Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION
THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,840,757 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,030,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What The Troy Andrews Foundation does
Mission
Preserve and perpetuate the musical culture of new orleans by passing its traditions down to future generations of musicians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trombone shorty academy educates the next generation of new orleans music students and aspiring music industry professionals. Following the path that led to trombone shorty's success, our program is based on danny barker's fairview baptist church brass band program, relying upon culturally responsive techniques taught by culture bearers and artist educators from the new orleans community. Students enrolled in the trombone shorty academy are immersed in contemporary and traditional brass band musical ensemble instruction while learning the history and theory that is so deeply entwined in new orleans music. As a part of the program, students their talents on stages at french quarter fest, the new orleans jazz & heritage festival, and alongside troy "trombone shorty andrews at the annual shorty fest. Our students also have an opportunity to travel with trombone shorty foundation, learning from professional musicians across the us and internationally.
$150,904 spent17% of program spendingThrough the music industry apprenticeship program, we aim to equip youth ages 16 - 24 with skills and perspectives to earn a thriving wage in the music industry, supporting them through a career pathway that leads to employment, continued education, and/or successful entrepreneurship. Through this program, we provide both hard skill training and skill development in the music industry, as well as a structured space to reflect and develop soft skills. The foundation then partners with music and creative industry partners to provide internships for youth to apply the skills they learned in a hands-on work environment. The program is rooted in community engagement, youth training, and development, helping to develop a pipeline of talented and experienced young talent to serve as the next leaders within new orleans.
$416,324 spent47% of program spendingThe cultural experiences program advances our mission of inspiring and uplifting the next generation of new orleans musicians by bringing youth ages 14-24 to locations across the country and around the world to build cultural connections, expand their networks, and gain firsthand insight into the global music industry. Through workshops, cultural exchanges, professional gig opportunities, and industry networking, participants deepen their understanding of musical traditions that have shaped or influenced new orleans music while broadening their worldviews-often experiencing their first trip outside of new orleans, their first flight, or their first international travel.
$166,596 spent19% of program spending"tunes for toys" is an annual event that features a toy drive, community evening music concert, and toy giveaway which takes place mid-december. The performance features students from the trombone shorty academy plus special guests including troy "trombone shorty andrews. This community event is always free and open to the public, but attendees are encouraged to bring a new toy in exchange for admission. The toys are collected and distributed as holiday gifts to children in need at an event the following day called "toys from troy."
$26,159 spent3% of program spendingFredman music business institute is a free after-school music program that supports teaching students in 8th - 12th grade with training in the business side of the music industry. Students learn about music industry skills ranging from live and studio recording, event production and promotion, touring, legal concepts, licensing, management, marketing, and more.
$70,135 spent8% of program spendingOther programs $ 64,505
$64,505 spent7% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $894,623.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $921k to $2.0M (+117%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $111k → $469k.
8 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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 TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 50% · 2019 30% · 2020 23% · 2021 60% · 2022 58% · 2023 27% — 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
56% of THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION
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 Louisiana
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION?
- THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,840,757 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,030,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $4,840,757 in grants to THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,030,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 36 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