Utah · Nonprofit
THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC
THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,000 to it, the largest being THE RAY AND TYE NOORDA FOUNDATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $0
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $80k
- Net assets
- $9k
What The Upscale Music Foundation Inc does
Mission
Musical education provided to children reqardless of ability to pay for such education thru the contribution of monies and musical instruments to be used for the benefit of the individuals not having such instruments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To provide the ability for children to receive musical education thru the use of musical instruments donated to the foundation.
$9,672 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,672.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $51k to $32k (−37%).
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.
100% of THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $32k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION 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 UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Utah 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 UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION 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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC?
- THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,000 to it, the largest being THE RAY AND TYE NOORDA FOUNDATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $80,000 in grants to THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC?
- THE RAY AND TYE NOORDA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE UPSCALE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 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