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American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras

To advance the experience of orchestral music, support the people and organizations that create it, and champion the contributions they make to the health and vibrancy of communities.

$545k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Itemized grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$480k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 55
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$11M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$480k0%
FY202316$440k0%
FY202221$573k67%
FY202145$865k16%
FY202055$2.0M36%
FY201951$2.1M35%
FY201845$1.6M51%
FY201722$1.3Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$9.2MYouth Development$60k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 104 grantees
All grantees of American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Composers Orchestra Inc$444,50087%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$393,76070%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$363,26050%
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc$346,26050%
Nashville Symphony Association$343,76041%
San Francisco Symphony$343,76040%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$335,00050%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$324,50050%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$300,00040%
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$213,26030%
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$179,50043%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$175,00021%
Oregon Symphony Association$175,00021%
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association$169,50030%
St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc$160,00041%
The Musical Arts Association$152,50030%
Dallas Symphony Association$150,00020%
Houston Symphony Society$150,00020%
Utah Symphony & Opera$150,00020%
New World Symphony Inc$143,26050%
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio$135,00072%
Virginia Symphony Orchestra$133,26031%
Handel and Haydn Society$123,76041%
EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY$123,76041%
San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory$120,00051%
Albany Symphony Orchestra Inc$105,00031%
Symphony Tacoma$105,00052%
Pacific Symphony$98,76030%
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra$93,76043%
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra$93,76041%
The Richmond Symphony$92,00031%
Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated$82,50031%
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra$80,00021%
Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts$80,00021%
Eugene Symphony Association Inc$80,00022%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$80,00030%
Phoenix Symphony Association$80,00020%
Orchestra Lumos Inc$75,00032%
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Inc$75,00034%
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc$75,00031%
Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras Inc$75,00035%
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra$75,00031%
Winston-Salem Symphony Association$75,00031%
Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc$75,00034%
The Louisville Orchestra Inc$75,00030%
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras$74,50032%
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc$69,76031%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$63,77041%
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$63,26030%
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assoc Inc$60,00041%
Inner City Youth Orchrstra of Los Angeles Inc$60,00044%
Project 440 Inc$60,00038%
Lexington Philharmonic Society Inc$55,50035%
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc$50,00020%
Napa Valley Youth Symphony$50,00026%
The Chicago Philharmonic Society$50,00021%
Contemporary Youth Orchestra$49,50036%
Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc$48,76031%
Indiana Symphony Society Inc$43,76020%
Grand Rapids Symphony Society$43,76020%
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra$41,67522%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$38,26020%
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc$38,26020%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$38,26020%
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$38,26021%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc$34,50021%
Orchestra 2001 Inc$30,000211%
The Central Ohio Symphony Inc$30,0002n/a
Augusta Symphony Inc$30,00021%
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Inc$30,00021%
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras$30,00022%
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra$30,00027%
Boise Philharmonic Association Inc$30,00021%
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestral$30,00021%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$30,00020%
New York Youth Symphony Inc$30,00021%
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc$30,00022%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$30,00020%
California Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$30,00022%
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$30,00021%
Lima Symphony Orchestra Association$30,00022%
National Repertory Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra$25,00010%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$25,00010%
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra$25,00010%
Charleston Symphony Orchestra$25,00010%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$22,00010%
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra$21,0401n/a
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra$19,50012%
Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Inc$19,50015%
Oregon Bravo Youth Orchestras$19,50011%
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc$19,50011%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$19,50010%
DC Youth Orchestra Program$18,76011%
East Texas Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$18,76012%
Kennett Symphony of Chester County$16,00017%
Intersection$6,50017%
Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra Inc$6,0001n/a
Greater Akron Musical Association Inc$6,00010%
Interschool Orchestras of New York Inc$6,00011%
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Composers Orchestra Inc: $444,500 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetMinnesota Orchestral Association: $393,760 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles Philharmonic Association: $363,260 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Symphony Orchestra Inc: $346,260 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $343,760 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $343,760 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $335,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $324,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Symphony Orchestra: $213,260 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: $179,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $175,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOregon Symphony Association: $175,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association: $169,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSt Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $152,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Symphony Association: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNew World Symphony Inc: $143,260 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Orchestras of San Antonio: $135,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetVirginia Symphony Orchestra: $133,260 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHandel and Haydn Society: $123,760 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $123,760 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSan Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory: $120,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAlbany Symphony Orchestra Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSymphony Tacoma: $105,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetPacific Symphony: $98,760 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Jersey Symphony Orchestra: $93,760 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetSouth Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $93,760 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Richmond Symphony: $92,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKnoxville Symphony Society Incorporated: $82,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPortland Maine Symphony Orchestra: $80,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetToledo Alliance for the Performing Arts: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEugene Symphony Association Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRobert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Symphony Association: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOrchestra Lumos Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetIndianapolis Chamber Orchestra Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetWisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGreater Connecticut Youth Orchestras Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetKalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWinston-Salem Symphony Association: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWalla Walla Symphony Society Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetThe Louisville Orchestra Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Youth Symphony Orchestras: $74,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetThe Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc: $69,760 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetChicago Sinfonietta Inc: $63,770 over 4y, 1.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 101.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

New Music USA IncNY31.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Music USA Inc · D'Addario Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation · Clarence E Heller Charitable Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Rea Charitable Trust · The Klarman Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Bruckner Society of America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras

How much does American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras give?
American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras reported 19 itemized grants totaling $480,000, out of $545,443 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Composers Orchestra Inc ($445k), Minnesota Orchestral Association ($394k), Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ($363k).
Does American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Music USA Inc, D'Addario Foundation Inc, Ibm International Foundation.
Where is American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras based?
American Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American Orchestras is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 104 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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