North Carolina · Nonprofit
Salem Band
Salem Band (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,775 to it, the largest being SHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC ($8,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $127k
What Salem Band does
Mission
To provide perform free concert band concerts to the communities we serve. The organization has been in existence since 1771 and has performed summer concerts outdoors in Salem Square Old Salem NC since the late 1800s. Salem Band has added 4 free indoor concerts Winter Fall and two Holiday concerts over the years. The top three program service accomplishments comprise the Salem Bands three concert series and the concerts are funded by individual and corporate donations season sponsorships can be purchased for 500. The Salem Swing Band program service revenue Schedule O is generated when the Salem Swing Band plays for swing dances that follow swing dance lessons and these concerts are typically funded by grants. The salaries of the three Salem Band employees are allocated across the program services given that 100% of what they do is focused on the Salem Band mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Summer Concert Series: Salem Band provides free outdoor concert band performances on Salem Square in Old Salem Winston-Salem NC. The concerts fraw 300-800 attendees each with the Stars & Stripes concert being the most attended. The series was to be comprised of four varied concerts i 2025 running from late May to early August.
$14,808 spent34% of program spendingWinter Fall Concert Series: Salem Band provides free indoor concert band music in Hanes Auditorium on the Salem College campus in February and October. These two concerts draw about 300 attendees each. The winter concert features challenging concert band music while the fall program is typically lighter in nature Space Exploration in 2025 featured music from space themed movies and TV shows such as Star Wars and Star Trek.
$8,977 spent21% of program spendingHoliday Concert Series: These two free indoor concerts are hosted by local churches during the holiday season in mid- to late-December and draw 450-600 attendees each. The donation proceeds from the first of the two concerts are donated each year to ministry partner Sunnyside Ministry.
$7,907 spent18% of program spendingLewisviille Swing Band Lessons: The Shallow Ford Foundation provides grants that enable the swing band to play at swing dances at the Mary Alice Warren Town Center in Lewisville NC. The swing dances follow swing dance lessons that are provided by a third party for a fee. The swing band performed at two of these events in 2025.
$6,970 spentof which $5,000 as grants16% of program spendingSalem Swing Band other swing dances: The Salem Swing Band also receives grants from the Piedmont Swing Dance Society to play at dances following lessons. Additionally the swing band plays a holiday concert each December and this concert not typically a dance is funded by passing the hat no admission charge. The dances and concerts were funded in 2025 using a combination of 1,100 in grants 800 - one dance at the Clemmons Gym; 300 - concert at Sherwood Forest United Methodist Church and 756 in concert pass the hat donations Holiday Concert at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Winston-Salem.
$4,480 spentof which $1,100 as grants10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,142.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Russell Gieselman
Board of Directors Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $24.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 Salem Band’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
Salem Band leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 Salem Band.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
55% of Salem Band'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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.
Against its field
Salem Band runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Salem Band?
- Salem Band (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,775 to it, the largest being SHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC ($8,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Salem Band have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $29,775 in grants to Salem Band, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Salem Band?
- SHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Salem Band find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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