Tennessee · Nonprofit
INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION
INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,089 to it, the largest being Greater Horizons ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $57k
What Instruments for Inspiration does
Mission
Our mission is to bring hope, healing, and encouragement through the power of music. Giving guitars reaches people who are facing some of lifes hardest moments, including those experiencing homelessness, brokenness, loss, abuse, addiction, or neglect, as well as children without parents, low-income students, at-risk youth, and veterans. By donating guitars and sharing live music experiences, we remind people that they are seen, valued, and not forgotten. Music becomes a bridge that lifts spirits, rebuilds confidence, and inspires new beginnings. We also partner with shelters, youth programs, and community organizations to raise awareness and support for the individuals they serve. Our goal is simple: to use music as a tool of love, hope, and restoration, helping every person we reach rediscover their worth and purpose. Homelessness in america is a serious problem, but together we can make a positive impact through music. Studies have shown that playing an instrument can relieve stress,
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Bring hope, healing and encouragement through the power of music to those experiencing homelessness, brokenness, loss, abuse, addiction, or neglect, as well as children without parents, low-income students, at-risk youth, and veterans.
$98,807 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $98,807.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Kellee Cade
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION’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
INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
100% 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 INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION.
“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
100% of INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION 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
Organizations like INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION
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 Tennessee
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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION: 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 INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION?
- INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,089 to it, the largest being Greater Horizons ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,089 in grants to INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION?
- Greater Horizons is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTRUMENTS FOR INSPIRATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 3 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