Society for American Music
A scholarly society devoted to the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of all the musics of the Americas, from academics to composers to performers.
Financial profile
Society for American Music · EIN 51-0172617 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $209,072 | $69,605 | $48,550 | $256,651 | $1,374,224 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2017 | $260,869 | $131,177 | $77,965 | $219,002 | $1,274,471 | Dec 2017 |
| FY2016 | $289,048 | $167,670 | $76,808 | $206,144 | $1,125,602 | Dec 2016 |
| FY2015 | $497,793 | $353,099 | $65,626 | $183,426 | $996,308 | Dec 2015 |
| FY2014 | $314,477 | $210,642 | $55,108 | $154,986 | $765,064 | Dec 2014 |
| FY2013 | $382,740 | $272,653 | $50,604 | $128,952 | $605,573 | Dec 2013 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Society for American Music is read alongside.
AMS
American Musicological Society
A scholarly society advancing the study of music through research, teaching, and public outreach
12 companies named
SE
Society for Ethnomusicology
A learned society that studies the world's music by both researching it and performing it
SMT
Society for Music Theory
The scholarly society of music theory, advancing the discipline as both scholarship and pedagogy through its…
2 companies named
CMS
College Music Society
A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars that promotes music…
4 companies named
IASPM
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
A multidisciplinary international scholarly association that established popular music as a legitimate field…
Who backs SAM
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Society for American Music's peers, but not Society for American Music
Companies named publicly by at least one of Society for American Music's five peer societies, and not found in Society for American Music's reviewed public records.
| Company | AMS | SMT | CMS | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi | Named | Named | 2 of 3 | |
| A-R Editions | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Auralia & Musition | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Auralia Musition | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Bärenreiter | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Common Time | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Connect For Education | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Connect4Education | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Eartrainer.io | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| ISD LLC | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Katz Coffee | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| medici.tv | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Palgrave Macmillan | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Routledge | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| The Scholar's Choice | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| W. W. Norton & Company | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Yamaha | Named | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
A scholarly society devoted to the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of all the musics of the Americas, from academics to composers to performers.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Village, The Movement and The Republic.
Strengths
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