North Carolina · Nonprofit
YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE
YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,398 to it, the largest being THE TROON FOUNDATION ($140,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $215k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $259k
- Net assets
- $37k
What Young Musicians of Alamance does
Mission
Young Musicians of Alamance Mission Statement The mission of Young Musicians of Alamance (YMA) is to provide high-quality music education to all students, regardless of their socio-economic background. YMA aims to break down barriers to music education and ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn and grow as a musician. The organization focuses on the holistic development of students, emphasizing the importance of music as a language that nurtures creativity, confidence, and personal growth. YMA's programs are designed to be inclusive and accessible, with a commitment to supporting students from diverse backgrounds and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Young Musicians of Alamance provides general music, string lesson, wind band, modern band, percussion, small group classes and prives lesson for all levels of players from 1st grade through 12th grade at little to no cost.
$215,157 spentof which $179,114 as grants$35,737 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,157.
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 2022 to 2023, from $127k to $81k (−37%).
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.
83% of YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE’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. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $25k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE’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
YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2020 100% · 2021 43% · 2022 80% · 2023 69% — broadly stable.
“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
33% of YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE's funders are still giving 2 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
95% of YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE 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
Organizations like YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE
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
100% 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 YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE: 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 YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE?
- YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,398 to it, the largest being THE TROON FOUNDATION ($140,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $259,398 in grants to YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE?
- THE TROON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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