New York · Nonprofit
THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC
THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,002,340 to it, the largest being LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL ($6,457,800). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What The Filomen M Dagostino Greenberg Music School Inc does
Mission
To help people pursue their interest in and study of music while overcoming the challenges posed by vision loss.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization offers music classes and lessons to all persons withvision loss, including children and young adults enrolled in public andprivate schools, colleges and universities; professional musicians; andothers with an interest in enrichment through lifelong musical learning.the corporation serves as a resource locally, nationally, andinternationally to performers, students, educators, and music industryleaders as the leading provider of accessible music instruction and the production of braille and large print music scores.
$834,139 spent$130,505 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $834,139.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $456k to $7.2M (+1483%).
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: 2019 10% · 2021 1% · 2022 5% · 2023 10% · 2024 7% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Robert Derke
Executive director
Board chair
Travis Howe
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $125k → $313k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL 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 FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 40% · 2021 96% · 2022 35% · 2023 26% — 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
50% of THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
95% of THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL 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. $401k 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 FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL 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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC?
- THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,002,340 to it, the largest being LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL ($6,457,800). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $8,002,340 in grants to THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC?
- LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL is the largest funder on record, with $6,457,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 26 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