Chamber Music America Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 13-2934575. Reported 160 grants totalling $2,184,252 to 145 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Chamber Music America Inc, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A036) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 145 distinct organizations, with 2% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 2% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,305. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $17,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $37,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longleash Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $42,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samuel Torres Group | Long Island City, NY | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edward Simon | Emeryville, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brinae Ali | Baltimore, MD | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sajevoices LLC (johnaye Kendrick) | Tacoma, WA | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helen Sung Quartet (jazzplasticity) | New York, NY | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edmar Castaneda | Teaneck, NJ | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Galluparts Inc | Gallup, NM | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Isham Park Restoration Program 1970 Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest New Mexico Arts Council | Farmington, NM | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friction Performing Arts | Mountain View, CA | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hallwalls Inc | Buffalo, NY | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Switch Ensemble | Glenville, NY | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parker Quartet LLC | Arlington, MA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Picosa | Chicago, IL | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roomful of Teeth | Miami, FL | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Talea Ensemble Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arts & Education Continuum Inc | New York, NY | $20,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akropolis Quintet Inc | Northville, MI | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mildred Bailey Project the | Brooklyn, NY | $20,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blackbox Ensemble | New York, NY | $20,080 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arkai Music LLC | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Quartet | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elio Villafranca-West | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Excelsis Percussion | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juneteenth Lp (nnena Ogwo) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Momenta Quartet | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Music Institute of Kansas City (dba Newear) | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Publiquartet | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quintet of the Americas Inc | Douglaston, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sofia Rei | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Syrian Music Preservation Initiative Corp | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cortez Center Inc | Cortez, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Third Coast Percussion Nfp | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ars Nova Workshop Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $19,675 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lulu Fall and the Kris Johnson Group | Southfield, MI | $19,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The National Jazz Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $18,900 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mia Detwiler (amorsima) | Texas, TX | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Del Sol Performing Arts Organization | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ghost Ensemble | Pelham, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Infrasound Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Khemia Ensemble | Spanish Fork, UT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unheard-of Ensemble Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $17,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amherst Glebe Arts Response Inc | Amherst, VA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arts for Art Inc | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indo-American Arts Council Inc | New York, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective | Buffalo, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arts for Art Inc | New York, NY | $17,444 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Don Paul Kahl | Millerstown, PA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lydianstringquartet | Marlborough, MA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Outpost Productions Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Painted Bride Art Center Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wefreestrings | Leonia, NJ | $16,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ekmeles Inc | New York, NY | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duo Kayo | New York, NY | $14,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alicesun and Commonthread | Detroit, MI | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gaea Schell Quartet | San Fransisco, CA | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gwen Laster | Beacon, NY | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakecia Benjamin and Pursuance | New Rochelle, NY | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Naomi Moon Siegel Ensemble | Missoula, MT | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purely Blue | Teaneck, NJ | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reut Regev's Rtime (v) | Rahway, NJ | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haven Trio | Charlotte, NC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tak Ensemble | Ridgewood, NY | $13,912 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shapeshifter Plus Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $13,703 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sydeboob Duo Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $13,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chronic Duo | New York, NY | $13,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brass Project | New York, NY | $13,300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Flyways | Brooklyn, NY | $13,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Idol Beings | Upper Marlbro, MD | $13,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garth Newel Music Center Foundation Corp | Warm Springs, VA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Queens College Foundation Inc | Flushing, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| And Play | New York, NY | $12,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parthenia Viol Consort | Woodside, NY | $12,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Inc | New York, NY | $12,280 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chamberqueer | Brooklyn, NY | $12,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Telos Consort | New York, NY | $12,110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Avokado Artists Inc | Placitas, NM | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro De Economia Creativa Inc | San Juan, PR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Empressa Municipal Cabo Rojo | Cabo Rojo, PR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gotham Early Music Scene Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jazz Salon | Long Beach, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luis a Ferre Foundation Inc | Ponce, PR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pathos Trio LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheffield Chamber Players | Boston, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whistling Hens | Bowie, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bergamot Music Incorporated | New York, NY | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lucy Yeghiazaryan Quartet (v) | New York, NY | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unheard-of Ensemble | Brooklyn, NY | $11,110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 222 Healdsburg Performing Arts | Healdsburg, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Decoda Inc | New York, NY | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastside Arts Alliance | Oakland, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Redwood Jazz Alliance | Arcata, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeong Hyun Kimc 48 St Stephen | Glen Carbon, IL | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roomful of Teeth Vocal Arts Project Inc | Williamstown, MA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Stage Performance Gallery | Los Angeles, CA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sputter Box | Brooklyn, NY | $10,110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African American Cultural Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aizuri Quartet | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Inc | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts League of Michigan Inc | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capitalbop Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dance Hall | Kittery, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Jazz Festival | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ebony Repertory Theatre Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epistrophy Arts International | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ernest Dawkins Live the Spirit Res Band | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hallwalls Inc | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hot Summer Jazz Festival | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jazz House Kids Inc | Montclair, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jazzmobile Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Live the Spirit Residency | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nameless Sound | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nameless Sound | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next Stage Arts Project Incorporated | Putney, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phil Clef Club of the Performing Arts Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance | Cortez, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanford Jazz Workshop | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford Jazz Workshop | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Performing Arts (utaustin) | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jazz Bakery Performance Space | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Myrna Loy | Helena, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New Quorum | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transart and Cultrual Services Inc | Kingston, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinosophes Projects | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vcu Health Arts in Healthcare | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Williamsburg Music Center Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Valley Arts and Entertainment Inc | Huntsville, AL | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Louisiana Museum Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $9,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Soapbox Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $9,083 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capitalbop Inc | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syrian Music Preservation | Queens, NY | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ensemble Decipher | Brooklyn, NY | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adelante Winds | Converse, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Project Music Heals US Inc | Guilford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Portland Conservatory of Music | Portland, ME | $7,405 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bowery Trio | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cramer Quartet | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dara Hankins & Kyle Walker Duo | Brooklyn, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lilac 94 | Queens, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lotus Chamber Music Collective | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Queer | Brooklyn, NY | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lotus Chamber Music Collective | Brooklyn, NY | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
10 of 145 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Chamber Music Pittsburgh
PRESENTER CONSORTIUM FOR JAZZ - National Jazz Museum Harlem
PRESENTER CONSORTIUM JAZZ - Adelante Winds
DIGITAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 of 145 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29 | $351,600 | $10,500 |
| 2021 | 64 | $895,536 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $399,606 | $10,972 |
| 2023 | 37 | $537,510 | $11,110 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
46% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,305 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chamber Music America Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 16 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 21 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 22248, Brooklyn, NY, 11202.
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