Utah · Nonprofit
SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION
SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $298k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $-795
What Sound Support Foundation does
Mission
We fund young musicians and music educators in the area of music performance. The Sound Support Foundation raises funds by accepting donations, by hosting events such as ticketed concerts, and other events, the proceeds of which are used for scholarships and creating resource materials for students and educators.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the 2025 tax year, the foundation officially launched the student video-production initiative to expand its traditional music performance curriculum into digital media literacy and technical workforce development. Under the direct guidance of experienced music and film-industry professionals, participating youth musicians received hands-on, practical instruction in the technical and creative components of modern media production, including audio engineering, storyboarding, digital cinematography, and post-production editing. This new program equips students with real-world, transferrable skills to complement their musical training and prepares them for modern digital media environments. Additionally, the foundation formally established and activated its structured music performance & education scholarship program during the 2025 tax year. This newly systemized program was designed to provide equitable access to advanced music instruction, masterclass mentorship, and premier live-performance events for students based on financial need and artistic merit. In its inaugural fully funded cycle, the program successfully awarded 224,141 in direct financial assistance to 74 qualifying young musicians, with awards averaging 3,028.93 per student, thereby directly facilitating advanced educational opportunities and high- profile performance experiences worldwide.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
During 2025, the Sound Support Foundation accomplished the following in furtherance of its mission to positively impact the lives of young people through music performance education and training: in february 2025, the foundation launched the peoples music hall of fame and honored legendary musician huey lewis as its inaugural inductee. The february 7 program brought together more than 200 young soundhouse artists for performances alongside accomplished professional musicians, including tyler glenn of neon trees, tom bones malone, and marc russo of the doobie brothers. Utah governor spencer cox also participated in the event. The program celebrated mr. Lewiss musical legacy while giving young performers the opportunity to learn from and perform with leading professionals. The foundation conducted 30 outreach sessions for junior high and high school students throughout utah. These free programs included in-school clinics, career-day presentations, educational field trips, and hands-on workshops. More than 1,000 students participated at no cost to their schools. In addition to its school-outreach activities, the foundation hosted three workshops led by nationally recognized…
$259,098 spent$297,618 earned by the program47% of program spendingN/a
$288,702 spentof which $243,000 as grants53% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $547,800.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $251k to $1k (−100%).
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.
94% of SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 SUPPORT FOUNDATION’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 SUPPORT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% 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 SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION.
“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
100% of SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Utah funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION: 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 SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION?
- SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUND SUPPORT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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