The Musicians Aid Society of New York Inc

Overview

Mission

Music

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 22 grants totaling $65,963. The stated grant purpose was musical assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 91% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133880269
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Music

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 16

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 4.82; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 16th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.