUND SOUND NATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUND SOUND NATION INC?
- BANG ON A CAN is the largest funder on record, with $1,647,728 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUND SOUND NATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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