New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC
THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,922,040 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($390,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What The Institute of Music for Children Inc does
Mission
To engage children and youth in artistic expression and the creative process.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The institute of music for children, a community-centered, arts-based youth development organization, engages children and youth in artistic expression and the creative process. Guided by its vision of h.a.r.m.o.n.y. - helping achieve responsible, motivated, optimistic, neighborhood youth - the institute is building a community of high-achieving citizens who are arts lovers and arts makers through professional instruction, mentorship, and family engagement. Over 1,500 youth annually are provided with economically accessible, high- quality arts training in an inspiring and nurturing environment. Guided by the belief that all children deserve access to the benefits of the arts, no student is ever turned away based on financial need. Core programs arts education services offered: we provide more than 40 art forms in a wide range of performing, visual and media arts, along with additional programming that includes culinary, karate, yoga and more. Our core programs include: - the afterschool arts institute: offers 12- or 24-weeks of private and group instruction from october-may for over 375 students ages 5-18. This program features our signature, teen arts night. - the summer arts…
$1,571,113 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,571,113.
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 $936k to $5.9M (+535%).
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 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 24% · 2020 39% · 2021 9% · 2022 58% · 2023 22% · 2024 34% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 1 funder to 23 funders, grant income rose $1k → $348k.
8 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% 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 INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 37% · 2020 30% · 2021 23% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% — 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
67% of THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
83% of THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $908k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Government funding THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $260k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$260k
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 INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC?
- THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,922,040 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($390,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,922,040 in grants to THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC?
- Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $390,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 35 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