New Jersey · Nonprofit
JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC
JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $331,463 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($122,438). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $316k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $331k
- Net assets
- $102k
What Jazz Arts Project Inc does
Mission
Jazz arts project presents, performs, educates and preserves the important legacy, influence and role of jazz music in all forms, from classic to contemporary, for the enrichment of diverse local, regional, and statewide constituencies through collaborative community outreach, high quality professional performances, as well as educational workshops, and other programs for youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, jazz arts project provided year-round classes for over 100 high school-level musicians, focusing on the art of jazz. Our educational initiatives aimed to cultivate talent and foster a deep appreciation for jazz music among the youth in our community. Additionally, we successfully conducted two different summer camps, offering immersive experiences that included masterclasses, performances, and collaboration with professional musicians. Throughout the year, we produced over 35 professional concerts and events in various concert halls and parks, significantly enhancing community engagement with jazz. Our programming featured diverse performances, reaching more than 5,000 people, and included collaborations with local organizations, which enriched our outreach efforts. Key accomplishments for the year included expanding our community programming and educational offerings. Despite challenges in the music and arts industry, the jazz arts project remained committed to promoting jazz as an essential art form, inspiring and educating the next generation of musicians.
$199,067 spentof which $835 as grants$65,700 earned by the program99% of program spendingAnnual jazz concert promoting & perpetuating the american musical art form known as jazz including showcasing performers from the jazz arts academy presented by the jazz arts project.
$2,410 spent$12,265 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $201,477.
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 2024 to 2025, from $52k to $112k (+115%).
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: 2024 21% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $55k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 JAZZ ARTS PROJECT 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
JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 52% · 2021 72% · 2022 70% · 2023 71% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
67% of JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC'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 $109k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $223k 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
JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $52k on record — $52k federal, $200 state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$52k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$200
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 JAZZ ARTS PROJECT 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 JAZZ ARTS PROJECT 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 JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC?
- JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $331,463 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($122,438). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $331,463 in grants to JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC?
- Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $122,438 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAZZ ARTS PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing