Michigan · Nonprofit
IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD
IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,935,522 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,933,760). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard does
Mission
To promote and develop world-class keyboard musical experiences that inspire present and future artists and audiences. We do this by identifying exceptional pianists through a noncompetitive process and then providing significant support to enhance their careers. We present a world-class music festival featuring the finest international keyboard artists, provide an outstanding keyboard educational program, and support the creation of keyboard music.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Festivals and recitals - present world class music festivals and concerts in the greater kalamazoo and battle creek, michigan areas featuring the finest international piano artists.
$1,173,246 spent$144,736 earned by the program52% of program spendingEducation - the gilmore's education programs celebrate the joy of music-making and foster a lifelong appreciation of music. These education programs present learning experiences that develop piano skills, musical exploration and performance opportunities for youth and adults in the greater kalamazoo and battle creek, michigan areas.
$597,310 spentof which $5,985 as grants$33,755 earned by the program26% of program spendingAwards - the gilmore artist award and young artist award are made through a noncompetitive process and provide significant support that enhances the recipient's career.
$431,842 spentof which $71,515 as grants19% of program spendingMusic commissions - the creation of new music for the piano is an important part of the gilmore's overall mission. Nearly every gilmore international piano festival includes the premiere of a newly commissioned work for the piano.
$56,970 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,259,368.
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 2023 to 2024, from $21M to $27M (+28%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Pierre Van Der Westhuizen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $276k → $2.3M.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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: $105k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Bronson Healthcare Group). These are real filings, and they are not money IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD raised.
From the IRS filings of IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD’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
IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
62% 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 IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 52% · 2019 43% · 2020 43% · 2021 43% · 2022 94% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
62% of IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD'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 $6.5M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $135k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$135k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD: 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 IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD?
- IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,935,522 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,933,760). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $16,935,522 in grants to IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,933,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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