North Carolina · Nonprofit
TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC
TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,220 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($254,116). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $540k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $816k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Tosco Music Parties Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to present a wide variety of music through performances and outreach programs; to foster a sense of community among listeners and performers with a commitment to inclusiveness of participation; and to provide a venue in which professional and amateur musicians can meet, network, insprie, share and contribute to the community. Born from intimate living room jam sessions in charlotte, nc, tosco music parties have grown into popular community concerts where nationally recognized acts share the stage with undiscovered artists, and audience members are invited to sing along throughout the evening. From concerts, senior center performances, and open mic nights, to music scholarships and outreach, tosco music is dedicated to helping the community explore, develop and share their passion for music in all its forms.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Tosco music produced several significant tosco music party (tmp) showcases this year, including fabfest weekend beatles showcase, as well as numerous outreach programs (music performances in the community, monthly open-mics, music programs for older adults, etc.)
$453,372 spentof which $8,894 as grants$263,108 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $453,372.
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 2021 to 2022, from $258k to $450k (+74%).
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.
51% of TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Martha Harbison
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $135k.
8 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES 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.
How concentrated its funding is
TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 52% · 2021 62% · 2022 47% · 2023 51% — 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
38% of TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
70% of TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $242k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $574k 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
TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC has grown faster than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES 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 TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC?
- TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,220 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($254,116). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $816,220 in grants to TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $254,116 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 15 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