Minnesota · Nonprofit
International Cello Institute
International Cello Institute (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,645 to it, the largest being SEWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($93,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $161k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $47k
What International Cello Institute does
Mission
The International Cello Institute attracts serious young cellists from around the world to study with highly sought-after professional cellists in an intensive and nurturing environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The International Cello Institute (ici) is a unique, three-week summer program that creates a close community for advanced high school and collegiate cellists to work alongside well-known cello pedagogues and top-notch collaborative pianists. Until 2020 when all the programming was virtual, typically it's held on the beautiful campus of st. Olaf college in northfield, minnesota, ici provides an intensive program , fostering a nurturing environment for cellists to grow in knowledge, skill and passion. In addition to an in-depth study and multiple performance opportunities on campus and in the greater northfield community, students get priority seating at our 3-concert faculty artist series called celloici which takes place in minneapolis and draws a full audience from the greater twin cities.
$136,006 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $136,006.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $9k to $42k (+362%).
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.
39% of International Cello Institute’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of International Cello Institute’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 Cello Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 55% · 2019 44% · 2020 68% · 2021 61% · 2022 57% · 2023 80% — growing more concentrated.
“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
70% of International Cello Institute's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Cello Institute has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like International Cello Institute
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
14%
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 International Cello Institute: 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 Cello Institute?
- International Cello Institute (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,645 to it, the largest being SEWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($93,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Cello Institute have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $186,645 in grants to International Cello Institute, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Cello Institute?
- SEWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $93,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Cello Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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