Illinois · Nonprofit
Friends of the Band Inc
Friends of the Band Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,500 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($56,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Friends of the Band Inc does
Mission
Collection of funds for Wheaton Municipal Band Money Collected is used to fund the purchase and maintenance of band equipment, pay for music and events and hosting of visiting conductors
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Donations and Grants received for sponsorshipfor the average of 88 band members
$43,891 spent90% of program spendingConcession sales in order to support the organizationprimary purpose for an average of 88 band members
$4,660 spent10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,551.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $23k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 Friends of the Band 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
Friends of the Band Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 Friends of the Band Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2022 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.
Where its funders are
98% of Friends of the Band Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Friends of the Band Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Friends of the Band 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 Illinois
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of the Band 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 Friends of the Band Inc?
- Friends of the Band Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,500 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($56,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Friends of the Band Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $57,500 in grants to Friends of the Band Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Band Inc?
- THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $56,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Band Inc 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 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