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THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC

THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,800 to it, the largest being Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Methodist Church ($162,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$138k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$263k
Net assets
$49k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 54%
01What it does

What The Lutheran Music Academy of Galveston Island Inc does

Mission

The enhancement of music for students in the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The enhancement of music for students in the community.

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($129k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2018 Revenue 140 ($169k) Expenses 101 ($131k) Net assets 199 ($77k)2019 Revenue 83 ($100k) Expenses 109 ($141k) Net assets 92 ($36k)2020 Revenue 88 ($105k) Expenses 87 ($112k) Net assets 75 ($29k)2021 Revenue 92 ($111k) Expenses 86 ($111k) Net assets 76 ($29k)2022 Revenue 126 ($151k) Expenses 99 ($128k) Net assets 137 ($53k)2023 Revenue 106 ($128k) Expenses 100 ($129k) Net assets 134 ($52k)2024 Revenue 82 ($99k) Expenses 98 ($127k) Net assets 61 ($24k)2025 Revenue 114 ($138k) Expenses 87 ($112k) Net assets 127 ($49k)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (87)Net assets (127)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $77k to $36k (−54%).

$39k
$77k
$36k
$29k
$29k
$53k
$52k
$24k
$49k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’17
$38k
’18
−$41k
’19
−$7k
’20
$397
’21
$24k
’22
−$1k
’23
−$28k
’24
$25k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Annie Blancken

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $40k → $57k.

From the IRS filings of THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND 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 LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

62% 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 LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC.

62%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 72% · 2022 61% · 2023 56% — 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

100% of THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
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’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC?
THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,800 to it, the largest being Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Methodist Church ($162,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $262,800 in grants to THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC?
Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Methodist Church is the largest funder on record, with $162,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LUTHERAN MUSIC ACADEMY OF GALVESTON ISLAND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 3 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