California · Nonprofit
VOICES OF MUSIC INC
VOICES OF MUSIC INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,951 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($112,507). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $365k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $376k
- Net assets
- $300k
What Voices of Music Inc does
Mission
Concerts recordings and education programs of music composed before 1800 performed on period instruments; free online videos of music performance and education programs for a worldwide audience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Concert series: we presented 12 public concerts in alameda san mateo and san francisco counties providing access to historically informed performances of early and baroque music. We received sf classical voice audience choice awards for favorite chamber ensemble favorite early music baroque ensemble favorite conductor favorite instrumental soloist favorite early music baroque performance and favorite vocal recital.
$242,855 spent$47,026 earned by the program71% of program spendingEducation programs: we continued the weekly recorder classes in albany serving 12 elementary school students. The junior recorder society held monthly meetings and presented student recital with 8 participants. The barbary coast recorder orchestra held monthly rehearsals and presented a concert with 28 members. We expanded community outreach activities providing educational and participatory early music programs at senior centers community centers and schools increasing public access to music education and engagement across diverse age groups and communities.
$27,607 spent$10,488 earned by the program8% of program spendingFree online concert programs: we added 60 new videos to the free online digital concert library bringing the total to 533 publicly available performance videos. During the year we gained 58,000 new youtube subscribers and the library reached 203 million cumulative views worldwide. Major viewership regions included the united states brazil mexico japan and france. We expanded our digital audience ending the year with 524,000 youtube subscribers 17,000 facebook and 5650 instagram followers. We continued distributing our programming on bilibili and weibo in mainland china increasing international access to free early music resources
$69,528 spent20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $339,990.
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 2023 to 2024, from $586k to $395k (−33%).
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 18% · 2022 27% · 2023 27% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of VOICES OF MUSIC INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $500 → $68k.
9 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 MUSIC 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
VOICES OF MUSIC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 74%; 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 VOICES OF MUSIC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 48% · 2022 28% · 2023 32% — 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
67% of VOICES OF MUSIC 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
99% of VOICES OF MUSIC 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 $3k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $373k 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 MUSIC INC has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VOICES OF MUSIC INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 VOICES OF MUSIC 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 VOICES OF MUSIC 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 VOICES OF MUSIC INC?
- VOICES OF MUSIC INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,951 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($112,507). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VOICES OF MUSIC INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $375,951 in grants to VOICES OF MUSIC INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOICES OF MUSIC INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $112,507 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOICES OF MUSIC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 12 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