New York · Nonprofit
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,293 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($260,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $556k
- Net assets
- $210k
What Gotham Early Music Scene Inc does
Mission
The mission of the gotham early music scene (gems) is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in new york city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To further its mission, gotham early music scene, inc. Produced live chamber music concerts in new york city featuring the finest professional musicians; secured paid concert engagements for professional ensembles throughout the united states; and collaborated with a number of other cultural organizations to provide marketing, administrative, and logistical services in support of their concerts.
$1,068,609 spent$615,352 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,068,609.
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 $217k to $411k (+89%).
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 11% · 2019 8% · 2020 11% · 2021 18% · 2022 42% · 2023 25% · 2024 21% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
John Thiessen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $32k → $134k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE 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
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 83% · 2021 65% · 2022 47% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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
25% of GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
80% of GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE 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. $137k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC has grown faster than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE 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 GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC?
- GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,293 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($260,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $556,293 in grants to GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE INC?
- THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $260,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing