The Carnegie Hall Corporation
New York, NY · EIN 13-1923626. Reported 150 grants totalling $4,644,989 to 67 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 The Carnegie Hall Corporation, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A610) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 12% 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. 66% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $6,480 and the largest $553,356. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $553,356 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Liveconnections Org | Philadelphia, PA | $207,703 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 20 20 Vision for Schools Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $187,336 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nycsalt Inc | New York, NY | $162,148 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Musicopia Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $155,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Inc | Jamaica, NY | $142,513 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Buffalo String Works Inc | Buffalo, NY | $131,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Educational Video Center Inc | New York, NY | $129,965 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Enriching Lives Through Music | San Rafael, CA | $124,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Youth Orchestras Ofcentral Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $122,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assn | El Paso, TX | $122,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nyc Arts Cypher Inc | Staten Island, NY | $121,662 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| El Sistema Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Intempo Organization Inc | Stamford, CT | $113,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Child Program Inc Icp | New York, NY | $110,327 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Juneau Alaska Music Matters | Juneau, AK | $103,367 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Youth Symphony Association | Honolulu, HI | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Soundscapes Inc | Newport News, VA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Studeo | New York, NY | $95,525 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Capital Harmony Works Inc | Trenton, NJ | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo, MI | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grow Brownsville | Brooklyn, NY | $80,094 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Musicworks | Providence, RI | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tech Kids Unlimited | Brooklyn, NY | $72,508 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Chicago, IL | $72,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Price Hill Will | Cincinnati, OH | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Art of Self Esteem Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $64,308 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Projectivity Group Inc | Staten Island, NY | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Empire State Youth Orchestra | Schenectady, NY | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kidznotes | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Redz Inc | Elmont, NY | $45,280 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Music Center of Boston | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | Richmond, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Make Music Nola | New Orleans, LA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Dream | Brooklyn, NY | $43,640 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Opportunity Music Project Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Homer Opus | Homer, AK | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Drama Club Inc | New York, NY | $38,202 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cheerful Inc | Allen, TX | $35,495 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra | Wake Forest, NC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Staten Island Makerspace Inc | Staten Island, NY | $33,820 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yakima Music En Accion Yama | Yakima, WA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Point Fellowship Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc | Worcester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art and Resistance Through Education | Bronx, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dominican Writers Assoc Inc | New York, NY | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hip Hop Re- Education Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| African Peach Arts Coalition | Forest Park, GA | $21,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zumix Inc | East Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Ethos LLC Dba Collective Fare | Fresh Meadows, NY | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wave Farm Inc | Acra, NY | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chyrsallis Healing Light Ministries Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Creative Expressions Unlimited Inc | Jamaica, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dream Dare to Revitalize Education Thru Arts & Mediation Inc | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fame Airbrush Inc | Ronkonkoma, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Music Haven Inc | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roots Wounds Words Inc | Middletown, DE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mobella Productions LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $11,840 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Play on Philly | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Renaissance Youth Center | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Music Beyond Measure Inc | West Orange, NJ | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Taylor-Davis Agency | Brooklyn, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
45 of 67 (67%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 of 67 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 | 47 | $1,214,727 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 41 | $1,976,183 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $851,429 | $21,750 |
| 2023 | 23 | $602,650 | $25,000 |
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
40% 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 $25,000 -- 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 The Carnegie Hall Corporation'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 23 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10019.
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