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NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC

NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150 to it, the largest being ASSURANT FOUNDATION ($150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$52k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$150
Net assets
$35k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Northwestern Band Association Inc does

Mission

Support Band/Music Programs Northwestern LSD

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Support for the Marching, Concert, Symphonic, Jazz and Pep Bands, consisting of approximately 150 students, through the purchase of music, new instruments and equipment, and the maintenance of existing equipment.

    $27,125 spent
    57% of program spending

  2. Provided funding for travel costs for the marching band throughout its show and competition season.

    $9,380 spent
    20% of program spending

  3. Purchased additional uniforms, as well as maintained current marching band uniforms, including alterations, cleaning, repairing, etc. The Association also outfits the marching band with shoes, gloves and other items as needed.

    $8,149 spent
    17% of program spending

  4. Other miscellaneous program costs.

    $2,826 spent
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,480.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($52k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($21k)2021 Revenue 39 ($20k) Expenses 35 ($17k) Net assets 117 ($24k)2022 Revenue 118 ($62k) Expenses 130 ($63k) Net assets 111 ($23k)2023 Revenue 93 ($48k) Expenses 79 ($38k) Net assets 161 ($33k)2024 Revenue 89 ($46k) Expenses 101 ($49k) Net assets 148 ($30k)2025 Revenue 100 ($52k) Expenses 98 ($47k) Net assets 170 ($35k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (100)Expenses (98)Net assets (170)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $23k to $33k (+45%).

$21k
$24k
$23k
$33k
$30k
$35k
202020212022202320242025
Total assets

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’20
$3k
’21
−$1k
’22
$10k
’23
−$3k
’24
$5k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $30 → $120.

Funder
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION 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

NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.

GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
Ohio out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC

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In Ohio

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Nationally

Northwestern Hs Band Boosters Inc88%Northside Band Boosters86%North Lincoln High School Band Boosters Association Inc84%North Olmsted Band and Orchestra Boosters Inc84%Niles Band Boosters Incorporated84%North Mecklenburg High School Band Boosters Inc83%Northview Band Boosters Inc83%Bloomington High School North Band Boosters Association Inc83%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC?
NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150 to it, the largest being ASSURANT FOUNDATION ($150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150 in grants to NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC?
ASSURANT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHWESTERN BAND ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2020–2025), 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