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Chorus America

CHORUS AMERICA strengthens singing communities with the advocacy, connections, and resources they need to be a vital part of society.

$510k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.7M
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $452,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $509,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $57,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUGUST HERITAGE CENTER INC$25,000
B-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE$25,000
COMMUSICATION$25,000
SNS CHOIRS$22,500
BORDER CROSSING$22,500
ABQ CORO LUX$22,500
COMPAS INC$22,500
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY$22,500
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS$22,500
REFUGEE CHOIR PROJECT$22,500
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE CHILDRENS CHORAL ACADEMY$20,000
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION$20,000
SAN DIEGO CHILDRENS CHOIR$20,000
PHOENIX CHILDRENS CHORUS$20,000
PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATION$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DESERT SOUNDS PERFORMING ARTS INC: $21k → 11%TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS ASSOCIATION: $30k → 15%BI-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE: $30k → 18%COMPAS INC: $30k → 11%BORDER CROSSING: $30k → 14%OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $30k → 11%LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 14%QUINTESSENCE CHORAL ARTISTS OF THE SOUTHWEST: $20k → 14%WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $30k → 17%PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $21k → 12%MOUNTAIN EMPIRE CHILDRENS CHORAL ACADEMY: $20k → 14%LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $23k → 20%VOICES IN THE LAUREL INC: $20k → 12%LAKE EDEN ARTS FESTIVAL: $30k → 12%MACON COUNTY SCHOOL: $30k → 12%SURRY ARTS COUNCIL: $30k → 17%REFUGEE CHOIR PROJECT: $23k → 9%DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE: $30k → 17%BLUEFIELD PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $30k → 21%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS: $23k → 15%DESERT SOUNDS PERFORMING ARTS INC: $20k → 11%TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 15%BI-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE: $25k → 18%COMPAS INC: $25k → 11%COMMUSICATION: $25k → 14%SAN DIEGO CHILDRENS CHOIR: $20k → 11%SNS CHOIRS: $23k → 14%ABQ CORO LUX: $23k → 14%WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $25k → 17%PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $21k → 12%VOICES IN THE LAUREL INC: $20k → 12%LAKE EDEN ARTS FESTIVAL: $26k → 12%MACON COUNTY SCHOOL: $25k → 12%SURRY ARTS COUNCIL: $25k → 17%AUGUST HERITAGE CENTER INC: $25k → 17%BLUEFIELD PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $25k → 21%PHOENIX CHILDRENS CHORUS: $20k → 11%BORDER CROSSING: $25k → 14%GRAND VISION FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE: $25k → 17%B-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE: $25k → 18%VOCALESSENCE: $30k → 11%COMPAS INC: $23k → 14%GRAND VISION FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATION: $30k → 11%VOCALESSENCE: $25k → 11%BORDER CROSSING: $23k → 14%PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATION: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
OR
CA
KY
WV
AZ
NM
TN
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 18 repeat orgs$333k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
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Total granted

$1.4M
$30k

Still filing today

94%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    COMPAS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $98k · revenue +43%
  • BC
    BORDER CROSSING
    4× · 2022–2025 · $98k · revenue +77%
  • SP
    Seattle Pro Musica
    3× · 2022–2024 · $76k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • OU
    OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Esoterics

The Esoterics is a Seattle-based vocal ensemble, dedicated to performing and perpetuating contemporary choral music from around the world.

Arts & Culture
2
Muse Cincinnati Womens Choir

MUSE is an inclusive and feminist choral community advocating for peace and social justice. We unite our voices to raise awareness and inspire change in ourselves, our audiences, and our world through partnerships that honor the humanity…

Arts & Culture
3
Nielsen Chorale
Arts & Culture
4
The Lanier Singers Inc

The Lanier Chamber Singers, lnc. is a community chorus that promotes choral singing in Gainesville and Hall County, Georgia. The organization is committed to enhancing the cultural lives of citizens in our area by performing classical and…

Arts & Culture
5
Cor Cantiamo Nfp

Promote Contemporary Choral Music

Arts & Culture
6
Mosaic Youth Chorus
Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco City Chorus Association

Educate chorus members and perform concerts

Philanthropy
8
Bellevue Chamber Chorus

We are a Chamber Chorus performing music from all musical periods to develop and expand performing arts in the Greater Eastside of the Seattle Area

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9
Chicago Choral Artists Dba Consonance

Chicago Choral Artists endeavor to heighten appreciation of the choral art form through outstanding presentation of classical masterworks and music of the world's many cultures and by commissions. The ensemble seeks to nurture the artistic…

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10
Vanguard Concerts
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11
Boulder Chorale

To enrich and inspire a broad community through music.

Arts & Culture
12
Voices of Silicon Valley

Community Music / Arts Organization

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Phoenix Childrens Chorus Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lincoln Memorial University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
12/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BI-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureBI-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTECOMPAS INC: $97,500 · Arts & CultureCOMPAS INCBORDER CROSSING: $97,500 · Arts & CultureBORDER CROSSINGVOCALESSENCE: $95,000 · Arts & CultureVOCALESSENCETHE PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATION: $95,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATIONLEAF GLOBAL ARTS: $76,000 · Arts & CultureLEAF GLOBAL ARTSTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTucson Girls Chorus Association IncBLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureBLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATIONWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INCVOICES IN THE LAUREL INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureVOICES IN THE LAUREL INCPACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $56,000 · Arts & CultureDESERT SOUNDS PERFORMING ARTS INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureVOX FEMINA LOS ANGELES: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $132,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreSURRY ARTS COUNCIL: $95,000 · OtherSURRY ARTS COUNCILSeattle Pro Musica: $76,000 · OtherSeattle Pro MusicaMACON COUNTY SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherMACON COUNTY SCHOOLOCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $30,000 · OtherOCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL D…AUGUST HERITAGE CENTER INC: $25,000 · OtherAUGUST HERITAGE CENTER INCSNS CHOIRS: $22,500 · OtherSNS CHOIRSLA CROSSE CHAMBER CHORALE INC: $20,000 · OtherSan Diego Children's Choir: $20,000 · OtherQuintessence A Community of Singers: $20,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN EMPIRE CHILDRENS CHORAL ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationLINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $22,500 · EducationHarmony Project: $20,000 · EducationGRAND VISION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$1,144,500Other$403,500Education$117,500Philanthropy$75,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBI-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetCOMPAS INC: $97,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBORDER CROSSING: $97,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetVOCALESSENCE: $95,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR ASSOCIATION: $95,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetSURRY ARTS COUNCIL: $95,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSeattle Pro Musica: $76,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetLEAF GLOBAL ARTS: $76,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetBLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $75,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGRAND VISION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetVOICES IN THE LAUREL INC: $65,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetPACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $56,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetDESERT SOUNDS PERFORMING ARTS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetVOX FEMINA LOS ANGELES: $50,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCOMMUSICATION: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetLINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee Choir Project: $22,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetABQ Coro Lux: $22,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetLA CROSSE CHAMBER CHORALE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetPHOENIX CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSan Diego Children's Choir: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHarmony Project: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN EMPIRE CHILDRENS CHORAL ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Mardag FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Ibm International Fou…Mightycause Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
Mardag FoundationMN13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mardag Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chorus America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chorus America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Pacific Youth Choir: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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