New Jersey · Nonprofit
KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC
KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,508,758 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($417,850). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Kinhaven Music School Inc does
Mission
The mission of kinhaven music school is to inspire and develop peoplethrough the appreciation and practice of high-level participatory music,including chamber, orchestral, and choral. Our vision is to be asustainable musical community open year-round to a wide range of musicians.kinhaven offers joyous and rigorous music-making education to accomplishedyouth and adults in a nurturing, noncompetitive, and collaborativeenvironment. Kinhaven's culture reflects its strong belief in the benefitsof shared learning, mutual support, friendship, community, and diversity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Senior sessions: the senior session is a six-week program for 90 high school-aged musicians. Each student receives at least one private lesson per weekand is thoughtfully assigned by faculty to a chamber group and repertoirebased on their ability. In addition to chamber music, students participatein symphony orchestra, large ensembles, composition, master classes, andchorus. Integral to the learning process is the performance of eachassigned piece at concerts open to the public
$737,556 spent$799,834 earned by the program45% of program spendingJunior sessions: the junior session is a two-week program for 70 students ingrades 4 through 8. Each student receives at least one private lesson perweek and is thoughtfully assigned by faculty to a chamber group andrepertoire based on their ability. Integral to the learning process is theperformance of each assigned piece at concerts open to the public.
$212,499 spent$352,620 earned by the program13% of program spendingPiano workshops: the adult piano workshop, a five-day program for 18-24intermediate-to-advanced level pianists aged 18 or older, focuses on thefour-hand piano repertoire. Each fourhand duo chooses, or is assigned, apiece and receives three 75-minute coaching sessions. There are also groupand private alexander technique sessions and fourhanded sight-readingsessions with faculty.
$38,429 spent$60,900 earned by the program2% of program spendingAdult chamber workshops: the adult chamber music workshop is a four-day session for 40musicians aged 18 and older of all levels of playing ability. Preformedgroups are welcome or faculty will thoughtfully assign students to achamber group and repertoire based on their ability. At their option,students perform their assigned pieces at concerts open to the public.pathways seminar: the young artist seminar is a seven-day session for 30 seriousmusicians ages 18-28. Each chamber group, preformed or assigned by thefaculty, studies one work during the session and receives daily coaching.other musical activities include master and studio classes, singing, andorganized discussions on musical topics. Students perform their pieces atvarious venues in southern vermont and at kinhaven in concerts open to thepublic.
$648,533 spent$60,234 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,637,017.
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 $3.5M to $4.6M (+30%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 19% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 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 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $67k → $338k.
10 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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
KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
65% 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 KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 61% · 2019 50% · 2020 35% · 2021 34% · 2022 38% · 2023 74% — 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
30% of KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
65% of KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL 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 $522k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $986k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Grants$300k
- Agency Fund Payments$120
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 KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL 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
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC?
- KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,508,758 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($417,850). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,508,758 in grants to KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $417,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL 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 33 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