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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 38-6159482

Flint Institute of Music

FLINT, MINTEE: A6E0Founded 1966Website

mission statement

Flint Institute of Music (FIM) awakens and nurtures the creative lives of children, youth and adults. We strive to be a trusted guide through the richly diverse world of the performing arts, and a cornerstone of community connection, wellness and pride.

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Total Revenue

$15.9M

FY 2024

Program Spending

87.2%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$39.0M

Total Assets

$37.3M net

26.64 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

Active Programs

FY 2024

646

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 40 Institutional Funders

$45.5M raised across 155 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 12 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Flint Cultural Center Foundation	Flint, MI	$21,747,032
Flint Cultural Center Corporation Inc	Flint, MI	$5,576,995
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	FLINT, MI	$4,680,230
Community Foundation of Greater Flint	FLINT, MI	$3,609,256
Flint Institute of Music Irrevocable Endowment Trust	PITTSBURGH, PA	$2,727,045
Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center	FLINT, MI	$2,523,964
Bower Agnes Charitable Trust Xxxxx8001	CHICAGO, IL	$1,127,174
The Whiting Foundation	GRAND BLANC, MI	$1,110,000
Anna Paulina Foundation	FLINT, MI	$635,000
Dallas Dort Family Charitable Trust	COLUMBUS, OH	$305,630

Total tracked: $45,454,653 across 155 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$10.9M in expenses

Flint Institute of Music (FIM) is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization transforming the community through the power of the performing arts. Offering a wide range of performances, artistic programs include FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra, one of the longest continually performing orchestras in the country; FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, the lone professional theater for more than 70 miles; and a presenting series of national and international performing artists at FIM Capitol Theatre and FIM Whiting Auditorium. In addition, FIM provides an extensive array of community education and engagement opportunities such as Music Around Town, the Troubadours and an annual school day performance series for students. FIM operates five distinctive performance venues, four situated on the Flint Cultural Center Campus Whiting Auditorium, Elgood Theatre, Bower Theatre, MacArthur Recital Hall at FIM Dort Music Center, and the recently renovated, historic Capitol Theatre is in downtown Flint. FIM venues host its own artistic productions, hundreds of student recitals, community rentals and touring presentations from all over the world. Together FIM programs reach more than 300,000 people annually through lessons, classes, outreach programs, performances, and concerts. Dedicated to serving every (potential) patron with dignity and respect, FIM maintains partnerships with more than six dozen community organizations who help us provide the transformative power of the arts for all of Flint.

$3.7M in expenses

The largest community school of the arts in Michigan, serving nearly 4,000 students annually, FIM Flint School of Performing Arts provides a welcoming, nurturing environment where students of all ages and stages can discover their own unique path in their study of the performing arts. Home to more than a dozen performance ensembles, including the Flint Youth Theatre, Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Flint Youth Ballet, FSPA gives more than 200 recitals, concerts and performances throughout the year.

Financial History