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Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Under the leadership of music & artistic director gustavo dudamel, the la phil offers live performances, media initiatives, and learning programs that inspire and strengthen communities in los angeles and beyond.the los angeles philharmonic orchestra is the foundation of the la phil's offerings, which also include a multi-genre,…

$536k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$511k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.1M
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $250k+1 grant · $511k
$510,810
Median grant
2
States reached
$657M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION$510,810
QUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE$25,000
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 (FY19–25) 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%SOUNDS ACADEMY: $25k → 11%COMMUSICATION: $30k → 14%NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $15k → 10%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY AND CONSERVATORY: $40k → 11%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $25k → 14%QUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE: $25k → 17%HERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ: $30k → 14%HARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC: $25k → 9%OREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $50k → 12%EAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE: $25k → 12%NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $8k → 14%YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE: $10k → 13%WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 15%PRICE HILL WILL: $50k → 16%ELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $35k → 17%KIDS IN CONCERT: $10k → 10%YAKIMA MUSIC EN ACCION (YAMA): $40k → 17%RIFFRAFF ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $15k → 21%SOUNDSCAPES INC: $15k → 17%CENTRAL KENTUCKY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10k → 15%HARMONY PROJECT PHOENIX: $35k → 11%COMMUSICATION: $8k → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 14%OREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $15k → 12%EAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE: $8k → 12%NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $8k → 14%RAINEY INSTITUTE (ELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE): $15k → 17%KIDS IN CONCERT: $10k → 10%CENTRAL KENTUCKY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10k → 15%HARMONY PROJECT PHOENIX: $10k → 11%INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $2.0M → 14%ELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $15k → 17%HARMONY PROJECT PHOENIX: $8k → 11%INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $1.5M → 14%Inglewood Community Programs: $517k → 14%INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $400k → 14%GLOBAL ARTS CORPORATION: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $511k → 14%FULCRUM ARTS: $10k → 14%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
OR
IA
OH
CA
KY
WV
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 13 repeat orgs$781k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$4.8M
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $536k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • IC
    INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4.4M · revenue +61% · 100% of their budget
  • YM
    YAKIMA MUSIC EN ACCION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $65k · revenue +123%
  • HP
    HARMONY PROJECT PHOENIX
    3× · 2021–2024 · $53k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • PH
    PRICE HILL WILL
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +6%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -1%
  • HH
    HERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +62%
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
Hermosa Beach Youth Music

To initiate and develop musci education programs for Hermosa Beach youth.

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2
Intonation Music Workshop

Intonation kids explore their limitless potential by learning to play instruments and forming their own rock bands. Our year-round classes make music accessible to children in low-income neighborhoods by providing them with instruments,…

Arts & Culture
3
Sound Studios Olympia

We offer music lessons which are part of a cultural education for students. Along with these lessons we also offer and encourage students to perform multiple times a year in a variety of venues including the Washington Center for the…

Arts & Culture
4
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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5
The Pasadena Symphony Association

The mission of the pasadena symphony association (psa) is to provide musical concerts of the highest quality raning from orchestral performances to world-renowned artists in recital, and to provide the broadest access to youth education…

Arts & Culture
6
El Sistema Colorado

El sistema colorado is a tuition-free, excellence-driven, and opportunity-focused youth orchestra program that develops musical and personal agency, transcends socioeconomics, and strengthens community.

Arts & Culture
7
Sacramento Youth Symphony

Across a broad demographic spectrum of youth, we seek to cultivate musical talent, promote love for music, and advance a sense of unity, and increase capacity for a lifetime of success.

Arts & Culture
8
Cadence Music & Arts Programs
Arts & Culture
9
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

Empowering youth through excellence in orchestral education.

Arts & Culture
10
Yakima Symphony Orchestra

Yakima Symphony Orchestra is a regional nonprofit organization that offers its audiences high quality symphonic and other music. It brings to the Central Washington Community stimulating, entertaining and educational activities related to…

Arts & Culture
11
Los Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra

Our mission is to provide youth orchestra and music education programs to young generations and to inspire them to enjoy the performing arts for life.

Arts & Culture
12
String Insiders

String Insiders' mission is to inspire violin, viola, and cello students through online and in-person connections to teachers, peers, and a wealth of information that challenges and encourages them in their growth as a musician and helps…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yakima Music En Accion; the most unlike its peers is Los Angeles County Parks Foundation. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $4,357,426 · Arts & CultureINGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS+15 more: $420,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreLOS ANGELES COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $510,810 · Recreation & SportsLOS ANGELE…ELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $65,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $40,000 · OtherCENTRAL KENTUCKY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · OtherFULCRUM ARTS: $10,000 · OtherOREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentPICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS IN CONCERT INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPRICE HILL WILL: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED: $25,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$4,777,426Recreation & Sports$510,810Other$135,000Youth Development$117,500Housing & Shelter$50,000Education$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINGLEWOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: $4,357,426 over 4y, 100% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $510,810 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetOREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $65,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetYAKIMA MUSIC EN ACCION: $65,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHARMONY PROJECT PHOENIX: $52,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSOUNDS ACADEMY: $50,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetPRICE HILL WILL: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUSICATION: $37,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetPICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $32,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetEAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE: $32,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetHERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS IN CONCERT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCENTRAL KENTUCKY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RIFFRAFF ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUNDSCAPES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MUSICIANS OF ALAMANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetGLOBAL ARTS CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFULCRUM ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

D'Addario Foundation …The Lewis Prize Found…The Carnegie Hall Cor…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
D'Addario Foundation IncNY36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: D'Addario Foundation Inc · The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc · The Carnegie Hall Corporation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 26 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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