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SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND

SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,786,564 to it, the largest being THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN FOUNDATION ($2,601,700). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$323k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$2.8M
Net assets
$2.2M
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 95%
01What it does

What Sound Art Inc Dba in the Band does

Mission

Sound art dba in the band is dedicated to empowering the youth of los angeles and beyond through access to music education and mentoring in community centers, schools and online. Founded to fulfill the need for an affordable and culturally relevant solution to cuts in funding for music education in public schools, students work together to unlock their creativity and build self-esteem through the mentorship of professional musicians and create a lifelong interest in and understanding of music.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. Sound art provides music instruction and music instruction training to hundreds of under served youth throughout the los angeles area.

    $155,910 spent$16,063 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $155,910.

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 ($438k) Expenses 100 ($353k) Net assets 100 ($222k)2019 Revenue 223 ($975k) Expenses 99 ($350k) Net assets 337 ($748k)2020 Revenue 35 ($153k) Expenses 98 ($348k) Net assets 249 ($553k)2021 Revenue 373 ($1.6M) Expenses 82 ($290k) Net assets 866 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 47 ($204k) Expenses 89 ($313k) Net assets 783 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 57 ($248k) Expenses 72 ($256k) Net assets 865 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 56 ($245k) Expenses 81 ($285k) Net assets 908 ($2.0M)2025 Revenue 49 ($213k) Expenses 72 ($256k) Net assets 939 ($2.1M)2026 Revenue 74 ($323k) Expenses 66 ($234k) Net assets 979 ($2.2M)
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Revenue (74)Expenses (66)Net assets (979)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 2020 to 2021, from $573k to $2.0M (+243%).

$231k
$748k
$573k
$2.0M
$1.7M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 40% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

64% of SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 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.

$84k
’17
$626k
’19
−$195k
’20
$1.3M
’21
−$109k
’22
−$9k
’23
−$40k
’24
−$43k
’25
$88k
’26
5.6
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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Joined··+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed··0000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $296k → $28k.

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE 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

SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 68% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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

25% of SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

99% of SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND's grant income comes from California funders.

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CA

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

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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

SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 22%Fundraising 12%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

60%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND?
SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,786,564 to it, the largest being THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN FOUNDATION ($2,601,700). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,786,564 in grants to SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND?
THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,601,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUND ART INC DBA IN THE BAND find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing