Indiana · Nonprofit
SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC
SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,062 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Society for Music Theory Iu Jacobs School of Music does
Mission
The society for music theory promotes the development and engagement with music theory as a scholarly and pedagogical discipline.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Publish music theory spectrum (scholarly journal, publish music theory online (scholarly online journal), publish smt-v (scholarly vlog/video journal), publish smt-pod (scholarly podcast). Over 1,000 members took advantage of services in 2023. Music theory spectrum published eleven full-length articles and a colloquy with eleven contributes, as well as two shorter articles and 4 book reviews, and had over 100 institutional subscribers. Music theory online published four new issues, smt-v published six new videos essays, and smt-pod published eleven new episodes.
$25,231 spent21% of program spendingProvide subventions for the publication of academic work in music theory; run competitions and application review processes for authors seeking publication subventions, provide grants for scholars to host special-topic academic conferences. During 2023, eight scholars received grants totaling just under 7,000 for publications and conferences, and two scholars received a dissertation award.
$15,706 spentof which $15,706 as grants13% of program spendingHost annual scholarly conference including special-topics peer-learning workshops for both graduate students and scholars. Provide diversity and family-care grants to enable a diverse population to attend. In november 2023 we met jointly with the american musicological society in denver to participate in professional development workshops and engage in scholarly exchange. Eighteen members received travel grants totaling over 8,000 to partially offset expenses.
$68,764 spentof which $7,028 as grants58% of program spendingHost organization's website including communication tools, listserv, electronic newsletter, and informational posts.
$9,052 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,753.
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 $948k to $784k (−17%).
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.
10% of SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13 → $26.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC’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
SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 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
SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL 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 SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
- SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,062 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,062 in grants to SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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