Rhode Island · Nonprofit
KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC
KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $837,530 to it, the largest being ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC ($837,530). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $769k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $838k
- Net assets
- $23k
What Knickerbocker Music Center Inc does
Mission
To preserve, celebrate, cultivate, and grow the unique style of blues that was born in westerly, rhode island, and expand access to music of all kinds by serving as an exciting regional performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Performances & music education: - presenting music performances by legendary blues artists and similar culturally significant music performances. Artists performing at the center's historic music venue also offered master classes, talk-back sessions, lectures, and group jams to knickerbocker music center students. - the knickerbocker music center, with our sister organization, the united theatre and united music school, we offer a range of music education programs and performance opportunites to people of all ages, incomes and ability levels. Music lessons are given throughout the week, as well as performances on our stage on a regular bases. We also sponsor a bi-monthly youth on mic, allowing the students to perform in front of family and friends.- the knickerbocker music center suspended public programming for the last two months of the year for renovations and preparations for our partnership with united theatre.
$589,975 spentof which $1,054 as grants$429,268 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $589,975.
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 2020 to 2021, from $47k to $202k (+334%).
How it's funded, over time
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Government-grant reliance: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Mark Connolly
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $194k → $196k.
From the IRS filings of KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER 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
KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state in all.
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
KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER 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 KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC?
- KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $837,530 to it, the largest being ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC ($837,530). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $837,530 in grants to KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC?
- ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $837,530 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 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