Louisiana · Nonprofit
MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS
MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,412 to it, the largest being THISTLEWOOD FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $165k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $273k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Musical Arts Society of New Orleans does
Mission
Masno's vision is to be a primary source in establishing new orleans as a vital and vibrant center for the musical arts recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally. Masno's mission is 1) to create opportunities to hear, participate in, and appreciate performances of the musical arts by established and emerging artists; 2) to encourage the development of supportive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic audiences for concerts presented by the musical arts society and other musical organizations; 3) to nurture the development of talent; 4) to champion music education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: The goals of the New Orleans International Piano Competition are to provide opportunities for the most gifted and communicative musicians to be heard on an international stage, to play a vital role in launching these young careers, to offer the community a chance to discover the worlds finest pianistic talents, and to bring the world together through music. Held biennially during even-numbered years in conjunction with the annual summer New Orleans Piano Institute and Keyboard Festival, both are presented by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans. The New Orleans International Piano Competition uses all Steinway Pianos and is a proud member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation and the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
$151,651 spent$42,057 earned by the program69% of program spendingNEW ORLEANS PIANO INSTITUTE: Established in 1999, the New Orleans Piano Institute is an annual piano academy taking place concurrently with the New Orleans Keyboard Festival. NOPI Directors invite talented college, high school and junior high pianists from across the United States and around the world to participate in an intensive solo performance program, including private lessons with distinguished faculty, masterclasses, special presentations in piano literature and performance practice, and an opportunity to perform in the Showcase Recital. Students also have the opportunities to compete in both Solo and Concerto Competitions. The winner of the Concerto Competition is invited to return to New Orleans to perform with the New Orleans Civic Symphony in its subsequent season.
$35,587 spent$27,875 earned by the program16% of program spendingBachtoberfest: bachtoberfest is an outdoor annual even held in october that celebrates the music of j.s. Bach and other german composers.
$11,658 spent$2,650 earned by the program5% of program spendingLe petit salon series
$10,156 spent$8,093 earned by the program5% of program spendingConcerto showcase
$8,024 spent4% of program spendingOther events and salon concerts
$4,035 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,111.
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 2022 to 2023, from $110k to $251k (+128%).
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: 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Alan Chow
Chairman-jury
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $156k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS’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
MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 100% · 2018 72% · 2019 52% · 2020 54% · 2021 59% · 2022 68% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
73% of MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS
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 Louisiana
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS?
- MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,412 to it, the largest being THISTLEWOOD FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $273,412 in grants to MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS?
- THISTLEWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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