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THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being PRAIRIE LAKES REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$347k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$-67547
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What The Mankato School of Music Southern Mn School of Music does

Mission

To promote music in the southern minnesota community by providing training and instruction for approximately 185 students.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Weekly individual and group music lessons to approximately 185 students.

    $226,735 spent$272,098 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $226,735.

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 ($60k) Expenses 100 ($60k) Net assets 100 ($42k)2018 Revenue 104 ($62k) Expenses 103 ($62k) Net assets 101 ($42k)2020 Revenue 143 ($85k) Expenses 148 ($89k) Net assets 95 ($40k)2021 Revenue 223 ($133k) Expenses 210 ($126k) Net assets 111 ($46k)2022 Revenue 295 ($176k) Expenses 377 ($227k) Net assets -11 ($-4583)2023 Revenue 423 ($253k) Expenses 452 ($272k) Net assets -155 ($-64930)2024 Revenue 543 ($324k) Expenses 561 ($338k) Net assets -188 ($-78978)2025 Revenue 582 ($347k) Expenses 557 ($336k) Net assets -161 ($-67547)
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Revenue (582)Expenses (557)Net assets (-161)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 2022 to 2023, from $49k to $9k (−82%).

$42k
$43k
$40k
$48k
$49k
$9k
$20k
$15k
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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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

21% of THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$630
’17
$212
’18
−$4k
’20
$7k
’21
−$51k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$14k
’24
$11k
’25

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.

202320242025
Listed576
Joined·+5+4
No longer listed·35
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $7k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

’22
’23
Minnesota 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 MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

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.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 32%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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 MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being PRAIRIE LAKES REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC?
PRAIRIE LAKES REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MANKATO SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOUTHERN MN SCHOOL OF MUSIC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 1 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