Illinois · Nonprofit
MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN
MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $520,585 to it, the largest being JEROME NERENBERG 2000 CHARITABLE TRUST UAD ($257,038). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $245k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $521k
- Net assets
- $332k
What Musicians Club of Women does
Mission
The Musicians Club of Women was the nation's first women's musical club. It is a consistent supporter of women in music. It has offered this support to established artists as well as to young, talented women to encourage them along the way to professional careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
150th anniversary gala
$80,962 spent37% of program spendingScholarships and grants
$70,850 spentof which $70,850 as grants33% of program spendingAudition expense
$29,446 spent14% of program spendingCatering and lunches
$17,432 spent8% of program spendingPrinting and newsletters
$15,001 spent7% of program spendingWebsite
$1,543 spent1% of program spendingConferences and meetings
$1,361 spent1% of program spending150th monograph editorial
$250 spent0% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $216,845.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $437k to $368k (−16%).
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.
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
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $22k → $72k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN’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
MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 54% · 2022 47% · 2023 44% — 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
70% of MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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.
Organizations like MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN
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 Illinois
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
96%
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 MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN: 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 MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN?
- MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $520,585 to it, the largest being JEROME NERENBERG 2000 CHARITABLE TRUST UAD ($257,038). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $520,585 in grants to MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN?
- JEROME NERENBERG 2000 CHARITABLE TRUST UAD is the largest funder on record, with $257,038 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSICIANS CLUB OF WOMEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 6 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