Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE SOUNDING BOARD INC
THE SOUNDING BOARD INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,700 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($11,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $5k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $18k
What The Sounding Board Inc does
Mission
Preservation of folk music
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Concerts and festivals - artist, occupancy, and related expenses.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 2019 to 2020, from $23k to $17k (−23%).
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.
91% of THE SOUNDING BOARD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of THE SOUNDING BOARD 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE SOUNDING BOARD INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
THE SOUNDING BOARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like THE SOUNDING BOARD 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SOUNDING BOARD INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SOUNDING BOARD INC?
- THE SOUNDING BOARD INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,700 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($11,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOUNDING BOARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,700 in grants to THE SOUNDING BOARD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOUNDING BOARD INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOUNDING BOARD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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