Illinois · Nonprofit
SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,018,273 to it, the largest being LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATION ($310,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $442k
What Suzuki Orff School for Young Musicians does
Mission
Chime provides access to evidence-based therapy and engagement-based music programs that develop critical skills and foster self and social growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Chime delivers its mission through music classes, private lessons, and music therapy at our west town location as well as classroom music instruction during and after school at chicago area partner schools. Each of the offerings falls under one of two models: the performance model for neurotypical children and the therapeutic model for diverse learners and children with disabilities. Both models focus on musical engagement through hands-on instrumental music-making activities and an anti-bias repertoire and impact around 3,300 students weekly. We prioritize access to economically disadvantaged children and disabled individuals who would not have access to music without our services. We believe that everyone should have access to culturally responsive music programs that prioritize both the joy of active participation and the development of life skills. Our goal is to provide opportunities for students to tap into their creativity, express themselves musically, be part of an inclusive community, and reach their true potential. We aim at giving students successful music-making experiences that bring them joy, build character, and develop skills helpful in all areas of their lives.…
$784,710 spentof which $13,547 as grants$604,814 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $784,710.
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 2024 to 2025, from $480k to $652k (+36%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 15% · 2022 1% · 2023 8% · 2024 7% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Gosia Bagley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $30k → $176k.
7 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS’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
SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 53% · 2019 56% · 2020 41% · 2021 34% · 2022 27% · 2023 23% — 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
56% of SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
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
93% of SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $360k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS?
- SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,018,273 to it, the largest being LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATION ($310,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,018,273 in grants to SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS?
- LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $310,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUZUKI ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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