Texas · Nonprofit
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc (Texas) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,401,718 to it, the largest being THE PANGBURN FOUNDATION XXXXX0006 ($810,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.7M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Van Cliburn Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Cliburn advances classical piano music throughout the world. Its international competitions,education programs, and concert series embody an enduring commitment to artistic excellence and the discovery of young artists.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Cliburn fosters the appreciation of classical and other forms of music through the presentation of piano competitions, including a professional competition, an amateur competition, and a junior competition. Competitions rotate, occurring once every four years.
$4,784,293 spentof which $289,995 as grants$1,646,823 earned by the program58% of program spendingThe Cliburn fosters the appreciation of classical, and other forms of music through the presentation of a concert series each year.
$521,637 spent$119,197 earned by the program6% of program spendingThe Cliburn promotes the careers of aspiring musicians through the management of competition winners and other artists careers.
$570,130 spent$288,250 earned by the program7% of program spendingEducation The Cliburn advances classical piano music through education programs, online videos and worksheets, and in-school concerts.
$335,585 spent$10,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingOutreach The Cliburn advances classical piano music through community programs, online live and recorded performances, and video and audio content.
$2,076,320 spent$20,110 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,287,965.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $15M to $14M (−12%).
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 6% · 2022 2% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of Van Cliburn Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Jacques Marquis
President and CEO
Board chair
Jeff King
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $337k → $870k.
7 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.5M from 13 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Van Cliburn Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money Van Cliburn Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Van Cliburn Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 22% · 2019 16% · 2020 22% · 2021 36% · 2022 12% · 2023 19% — 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
30% of Van Cliburn Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
72% of Van Cliburn Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $840k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc has grown faster 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
Government funding Van Cliburn Foundation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Van Cliburn 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Cliburn Media LLC · disregarded
- VCF Production Investors LP · disregarded
- The Cliburn Agency LLC · disregarded
- Van Cliburn Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc?
- Van Cliburn Foundation Inc (Texas) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,401,718 to it, the largest being THE PANGBURN FOUNDATION XXXXX0006 ($810,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Van Cliburn Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $7,401,718 in grants to Van Cliburn Foundation Inc, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Van Cliburn Foundation Inc?
- THE PANGBURN FOUNDATION XXXXX0006 is the largest funder on record, with $810,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Van Cliburn Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 94 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