Illinois · Nonprofit
FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC
FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being Good Heart Work Smart Foundation ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Friendly School of Folk Music does
Mission
The Friendly School of Folk Music a non profit organization is a musical community that strives to inspire, bring together, and develop musicians of all ages and levels through our unique instructional approach. Our beginner, intermediate and advanced classes are led by professional musicians who guide students at their own pace with attention to individual musical interests. We are a community based organization that is all inclusive, and we strive to make music affordable to all, as well as financially rewarding to our mentors. We provide an environment for all musicians to learn from one another, play together and develop their skills. We encourage our musical family to consider the Friendly School of Folk Music a home where everyone is supported and welcome. We especially encourage our youth to choose music and the arts as a recreational outlet.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Friendly Music School 501c3 is a musical community that strives to inspire, bring together, and develop musicians of all ages and levels through our unique instructional approach. Our beginner, intermediate and advanced classes are led by professional musicians who guide students at their own pace with attention to individual musical interests. We are a community based organization that is all inclusive, and we strive to make music affordable to all, as well as financially rewarding to our mentors. We provide an environment for all musicians to learn from one another, play together and develop their skills. We encourage our musical family to consider the Friendly School of Folk Music a home where everyone is supported and welcome. We especially encourage our youth to choose music and the arts as a recreational outlet.
$70,524 spentof which $1,068 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,524.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC’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 FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC's grant income comes from Illinois 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
FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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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 FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC?
- FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being Good Heart Work Smart Foundation ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC?
- Good Heart Work Smart Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDLY SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2024), 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