Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Pictures on Silence
Pictures on Silence (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Pictures on Silence does
Mission
Pictures on Silence was founded in 2012 to further the understanding and knowledge of contemporary musical arts through public performance the encouragement of composition of new music for chamber ensembles education of students and the public about new music and commissions and projects related to newly composed music Our bylaws include organizing sponsoring and presenting events combining different musicians and ensembles in conjunction with other persons and institutions that present new music This non-profit supports the World Music Collective a mixed instrumentation ensemble representing diverse musical heritages with improvisation as a common theme Each member is an internationally recognized performer improviser and composer based in the Washington DC metropolitan area Through music and heritage this ensemble brings together the diverse cultures of the world
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
0
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $10k to $32k (+211%).
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.
83% of Pictures on Silence’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Noah Getz
Chair Executive Director Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Pictures on Silence’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
100% of Pictures on Silence's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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.
Against its field
Pictures on Silence receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Pictures on Silence
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 Pictures on Silence: 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 Pictures on Silence?
- Pictures on Silence (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pictures on Silence have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to Pictures on Silence.
- Who is the largest funder of Pictures on Silence?
- HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pictures on Silence find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2023–2025), 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