New York · Nonprofit
HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC
HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,102 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC ($132,050). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $537k
What Howland Chamber Music Circle Inc does
Mission
At the howland chamber music circle, our mission is to bring exceptional music to our audiences.we know that great art comes from people of all genders, races, and ethnicities, and that is whywe are committed to elevating the voices of performers and composers who have beenhistorically underrepresented in classical music. We seek to build a more inclusive culture byfostering new and lasting relationships to better serve beacon's vibrant community as well as thesurrounding area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
At howland chamber music circle, we cultivate community through exceptional musicperformances, and we foster artistic appreciation and creative growth through music outreachprograms in the surrounding beacon city area. Since 1993 hcmc has presented concerts byinternationally renowned soloists and chamber ensembles in a venue wonderfully suited to thispurpose, the historic howland cultural center, located in beacon, new york. Each season offersdiverse music programming through our signature chamber series, our popular classics for kids,and free community pop-up concerts, which present free public concerts in unlikely placesthroughout beacon.
$131,916 spent$60,600 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $131,916.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $458k to $537k (+17%).
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: 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $15k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE 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
HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 65% · 2019 72% · 2020 67% · 2021 92% · 2022 65% · 2023 50% — 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
77% of HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE 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 $47k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k 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
HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Organizations like HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE 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 HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC?
- HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,102 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC ($132,050). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $204,102 in grants to HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC is the largest funder on record, with $132,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOWLAND CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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