New York · Nonprofit
THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC
THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $775,431 to it, the largest being MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND ($200,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $775k
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc does
Mission
For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The belief that music is a fundamental part of human life is at the center of the school's philosophy and mission. Diller-quaile values artistry, musicianship, creativity, collaboration, and commitment; offers individual and group music instruction, as well as ensemble and performance opportunities, to students of all levels and ages; fosters musicianship and the development of knowledge, skills, and expressivity through responsive teaching; inspires academic and administrative excellence, and furthers innovative thinking through teacher training courses, programs, and professional development initiatives; promotes cultural vibrancy and lifelong engagement in the arts through student concerts, performances by faculty and guest artists, master classes, and educational community programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The diller-quaile school of music is a vibrant community music school located on the ues of manhattan, providing exemplary early childhood and instrumental & vocal programs, lessons and workshops for adults, teacher training and professional development initiatives, and community programs. During the 2024-2025 year, diller-quaile welcomed jennifer patten as its new exectuive director, and began exploring fresh opportunities for future planning while aligning to long-standing values. Throughout 2024-2025, the early childhood program continued to operate on a trimester system with approximately 35-36 classes per week and offered an extensive selection of courses for introducing small groups of young children and their families to the joys of music and visual art by engaging in developmentally appropriate group music experiences. Students were given the foundation for a comprehensive music education and the tools to express themselves artistically. Key to the diller-quaile approach is the collaboration among teachers and students, which creates a unique child-centered musical environment within each class session. Classes featured pianists who improvised accompaniments in a variety…
$3,008,835 spentof which $140,888 as grants$2,710,951 earned by the program100% of program spendingThrough its community programs, diller-quaile advanced its mission and furthered its relationship with the new york city community. In summer 2024 diller-quaile celebrated the 52nd year of the summer music partnership program. The school offered an in-person program and an online program. Diller-quaile partnered with four new york city early childhood centers from upper manhattan for the in-person program serving 123 children, and 45 new york city early childhood centers representing all five boroughs for the online program, serving 102 teachers, 3,346 children, and 28 districts. Participants in the online program joined for eight pre-recorded online music classes specially designed for young children, and included meet the instrument guests. The summer culminated with the 52nd festival of international folk music held online in august. The festival included the sharing and singing of music from the entire program. The 2024-2025 school year was a significant milestone for the preschool partnership program as it marked a full return to onsite instruction. Teaching artists provided music instruction to a long-standing program partner, serving 71 children ages 2 to 4 years and 17…
$11,114 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
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The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,019,949.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.2M to $8.0M (−13%).
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 20% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $10k → $107k.
7 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% 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 DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 45% · 2019 32% · 2020 38% · 2021 34% · 2022 33% · 2023 47% — 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
44% of THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
88% of THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC 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. $355k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC?
- THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $775,431 to it, the largest being MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND ($200,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $775,431 in grants to THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC?
- MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DILLER-QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC 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 31 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