New York · Nonprofit
THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC
THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,524,166 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($800,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $217k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $457k
What The Denyce Graves Foundation Inc does
Mission
The primary purpose of the organization is to celebrate america's historic hidden musicalfigures and provide opportunity for the next generation of classical vocal artists, honoring the voices of our past while empowering the singers of tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Hidden figures-hidden voices - using scholarly research to document america's largely unknown cultural trailblazers and reveal their historic achievements, establishing their legacy for all to know and see.generations - a comprehensive annual 4 to 6 month fellowship program for underrepresented emerging artist singers, focusing on empowerment through mentorship, advocacy, and access.shared voices - creating channels of communication between historically black colleges and universities and predominantly white institutions to enrich the music programs on both sides.
$317,596 spentof which $7,380 as grants$19,209 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $317,596.
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 $781k to $505k (−35%).
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.
87% of THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Terry Eberhardt
Executive director
Board chair
Marc Chazaud
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $823k → $149k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION 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 DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
34% 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 DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 61% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
82% of THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC: 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 THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,524,166 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($800,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,524,166 in grants to THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION 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.
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 18 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