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THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC

THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC (Utah) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,072 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($107,139). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$881k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$123k
Net assets
$211k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What The Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps Inc does

Mission

The battalion provides learning and performance opportunities for young adults in a christian-values-based environment through musical touring and competition experiences.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Fy 2025 was an outstanding success for our organization. We completed an 8,500 mile national tour culminating in our participation at drum corps international world championships in indianapolis indiana. As part of the seasons competition we finished in 3rd place (bronze medalist) in open class. This was the highest placed finish in our organizations history. We also qualified for dci world class semi-finals. In all we performed for over 375,000 audience members, and provided music education experience for over 500 students. Of the 500+ students we interacted with, we took over 140 members from 24 different states on a nationwide tour. We are incredibly grateful for the support of an outstanding community of parents, volunteers, and professionals who enabled us to complete the season in which were able to accomplish our goals.

    $757,552 spent$762,609 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $757,552.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($457k) Expenses 100 ($435k) Net assets 100 ($193k)2019 Revenue 112 ($513k) Expenses 106 ($462k) Net assets 127 ($245k)2020 Revenue 37 ($170k) Expenses 36 ($155k) Net assets 134 ($259k)2021 Revenue 47 ($216k) Expenses 59 ($257k) Net assets 113 ($218k)2022 Revenue 114 ($521k) Expenses 122 ($531k) Net assets 108 ($209k)2023 Revenue 132 ($605k) Expenses 139 ($604k) Net assets 109 ($211k)2024 Revenue 140 ($640k) Expenses 162 ($702k) Net assets 77 ($148k)2025 Revenue 193 ($881k) Expenses 188 ($819k) Net assets 109 ($211k)
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Revenue (193)Expenses (188)Net assets (109)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 2023 to 2024, from $218k to $153k (−30%).

$207k
$251k
$259k
$222k
$215k
$218k
$153k
$218k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2020 13% · 2021 10% · 2022 4% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

10% of THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’18
$52k
’19
$15k
’20
−$41k
’21
−$10k
’22
$2k
’23
−$62k
’24
$62k
’25
0.6
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.

Chief executive

Kenton Nielson

CEO

Board chair

Chris Nelson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed1113131414161516
Joined·+2+2+1+0+2+1+1
No longer listed·0200020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $27k → $20k.

Funder
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total
funders
3
2
2
2
1
1
1

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC’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

THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

88% 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 THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC.

87%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 55% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.

“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

88% of THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC'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. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Utah funders.

UT

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k 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

THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

UT

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC?
THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC (Utah) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,072 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($107,139). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $123,072 in grants to THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $107,139 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BATTALION DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC find more funders?
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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 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 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