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The Elma Music Foundation (us): 24 grants to organizations, $1.9 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Elma Music Foundation (us), a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 24 grants to organizations totaling $1,946,430 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on April 20, 2026. The largest was $223,212 to Berklee College of Music Inc in Boston, MA for myda scholarship", which will provide need-based scholarships for students from elma's music foundation (u.s.) grantees to attend berklee college of music's four year undergraduate program..
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- EIN
- 273622277
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $2,588,592
- Grants paid
- $1,946,430
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed April 20, 2026, IRS object ID 202631109349100128. It reported $1,946,430 in grants paid; 24 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | Myda scholarship", which will provide need-based scholarships for students from elma's music foundation (u.s.) grantees to attend berklee college of music's four year undergraduate program. | Education | $223,212 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Inc | New Orleans, LA | General support for an after-school music program providing underserved children and youth from the ninth ward of new orleans the opportunity to study music through arts-focused youth development prog | Human services | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | Project support for arts access miami, a collaborative effort of five organizations to provide students in miami from elementary through high school with supplemental music and social-emotional suppor | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY | Project support to establish the hugh masekela heritage scholarship for south african students to attend the manhattan school of music | Arts, culture and humanities | $176,552 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | Project support for intensive performing arts program, creative solutions, to help disengaged youth in the juvenile system transition out of the juvenile justice system | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | General support for an organization that extends the careers of aging artists and brings music to schools, nursing homes, and hospitals nationwide. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Door - A Center of Alternatives | New York, NY | Project support for the music and performing arts programming of a community-based organization that serves youth ages 12-21 in the areas of health, education, the arts, personal development, and care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | Project support for the music department of a comprehensive afterschool youth development center in south central los angeles. | $91,666 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | General support for an organization uplifting gospel and jazz musical traditions to heal and inspire, with a focus on providing free training and performance opportunities for low-income teenagers in | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ryse Inc | Richmond, CA | Project support for the media, arts, and culture (mac) program for a community- based youth development organization that provides safe space for creative expression, and youth leadership in richmond, | Youth development | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Atlanta Music Project | Atlanta, GA | General support for an after-school music program that provides free music training and performance opportunities to youth in atlanta's under-resourced communities. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | Project support, which will provide need-based scholarships for students from africa to attend berklee college of music's four-year undergraduate program. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mind Builders Creative Arts Center Inc | Bronx, NY | General support for an after-school center that includes music programming in creative youth development and early childhood classes in the bronx. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Moving in the Spirit Inc | Atlanta, GA | General support for an after-school creative youth development program utilizing the disciplines of dance and music to enhance social-emotional development in children and teens. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Soulsville Foundation Inc | Memphis, TN | Project support for stax music academy, which provides extended day and after-school music instruction and comprehensive youth development programming to youth in memphis. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spy Hop Productions Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | General support for an organization that offers music/arts programming as a component of complementary youth development services. | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stem From Dance | Brooklyn, NY | General support for programs designed to introduce young girls of color to science, technology, engineering, and math through intentionally designed music and dance curriculum. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Music Education Group Inc | Atlanta, GA | General support for an after-school program that provides youth in grades 6 to 12 with career development and life skills through music, film, and digital media. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Road Recovery Foundation | New York, NY | General support for an organization providing music-based youth development support for young people in new york who are in various forms of state care, either for substance abuse recovery, justice re | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Empowerment Project | New Orleans, LA | Project support for after-school music and arts programming serving 175 youth ages 7-18 in new orleans, louisiana. | Crime and legal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth On Record | Denver, CO | General support for a community based, music focused youth development organization that provides and improves economic opportunities for young people in the creative arts. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | One-time general support contribution for matching gift. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Memphis Equity Through Arts (meta) Incorporated | Memphis, TN | Project support for sub-grants and capacity building to three-to-four community based, music oriented youth development organizations. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | One-time general support donation to support the mama foundation for the arts. | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed April 28, 2025, IRS object ID 202521189349100607. It reported $3,116,887 in grants paid; 24 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY | Project support to establish the hugh masekela heritage scholarship for south african students to attend the manhattan school of music | Arts, culture and humanities | $361,852 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | Project support for the jazz and blues in the schools program (jits), which extends the careers of aging artists and brings music to schools, nursing homes and hospitals nationwide. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | Project support for "myda scholarship", which will provide need-based scholarships for students from elma's music foundation (u.s.) grantees to attend berklee college of music's four year undergraduat | Education | $271,703 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | Project support for the miami music alliance (mma), a collaborative effort of five organizations to provide 2,500 elementary through high school students in miami gardens with sequential music educati | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Inc | New Orleans, LA | General support for an after-school music program providing underserved children and youth from the ninth ward of new orleans the opportunity to study music through arts-focused youth development prog | Human services | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save the Music Foundation | New York, NY | Project support for city wide music education advancement in new orleans schools. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Living Classrooms Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | Project support for after-school music education programming serving disadvantaged children and youth and linking them to broader youth development services with multiple living classrooms foundation | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memphis Equity Through Arts (meta) Incorporated | Memphis, TN | Project support for sub-grants and capacity building to three-to-four community based, music oriented youth development organizations. | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | Project support for intensive performing arts program, creative solutions, to help disengaged youth in the juvenile system transition out of the juvenile justice system | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mindbuilders Creative Arts Center Inc | Bronx, NY | General support for an after-school center that includes music programming in creative youth development and early childhood classes in the bronx. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Recess Activities Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Project support for arts based diversion program, providing alternatives to incarceration for youth. | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Renaissance Youth Center | Bronx, NY | Project support for the music programming of a community-based youth development organization in bronx, new york and partnership with department of probation to provide music programming to youth on p | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Soulsville Foundation Inc | Memphis, TN | Project support for stax music academy, which provides extended day and after-school music instruction and comprehensive youth development programming to youth in memphis. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spy Hop Productions Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | General support for an organization that offers music/arts programming as a component of complementary youth development services. | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Door - A Center of Alternatives | New York, NY | Project support for the music and performing arts programming of a community-based organization that serves youth ages 12-21 in the areas of health, education, the arts, personal development, and care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | Project support for the music department of a comprehensive afterschool youth development center in south central los angeles. | $91,667 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ryse Inc | Richmond, CA | Project support for the media, arts, and culture (mac) program for a community- based youth development organization that provides safe space for creative expression, and youth leadership in richmond, | Youth development | $91,666 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Empowerment Project | New Orleans, LA | Project support for after-school music and arts programming serving 175 youth ages 7-18 in new orleans, louisiana. | Crime and legal-related | $91,666 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | General support to an organization uplifting gospel and jazz musical traditions to heal and inspire, with a focus on providing free training and performance opportunities for low-income teenagers in h | Arts, culture and humanities | $83,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | Richmond, CA | General support for the afterschool music and performing arts program of a long standing community-based organization that serves youth ages 3-18 in the areas of private instruction, recitals, and stu | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neutral Zone | Ann Arbor, MI | Project support for a youth driven music and performing arts program serving teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19, many of whom are at-risk and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stem From Dance | Brooklyn, NY | General support for programs designed to introduce young girls of color to science, technology, engineering, and math through intentionally designed music and dance curriculum. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Road Recovery Foundation | New York, NY | General support for an organization providing music-based youth development support for young people in new york who are in various forms of state care, either for substance abuse recovery, justice re | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth On Record | Denver, CO | General support for a community based, music focused youth development organization that provides and improves economic opportunities for young people in the creative arts. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,601,737 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $850,000 |
| Education | $544,915 |
| Human services | $450,000 |
| Youth development | $416,666 |
| Crime and legal-related | $141,666 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $100,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $2,026,737 |
| Massachusetts | $544,915 |
| Louisiana | $541,666 |
| Florida | $450,000 |
| California | $424,999 |
| Tennessee | $300,000 |
| Texas | $200,000 |
| Georgia | $150,000 |
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Updated April 20, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.