Michigan · Nonprofit
WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC
WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,084 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($35,962). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $98k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Wheatland Music Organization Inc does
Mission
To serve as a resource center for the preservation and presentation of traditional music and arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The wheatland music organization holds an annual music festival to educate and promote traditional music, dance, arts and crafts
$708,169 spent$915,785 earned by the program76% of program spendingThe wheatland music organization holds a traditional arts weekend to teach and promote traditional arts, dance and music
$87,018 spent$29,225 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe wheatland music organization presents traditional music and arts in the local schools and communities.
$42,198 spent$1,085 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe elyce fishman scholarship fund provides funding to enable residents (primarily youth) in the mid-michigan area to enhance their personal growth and education in the areas of traditional music, dance, arts and crafts. Musical programs (help underwrite announcements for cmu public broadcasting of traditional music); wheatscouts provide activities for more than 200 youth; the music and dance camp is dedicated to providing an immersive musical and educational experience for those looking to enhance their current skills and/or build a solid foundation in a new area. The camp serves about 70 people.
$90,495 spent$217,970 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $927,880.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $2.4M (+95%).
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 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $14k → $23k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION 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
WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% 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
68% 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 WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 73% · 2021 80% · 2022 42% · 2023 46% — 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
50% of WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
68% of WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION 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 $32k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC?
- WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,084 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($35,962). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $98,084 in grants to WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $35,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHEATLAND MUSIC ORGANIZATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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