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THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC

THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,200 to it, the largest being THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC ($28,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$38k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$85k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What The New York New Music Ensemble Inc does

Mission

To commission and perform new music

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $37,557 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $37,557.

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 ($56k) Expenses 100 ($65k) Net assets 100 ($132k)2018 Revenue 97 ($54k) Expenses 91 ($59k) Net assets 94 ($124k)2019 Revenue 50 ($28k) Expenses 54 ($35k) Net assets 90 ($119k)2020 Revenue 58 ($33k) Expenses 35 ($23k) Net assets 96 ($127k)2021 Revenue 48 ($27k) Expenses 28 ($18k) Net assets 106 ($141k)2022 Revenue 41 ($23k) Expenses 68 ($44k) Net assets 80 ($106k)2023 Revenue 57 ($32k) Expenses 56 ($37k) Net assets 74 ($98k)2024 Revenue 76 ($43k) Expenses 86 ($56k) Net assets 67 ($89k)2025 Revenue 67 ($38k) Expenses 68 ($44k) Net assets 64 ($85k)
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Revenue (67)Expenses (68)Net assets (64)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 2021 to 2022, from $141k to $106k (−24%).

$132k
$125k
$119k
$127k
$141k
$106k
$101k
$89k
$86k
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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

88% of THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’17
−$5k
’18
−$7k
’19
$10k
’20
$9k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$5k
’23
−$13k
’24
−$7k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Patricia Leonard

Executive director

Board chair

Jonathan Dawe

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $11k.

From the IRS filings of THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE 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 NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 34% · 2021 100% · 2022 67% · 2023 76% — 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

92% of THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
CA

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

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New York 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 NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−18% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

88%

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 NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC?
THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,200 to it, the largest being THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC ($28,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $60,200 in grants to THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE INC?
THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE 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 5 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