Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JazzBoston Inc
JazzBoston Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,800 to it, the largest being JOHN STITES JAZZ ARTIST ORGANIZATION ($6,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $861
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $9k
What JazzBoston Inc does
Mission
Fostering appreciation for jazz music and performances in the Boston area
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
JazzNOW concert series. In collaboration with GBH Music, JazzBoston presented an ongoing series of free online (and in-person) jazz concerts. The concerts take place at GBH's Fraser Performance Studio in Boston, MA. The series recently completed its 2nd season. Online attendance has ranged from 700-1000.
$0 spentSouth Bay Jazz Festival: A one-day presentation of live jazz music to the inmates and staff of the Suffolk County House of Correction. Two Boston-area jazz ensembles perform twice during the day - once for the female inmates and once for the male inmates. This event is funded via a grant from the Mass Cultural Council, and typically occurs in the spring.
$0 spentJazz Jams: This ongoing series of free public jazz jam sessions takes place twice each month, currently on Fridays from 5-7pm, at The Phoenix Landing in Central Square, Cambridge. The venue is provided at no cost to JazzBoston. We pay the four-piece "house" band via funding from the Cambridge Arts Council and from individual donors.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $9k to $27k (+213%).
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.
0% of JazzBoston Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of JazzBoston 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.
Where its funders are
JazzBoston Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
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
JazzBoston Inc's revenue fell 92% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding JazzBoston Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$21k
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 JazzBoston 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 JazzBoston 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 JazzBoston Inc?
- JazzBoston Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,800 to it, the largest being JOHN STITES JAZZ ARTIST ORGANIZATION ($6,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JazzBoston Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,800 in grants to JazzBoston Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of JazzBoston Inc?
- JOHN STITES JAZZ ARTIST ORGANIZATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JazzBoston Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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