New York · Nonprofit
The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc
The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc (New York) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,084,853 to it, the largest being ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($825,810). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc does
Mission
The David Hochstein Memorial Music School, Inc. provides people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities with access to excellent music and dance education in a community that nurtures and encourages personal achievement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Music and Dance: 2,250 students aged infants to senior citizens were served in 36-week school year and 6-week summer sessions, taking weekly individual lessons, musicianship and dance classes, vocal and instrumental ensembles (chamber music, choirs, bands, jazz and rock combos, orchestras), to develop skills and knowledge in music and dance. Instruction took place either in person or virtually, as needed.
$2,376,828 spentof which $264,973 as grants$1,806,487 earned by the program76% of program spendingExpressive Arts (1,564 total served): 150 clients were served throughout 36-week school year and 6-week summer sessions onsite and 1,414 clients in 45 program weeks at community sites; students from preschool to senior citizen ages participated in weekly individual music, dance, and/or art therapy sessions and/or group sessions, to develop cognitive, physical, social, and emotional skills contributing to their independence and quality of life. Clients were served either in person or virtually, as needed.
$635,129 spentof which $83,267 as grants$515,763 earned by the program20% of program spendingROCmusic: From 2023-2024, the ROCmusic program, a collaborative of The Hochstein School, Eastman School, Eastman Community Music School, City of Rochester, Rochester City School District, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, served 147 City of Rochester student residents in grades 1-12. ROCmusic provided free after school music instruction at four different recreation centers in Rochester, 22 opportunities for students to perform in the community, and access to numerous arts and cultural events in the area. Classes include instruction on string, brass, and rhythm section instruments. Hochstein serves as the fiscal agent for the ROCmusic collaborative.
$111,164 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,123,121.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.2M to $9.8M (+20%).
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 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 23% · 2022 12% · 2023 14% · 2024 10% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc’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. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $37k → $458k.
14 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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 David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 26% · 2019 32% · 2020 34% · 2021 33% · 2022 62% · 2023 32% — broadly stable.
“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
48% of The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
67% of The David Hochstein Memorial Music School 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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc's revenue grew 53% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc?
- The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc (New York) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,084,853 to it, the largest being ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($825,810). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $3,084,853 in grants to The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc?
- ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $825,810 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 40 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