Michigan · Nonprofit
NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC
NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,560 to it, the largest being THE SHAW & BETTY WALKER FOUNDATION ($240,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $267k
- Net assets
- $328k
What Northwoods Music Collaborative Inc does
Mission
Provide music programs and education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Beethoven and Banjos Music Festival and School Programs: The Northwoods Music Collaborative produces and provides music programs and school music programs to lower income communities on a "come as you are, pay what you can" donation basis, thereby furthering music appreciation and understanding. We present to over 2000 community members and 1500 students in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
$24,253 spent$7,273 earned by the program17% of program spendingSchool Programs and Special Events
$89,306 spent$64,108 earned by the program64% of program spendingThe Lullaby Project, in collaboration with Carnegie Hall, pairs parents and caregivers with professional musicians and writers to compose and sing lullabies for their children. Working with the Vermont Network and Writers for Recovery for the last six years, they have brought the Lullaby Project to survivors of domestic and sexual violence in communities and at the Vermont women's correctional facility. Each song amplifies love, connection and healing. Our teaching artists report that this is a powerful experience and the culminating performances that result from the work are amazing.
$26,988 spent$710 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $140,547.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $186k to $277k (+49%).
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: 2024 9% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $40k → $56k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 90% — 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
100% of NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC: 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 NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC?
- NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,560 to it, the largest being THE SHAW & BETTY WALKER FOUNDATION ($240,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $266,560 in grants to NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC?
- THE SHAW & BETTY WALKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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