Colorado · Nonprofit
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC (Colorado) receives grants from 146 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,772,184 to it, the largest being MATTHEW & CAROLYN BUCKSBAUM FAMILY FOUND ($10,025,000). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 146
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $147M
What Music Associates of Aspen Inc does
Mission
The aspen music festval & school brings together the finest music students, artist faculty and performers to create transformative educational experiences within a community of artistic integrity and innovation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The aspen music festival and school (amfs) is widely recognized as one of the finest classical music training and performance centers worldwide. Presenting more than 400 events during its 8-week summer season, amfs draws leading classical musicians from around the world for a rich combination of performances of orchestral works, opera, chamber music, recitals, contemporary music, works by new or previously unrecognized voices, family events, and talks, competitions, and classes. In 2025, more than 450 students participated. Students come from 40 u.s. States and 40 countries to study and perform alongside more than 135 artist-faculty members. Amfs's distinction stems from this combination of seasoned professionals and youth as colleagues and co-inspiring forces.
$19,710,591 spentof which $3,803,794 as grants$7,703,429 earned by the program97% of program spendingA deep commitment to aspen and the surrounding communities is reflected in the dozens of events and experiences that amfs offers that are free to the public during the summer season. A signature summer lesson program taught by amfs students (pals), early childhood classes such as tunes and tales, and annual family concerts bring high quality, engaging musical experiences to families and students of all ages. From fall to spring, amfs engages young audiences with popular in-school and after-school lessons, classes, in-school concerts, workshops, and performance opportunities. In 2025, september to may programs served more than 500 children throughout the roaring fork valley.
$544,520 spent$299,149 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,255,111.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $117M to $138M (+18%).
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: 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 12% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Alan Fletcher
President & CEO
Board chair
Alexandra Munroe
Trustee/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 43 funders to 66 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.2M.
17 of 146 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $9.2M from 20 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Kansas City Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 146 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
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 18% · 2019 21% · 2020 21% · 2021 17% · 2022 16% · 2023 14% — 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
53% of MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 32 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $205k on record — $205k federal, $50 state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$205k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC?
- MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC (Colorado) receives grants from 146 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,772,184 to it, the largest being MATTHEW & CAROLYN BUCKSBAUM FAMILY FOUND ($10,025,000). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC have?
- IRS filings report 146 organizations giving $30,772,184 in grants to MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC, 106 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC?
- MATTHEW & CAROLYN BUCKSBAUM FAMILY FOUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,025,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 146 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing