Alabama · Nonprofit
SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE
SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being THE MACKOWSKI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($82,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $318k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Soundwall Music Initiative does
Mission
The sound wall music initiative is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the art of music in the auburn/opelika area. We strive to enhance our community through life performances support for music education and artist development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $15k to $79k (+447%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 9% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE’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.
Where its funders are
SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE
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 Alabama
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
49%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE: 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 SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE?
- SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being THE MACKOWSKI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($82,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $82,500 in grants to SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE?
- THE MACKOWSKI FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $82,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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