South Carolina · Nonprofit
STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER
STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($116). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $116
- Net assets
- $20k
What Stratford Bands Booster does
Mission
To promote band activities at Stratford High School, including raising funds to subsidize band competitions and activities not funded by the school district, as well as coordinating student, parent, and volunteer activities.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Marching band - we raise money to support music education in the marching band program at Stratford High School, with our largest expenses being related to marching band competitions and travel. We also coordinate the parents and volunteers for these activities.
$116,998 spent$95,631 earned by the program76% of program spendingConcert and jazz band - we raise money to support the concert and jazz band programs at Stratford High School, with our largest expenses being local, regional, and national competitions. We also coordinate the parents and volunteers for these activities.
$26,762 spent$17,510 earned by the program17% of program spendingWinter guard - we raise money to support the winter guard program, which is a similar program to what the color guard does in marching band, but it is a separate group of performers who perform to recorded music, incorporating dance and staging. It is a competition judged against other teams using intricate choreography and dance moves and is held inside during the winter. Our largest expenses are related to travel, props, instruction, and uniforms for competitions. We also coordinate parents and volunteers for these activities.
$10,430 spent$3,600 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,190.
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 2023 to 2024, from $36k to $71k (+95%).
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.
6% of STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER’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
100% of STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116 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
STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER is better cushioned than half of the 143 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 143 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER: 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 STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER?
- STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($116). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $116 in grants to STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATFORD BANDS BOOSTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing