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The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: 21 grants to organizations, $365,528 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 21 grants to organizations totaling $365,528 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 12, 2026. The largest was $74,500 to Opera North 2 for 2025 collaborative initiative - audio and video capture costs of love life.
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- EIN
- 136139518
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $47,068,323
- Grants paid
- $521,428
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 12, 2026, IRS object ID 202621329349100312. It reported $521,428 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed, and 72 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opera North 2 | UK | 2025 collaborative initiative - audio and video capture costs of love life | $74,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Opera North 2 | UK | 2025 professional performance and broadcast grant: love life | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York City Center | New York, NY | 2025 collaborative initiative - love life audio capture costs | Arts, culture and humanities | $27,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| True Concord Voices & Orchestra | Tucson, AZ | 2025 professional performance and broadcast grant: airborne symphony suite | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Opera North 2 | UK | 2025 collaborative initiative - post-capture costs of love life cd | $22,450 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ensemble Modern | GM | Sds recording collaborative inititative | $15,953 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oklahoma City University | Oklahoma City, OK | 2025 midyear university performance grant: street scene | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of British Columbia | CA | University performance grant - street scene | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Minnesota (4) | Minneapolis, MN | 2025 midyear university performance grant: street scene, symphonic nocturne from lady in the dark | $14,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | 2025 university performance grant: rise and fall of the city of mahagonny | $14,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Detroit Opera | Detroit, MI | Professional performance grant: down in the valley | Arts, culture and humanities | $14,125 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manhattan School of Music (2) | New York, NY | 2025 university performance grant - the threepenny opera | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Opera Zuid | NL | 2025 midyear professional performance grant: die dreigroschenoper | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Orchestra of the Music Makers | SN | 2025 amateur performance grant: symphonic nocturne from lady in the dark | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | UK | Professional performance grant - four walt whitman songs | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meredith College | Raleigh, NC | 2025 midyear university performance grant: lady in the dark | Education | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mastervoices | New York, NY | Kurt weill/lotte lenya artist | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lotte Lehmann Akademie Perleberg | GM | 2025 university performance grant - street scene | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 2025 university performance grant: der jasager | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sydney Conservatorium of Music | AS | Professional performance grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Minnesota (4) | Minneapolis, MN | Kurt weill mentor honorarium and travel: jim holmes, street scene, symphonic nocturne | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202511339349102411. It reported $434,300 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed, and 69 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | Support of kw concerts in 2024 weimar festival | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Central City Opera House Association | Denver, CO | 2024 professional performance grant: street scene | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brevard Music Center | Brevard, NC | 2024 amateur performance grant: the threepenny opera | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Curtis Institute for Music | Philadelphia, PA | 2024 university performance grant: the seven deadly sins | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | UK | Professional performance grant - the seven deadly sins | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | UK | Professional performance grant: sins, kdm, vom tod im wald - performacns and recording | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New World Symphony | Miami Beach, FL | 2024 performance grant: the seven deadly sins | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Opera North | UK | To support kw/ll artist, justin hopkins | $14,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Maryland | College Park, MD | 2024 university performance grant: the seven deadly sins | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | 2024 university performance grant: street scene | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 2024 university performance grant: street scene | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Symphony Orchestra | New York, NY | Professional performance grant - kleine dreigroschenmusik | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arcola Theatre | UK | Professional performance grant - no for an answer | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $203,125 |
| Education | $52,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $176,500 |
| Oklahoma | $29,500 |
| Arizona | $25,000 |
| Florida | $22,500 |
| North Carolina | $22,000 |
| Colorado | $20,000 |
| Minnesota | $19,500 |
| Pennsylvania | $15,000 |
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Updated May 12, 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.