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THE TIDEWATER WINDS

THE TIDEWATER WINDS (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,069 to it, the largest being TOWNEBANK FOUNDATION ($96,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$229k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$277k
Net assets
$101k
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What The Tidewater Winds does

Mission

The mission of tidewater winds is to provide quality concert band programming in the hampton roads region. Through community partnerships and local initiatives, tidewater winds works to provide musical performances, special projects, and educational programming at the highest level of excellence. It is our charge to musically serve the hampton roads region while offering equity and inclusion to all audiences. We aim to encourage education, socialization and unity through our musical programs.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Founded in 1985 by local band director, sid berg, tidewater winds is professional, non-profit, 65-member concert band providing three core signature services to hampton roads. These services help define our mission and ensure a positive impact on our community. They include a free summer concert series, an intensive music education program, and a community outreach program consisting of small ensembles. Education is an intergral part of our work and include an intense summer intership for up to 25 students, master classes, band clinics, and the r.I.m.e. Project (reading in music education) for 3rd grade students.

    $310,375 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $310,375.

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 ($201k) Expenses 100 ($201k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2018 Revenue 111 ($223k) Expenses 99 ($198k) Net assets 173 ($59k)2019 Revenue 101 ($202k) Expenses 100 ($201k) Net assets 180 ($61k)2020 Revenue 97 ($196k) Expenses 75 ($150k) Net assets 316 ($107k)2021 Revenue 151 ($304k) Expenses 102 ($205k) Net assets 649 ($220k)2022 Revenue 131 ($263k) Expenses 156 ($313k) Net assets 506 ($172k)2023 Revenue 114 ($229k) Expenses 170 ($341k) Net assets 297 ($101k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (114)Expenses (170)Net assets (297)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 2020 to 2021, from $108k to $220k (+104%).

$35k
$59k
$62k
$108k
$220k
$189k
$101k
2017201820192020202120222023
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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2018 11% · 2019 3% · 2020 21% · 2021 11% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

69% of THE TIDEWATER WINDS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$103
’17
$25k
’18
$1k
’19
$46k
’20
$99k
’21
−$50k
’22
−$112k
’23
1.4
months of
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed15171818151617
Joined·+6+2+0+4+5+1
No longer listed·410740
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $21k → $34k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 TIDEWATER WINDS’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 TIDEWATER WINDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

33% 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 TIDEWATER WINDS.

35%
largest funder
85%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 38% · 2019 39% · 2020 32% · 2021 35% · 2022 36% · 2023 36% — 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.

How long its funders stay

71% of THE TIDEWATER WINDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

97% of THE TIDEWATER WINDS's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

MN
VA
NC

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE TIDEWATER WINDS's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−49% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,179 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE TIDEWATER WINDS?
THE TIDEWATER WINDS (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,069 to it, the largest being TOWNEBANK FOUNDATION ($96,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE TIDEWATER WINDS have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $277,069 in grants to THE TIDEWATER WINDS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE TIDEWATER WINDS?
TOWNEBANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $96,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE TIDEWATER WINDS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 8 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