New York · Nonprofit
Kids Need Music Inc
Kids Need Music Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,852 to it, the largest being HRBT FOUNDATION ($10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $27k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Kids Need Music Inc does
Mission
Kids need music is dedicated to helping children realize their potential by supporting a well-rounded life experience through music.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Kids need music raises funds for new instruments, and accepts donations of used instruments.repairs are funded by knm. Each instrument is given to a child in the 4th grade, and each childmay keep his/her instrument through the 12th grade, at no cost to the student or the school.
$27,356 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,356.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of Kids Need Music 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
Kids Need Music Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 67% · 2019 44% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of Kids Need Music Inc's grant income comes from New York 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
Kids Need Music Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like Kids Need Music Inc
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In New York
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 Kids Need Music 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 Kids Need Music Inc?
- Kids Need Music Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,852 to it, the largest being HRBT FOUNDATION ($10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Kids Need Music Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $13,852 in grants to Kids Need Music Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kids Need Music Inc?
- HRBT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kids Need Music Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 4 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