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PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,030 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($7,584). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$66k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$279k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Prairie Music Association does

Mission

The Prairie Music Association is operated exclusively for the charitable and educational purposes of stimulating interest and support for all music programs in the College Community School District. They aim to promote and develop participation in all levels of the music programs in the district through fundraising events and volunteer opportunities to serve and support said music programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. High school vocal department supplies.

    $26,971 spent
    51% of program spending
  2. High school band department supplies.

    $14,209 spent
    27% of program spending
  3. 7-8-9 band and vocal supplies.

    $7,059 spent
    13% of program spending
  4. K-6 band, vocal and music class supplies, other expenses.

    $4,534 spent
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,773.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($89k) Expenses 100 ($108k) Net assets 100 ($130k)2018 Revenue 91 ($81k) Expenses 58 ($62k) Net assets 114 ($149k)2019 Revenue 86 ($76k) Expenses 52 ($56k) Net assets 130 ($169k)2020 Revenue 87 ($77k) Expenses 47 ($50k) Net assets 150 ($196k)2021 Revenue 22 ($20k) Expenses 21 ($22k) Net assets 148 ($193k)2022 Revenue 79 ($70k) Expenses 51 ($55k) Net assets 160 ($208k)2023 Revenue 88 ($78k) Expenses 55 ($60k) Net assets 174 ($226k)2024 Revenue 91 ($81k) Expenses 38 ($41k) Net assets 205 ($266k)2025 Revenue 74 ($66k) Expenses 50 ($53k) Net assets 214 ($279k)
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Revenue (74)Expenses (50)Net assets (214)Peer revenue range

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 $226k to $266k (+18%).

$130k
$149k
$169k
$196k
$193k
$208k
$226k
$266k
$279k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

11% of PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$19k
’17
$19k
’18
$20k
’19
$27k
’20
−$3k
’21
$15k
’22
$19k
’23
$40k
’24
$13k
’25
63
months of
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.

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Listed665555555
Joined·+1+2+0+1+3+4+0+3
No longer listed·13013403
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $10k.

Funder
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'21
'22
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total
funders
2
2
2
3
1

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION’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

PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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

61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 93% · 2021 85% · 2022 89% · 2023 79% — 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

61% of PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state.

WI

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

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’23
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve62.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION?
PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,030 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($7,584). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,030 in grants to PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION?
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,584 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRAIRIE MUSIC ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 3 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