New York · Nonprofit
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (New York) receives grants from 124 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,546,609 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,739,337). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $90M
- Funders on record
- 124
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $97M
What Manhattan School of Music does
Mission
Manhattan School of Music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. A premiere international conservatory, msm inspires and empowers highly talented individuals to realize their potential. We take full advantage of new york's abundant learning and performance opportunities, preparing our students to be accomplished and passionate performers, composers and teachers, and imaginative, effective contributors to the arts and society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Undergraduate and graduate programs - Manhattan School of Music offers the following degrees, diplomas and certificates: bachelor of music (voice, instrumental performance, jazz performance, classical composition, and musical theatre); master of music (voice, instrumental performance, jazz performance, jazz composition, classical composition, conducting, collaborative piano, orchestral performance, and contemporary performance); doctor of musical arts (voice, piano, instrumental performance, jazz arts advancement, classical composition, conducting, and collaborative piano); professional studies certificate, professional performance diploma, and artist diploma.
$67,190,360 spentof which $24,614,555 as grants$71,175,715 earned by the program92% of program spendingPrecollege program - a highly competitive and pre-professional saturday music program dedicated to the musical and personal growth of talented young musicians ages 5-18. The precollege enrolls students from around the tri-state area and beyond. A typical program of study includes a 60-minute private lesson, classes in theory and ear training, performance classes including large and small ensembles, and various elective classes. The precollege program has several large ensembles, including orchestras, choruses musical theatre, and jazz ensembles, in addition to smaller groups such as chamber ensembles and jazz combos.
$4,026,672 spentof which $580,450 as grants$6,787,230 earned by the program5% of program spendingSummer programs - Manhattan School of Music offers students summer music programs which are unique in new york city and at the conservatory level nationwide. Summer english study (ses) - a seven-week immersion program especially designed for students entering msm in the following fall semester. Through intensive study and interactions with other students who are fluent in english, ses participants prepare for music-specific coursework as they acclimate more generally to american culture and to life in new york city. Msm summer - set on a college campus in the heart of new york city - is a month-long day program in july that provides intensive musical instruction in musical theater, composition, and instrumental music for students (ages 8-17). Students will develop their musical skills and join a community of young musicians through a wide variety of musical and social activities.
$1,161,905 spent$947,400 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program service accomplishments include, but are not limited to, the following activities: the orto center for distance learning and recording arts: Manhattan School of Music launched its groundbreaking distance learning program in 1996, the first of its kind at a major conservatory. Since then, using state-of-the-art interactive video conference technology, the orto center has developed programs that connect students, educators, and distinguished artists around the globe and enhance the curriculum available to msm students. Additionally, hundreds of livestreamed concerts and master classes, featuring msm student ensembles and acclaimed faculty, attract a worldwide audience each year. Msm distance learning's awardwinning programs include its annual international master class series for higher education and the "music bridges" series for k-12 and lifelong learners. These interactive series are made up of master classes, private instruction, seminars, and standards-based classical and jazz thematic programs that can be delivered to higher-ed peers, k-12 classrooms, and community learning centers. The orto center also supports msm students, faculty, and staff in the use of…
$955,492 spent$932,552 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $73,334,429.
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 2018 to 2019, from $99M to $110M (+11%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% 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.
Board chair
Lorraine Gallard
Trustee, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 60 funders, grant income fell $1.9M → $1.7M.
19 of 124 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 124 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
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 67% · 2019 29% · 2020 60% · 2021 25% · 2022 48% · 2023 26% — 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
50% of MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
68% of MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC'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. $6.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC's revenue grew 47% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record — $2.4M federal, $14k state.
- Department of Education$2.4M
- National Endowment for the Arts$55k
- Client Services-General$14k
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 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
- MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (New York) receives grants from 124 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,546,609 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,739,337). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 124 organizations giving $15,546,609 in grants to MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 79 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,739,337 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 124 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