New York · Nonprofit
VOICES OF ASCENSION INC
VOICES OF ASCENSION INC (New York) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,509,685 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($817,584). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Voices of Ascension Inc does
Mission
Voices of ascension is a new york city-based professional choral ensemble dedicated to advancing the art of choral music by bridging historical excellence with bold new creation. Through performances, commissions, and community engagement, we uplift contemporary composers, nurture new artistic leadership, and create transformative musical experiences that connect audiences across generations and cultures.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Concert, choral performance and virtual celebrations of the arts- voices of ascension seeks to enthrall its audiences through outstanding performances and exemplary interpretations of choral music. It sustains a vibrant artistic community of professional vocal and instrumental musicians in new york city. As part of a diverse musical ecosystem it supports emerging artists and commissions new works that reach across genres, cultures, and art forms. Voices of ascension also serves seniors and families through community outreach with free or low cost music programs while offering the worldwide community of choral music lovers a robust program of free online content.
$946,360 spent$207,463 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $946,360.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.6M to $3.4M (+30%).
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: 2017 13% · 2018 8% · 2020 9% · 2021 6% · 2022 21% · 2023 22% · 2024 5% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of VOICES OF ASCENSION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 21 funders, grant income rose $60k → $470k.
8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 VOICES OF ASCENSION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
VOICES OF ASCENSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 VOICES OF ASCENSION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 26% · 2019 32% · 2020 42% · 2021 31% · 2022 55% · 2023 39% — 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
45% of VOICES OF ASCENSION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
83% of VOICES OF ASCENSION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
VOICES OF ASCENSION INC 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 VOICES OF ASCENSION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VOICES OF ASCENSION INC?
- VOICES OF ASCENSION INC (New York) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,509,685 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($817,584). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOICES OF ASCENSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,509,685 in grants to VOICES OF ASCENSION INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOICES OF ASCENSION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $817,584 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOICES OF ASCENSION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 39 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