Illinois · Nonprofit
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,042 to it, the largest being MMG FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $190k
What Fulton Music Society Inc NFP does
Mission
Aims to transform what music means in the 21st century by nurturing thoughtful, well-rounded students through dedicated music study. We are working to connect the dots between student life and the professional world by emphasizing skills and experiences that translate beyond their instruments. Through our programs, young musicians will be ready to lead their generation in any field they choose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Fulton Summer Music Academy ("FSMA") - Fulton Summer Music Academy is an intensive training program for serious string players taught by world-class faculty under the direction of rising violin pedagogue Addison Teng.
$100,540 spent74% of program spendingFulton In Residence ("FIR") - We believe in music's power to connect people across cultural boundaries by fostering collaboration, communication, and understanding. Through Fulton In Residence, select Fulton Summer Music Academy students have the opportunity to join faculty on tour to destinations across the globe. FIR students experience first-hand the life of a touring musician. Intensive rehearsals and planning occupy the months preceding the tour. During the tour itself, students learn about the flexibility and professionalism needed for a successful collaboration with the host institutions. Ample room is left in the itineraries for local cultural experiences and socializing with their peers.
$4,574 spent3% of program spendingFulton Chamber Players ("FCP") - The Fulton Chamber Players is a classical music ensemble uniting world-class artists to present exceptional programs. Our members are passionate about bringing the highest quality performances to all audiences as well as inspiring the next generation of musicians.
$29,877 spent22% of program spendingFulton Conservatory of Music ("FCON") offers a boutique music education experience for students seeking a tailored, individualized program of study.
$227 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $135,218.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $139k to $190k (+36%).
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.
19% of Fulton Music Society Inc NFP’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. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $26 → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 Fulton Music Society Inc NFP’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
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42 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
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP 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
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
58%
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 Fulton Music Society Inc NFP: 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 Fulton Music Society Inc NFP?
- Fulton Music Society Inc NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,042 to it, the largest being MMG FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Fulton Music Society Inc NFP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,042 in grants to Fulton Music Society Inc NFP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Fulton Music Society Inc NFP?
- MMG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fulton Music Society Inc NFP 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 2021–2025), 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