Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ITS INSTRUMENTAL
ITS INSTRUMENTAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,740 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($10,271). 1 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 FY2018
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Its Instrumental does
Mission
Support music program at duke ellington school of the arts
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Preparation for competition performance attire instrument repair
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $54 → $135.
2 of 2 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 ITS INSTRUMENTAL’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
ITS INSTRUMENTAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 ITS INSTRUMENTAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% — 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
100% of ITS INSTRUMENTAL'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. $11k 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
ITS INSTRUMENTAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,675 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,675 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2018
Organizations like ITS INSTRUMENTAL
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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 ITS INSTRUMENTAL: 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 ITS INSTRUMENTAL?
- ITS INSTRUMENTAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,740 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($10,271). 1 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 ITS INSTRUMENTAL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,740 in grants to ITS INSTRUMENTAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ITS INSTRUMENTAL?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,271 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ITS INSTRUMENTAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 2 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