Tennessee · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,092 to it, the largest being THE IBMA FOUNDATION INC ($190,342). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $402k
- Net assets
- $-130641
What International Bluegrass Music Association Inc does
Mission
Working together for high standards of professionalism, a greater appreciation for our music and the success of the worldwide bluegrass community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trade show - program provides an opportunity for those in the industry to meet & discuss issues affecting the industry. It also is an opportunity for emerging musicians to make contact with others within the industry, thereby promoting bluegrass.
$545,082 spent$332,527 earned by the program35% of program spendingIbma bluegrass live! - musicians donate their time and talent to promote bluegrass music to the public.
$535,076 spent$297,635 earned by the program34% of program spendingAwards show - provides an opportunity for the organization to recognize those individuals in the industry who have successfully promoted bluegrass music.
$293,502 spent$106,297 earned by the program19% of program spendingLeadership bluegrass - leadership bluegrass provides an opportunity for leaders in our industry to come together to learn more about the organization, discuss issues affecting the industry and plans to move the industry forward.
$20,096 spent$22,072 earned by the program1% of program spendingMerchandise net income
$9,349 earned by the programMiscellaneous income and expenses related to exempt-function
$171,421 spentof which $3,000 as grants$75,140 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,565,177.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $474k to $1.0M (+114%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 3% · 2022 42% · 2023 4% · 2024 6% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Ken White
Executive director
Board chair
Anna Frick
Chair/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $56k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $185k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest International Bluegrass Music Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION 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
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 78% · 2022 90% — 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.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141k 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
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION 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 Tennessee
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Ibma Trust Fund · exempt
- The Ibma Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION 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 INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,092 to it, the largest being THE IBMA FOUNDATION INC ($190,342). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $402,092 in grants to INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE IBMA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $190,342 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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