New York · Nonprofit
THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC
THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,182,213 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,330,112). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $25M
What The Perlman Music Program Inc does
Mission
See schedule oyoung musicians of talent need support. Left alone with their gift,without the instruction and mentoring that allows them to thrive, eventhe most exceptional young artists will struggle, and many may fail toachieve their full musical potential. Without this next generation ofworld-class musicians, the musical world and its audiences will be thepoorer.the perlman music program welcomes young musicians of rare and specialtalent into a richly supportive musical community. Through intensivesummer programs, year-round mentoring, and on occasion, aninternational study or performance tour, the program offersunparalleled musical training for students, ages 12 to 30, who play theviolin, viola, cello and piano. With a faculty led by itzhakperlman and comprising some of the most gifted musical talents of ourtime, the program offers an artistic and personal experience thatchanges students lives forever.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer study programs ("ssp") - intensive summer residency program on shelter island, new york consisting of the summer music school (a seven-week classical music program for 32 string players ages 12 to 18) and the chamber music workshop (a three-week chamber music program for 42 young adults ages 18-30).
$1,789,411 spentof which $170,300 as grants$359,616 earned by the program79% of program spendingConcerts and mentorship program - year-round concerts, mentorship and residencies for alumni of the summer music school, chamber music workshop and travel programs. Performances, community events, and professional development opportunities, designed to guide and support alumni through their college years and beyond.
$239,851 spent$10,221 earned by the program11% of program spendingTravel programs - the travel programs consist of the biennial israel residency, mixing israeli students and students of the summer music school, and the sarasota winter residency, a two and a half week session at the end of the calendar year which takes place in sarasota, florida, mixing students of the summer music school, chamber music workshop and the israel residency.
$225,890 spent$60,916 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,255,152.
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 2024 to 2025, from $17M to $25M (+45%).
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: 2022 4% · 2023 6% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Anna Kaplan
Executive director
Board chair
Randall Blank
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 43 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $482k → $974k.
15 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 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 PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
46% 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 PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 14% · 2019 11% · 2020 12% · 2021 52% · 2022 25% · 2023 29% — growing more concentrated.
“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
39% of THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $295k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$295k
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 PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC?
- THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,182,213 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,330,112). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $9,182,213 in grants to THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC, 76 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,330,112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM 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 129 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing