Nebraska · Nonprofit
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (Nebraska) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,928,148 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($2,534,392). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Omaha Conservatory of Music does
Mission
The Omaha Conservatory of Music is a non-profit school that builds a diverse musical community to enrich lives through education and performance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Omaha Conservatory of Music offers private lesson music instruction in violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, voice, percussion, woodwinds, brass, composition, and music theory. Our artist-faculty offer 40 private lessons per year to over 800 students. Approximately 15% of the students receive some form of financial aid.
$2,196,664 spentof which $337,102 as grants$1,761,072 earned by the program59% of program spendingThe Omaha Conservatory of Music provides the string sprouts program to 900 young people and their caregivers for 32 weeks of group lesson instruction that culminates in a performance with the omaha symphony annually. Students are eligible for the program for 5 years between the ages of 3-8 years old and receive a violin to take home for the duration of their enrollment in the program. Students attend on a sliding scale, with 80% attending for free.
$720,943 spentof which $12,403 as grants$266,622 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe Omaha Conservatory of Music provides class setting and ensemble education to over 350 students through on campus programs each year. These classes offer everything from introductory skills to advanced performance ensembles. Many of the students in introductory classes transition into individual lessons. Students take the ensembles as supplemental education to their lessons.
$672,105 spentof which $3,343 as grants$38,440 earned by the program18% of program spendingEvents - the Omaha Conservatory of Music facilitates one camp for young people each july. In fy25, suzuki institute served 100 strings students. This camp includes intensive experiences with the Omaha Conservatory of Music faculty and visiting artists and culminates in special performance events throughout the week to highlight student learning, to feature visiting artists, and to bring our community together to celebrate personal growth through music.
$153,730 spentof which $21,817 as grants$36,530 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,743,442.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $18M to $16M (−11%).
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: 2017 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 12% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Meghann Henry
Executive director
Board chair
Carissa Schrager
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $859k → $945k.
8 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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 35% · 2018 32% · 2019 18% · 2020 41% · 2021 15% · 2022 16% · 2023 20% — 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
57% of OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
95% of OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $502k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $105k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$105k
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 OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ocm Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: 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 OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC?
- OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (Nebraska) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,928,148 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($2,534,392). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $9,928,148 in grants to OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,534,392 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 55 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