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PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC

PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,007 to it, the largest being JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION ($190,225). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$201k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$566k
Net assets
$19k
7/9 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Prizm Ensemble Inc does

Mission

Prizm builds diverse community through chamber music education, youth development and performance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Prizm chamber music camp and international festival provides chamber coachings, master classes, music-related classes, and social events to music students 12 years and older. National and international artists are invited. 13 concerts were presented. 102 youths attended the camp.

    $33,777 spent$15,203 earned by the program
    35% of program spending
  2. Mahogany chamber music series is a program aimed to amplify underrepresented voices in the chamber music industry and create opportunities for collaboration. By showcasing professional bipoc talent, prizm hopes to inspire future generations of artists from diverse backgrounds to pursue and support chamber music. Prizm presented a total of 3 concerts to over 300 audience members, as well as 1 workshop at a local high school for high school-aged youth.

    $27,299 spent$10,000 earned by the program
    28% of program spending
  3. Prizm connect provides chamber coaching and community performance opportunities to music students 12 years and older. Local and regional artists are invited, and one concert is presented. 15 youth attended, and 3 faculty members participated.

    $16,816 spent$2,600 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  4. Summer Camp Tuition is an initiative aimed to raise funds for scholarships and to increase awareness about the importance of education and personal development for young people. By supporting these scholarships, individuals can provide youth with the transformative opportunities that PRIZM Summer Camp offers. SUMMER CAMP TUITION

    $10,302 spent$12,425 earned by the program
    11% of program spending
  5. Prizm in the schools (pits) provides music engagement services to school-aged youth k-12 in urban school settings. Students learn music skills and are mentored by professional and semi-professional musicians.

    $8,690 spent$11,000 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,884.

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 ($264k) Expenses 100 ($261k) Net assets 100 ($51k)2018 Revenue 105 ($276k) Expenses 83 ($217k) Net assets 216 ($111k)2019 Revenue 71 ($186k) Expenses 85 ($221k) Net assets 151 ($77k)2020 Revenue 32 ($84k) Expenses 42 ($108k) Net assets 104 ($53k)2021 Revenue 36 ($95k) Expenses 34 ($89k) Net assets 94 ($48k)2022 Revenue 73 ($193k) Expenses 68 ($178k) Net assets 169 ($87k)2023 Revenue 105 ($277k) Expenses 114 ($297k) Net assets 131 ($67k)2024 Revenue 96 ($254k) Expenses 108 ($281k) Net assets 78 ($40k)2025 Revenue 76 ($201k) Expenses 85 ($221k) Net assets 37 ($19k)
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Revenue (76)Expenses (85)Net assets (37)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 2017 to 2018, from $51k to $111k (+116%).

$51k
$111k
$77k
$53k
$48k
$87k
$72k
$40k
$25k
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

86% of PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
$60k
’18
−$35k
’19
−$24k
’20
$6k
’21
$15k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$27k
’24
−$19k
’25
1.3
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.

Chief executive

Gavin Wigginson

Executive director

Board chair

Marc Willis

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed10988101191010
Joined·+2+2+3+2+4+4+4+0
No longer listed·33303630
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $61k → $105k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 PRIZM ENSEMBLE 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

PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

51% 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 PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC.

34%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 49% · 2021 75% · 2022 69% · 2023 38% — 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

67% of PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

TN

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

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Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $115k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

44% of spending goes to programs.

Program 44%Management 56%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC?
PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,007 to it, the largest being JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION ($190,225). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $566,007 in grants to PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC?
JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $190,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRIZM ENSEMBLE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 9 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