Pennsylvania · Public charity
Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
Enriches the musical life of philadelphia through its grants, awards, & performances.
- $76k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $54k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,150
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,150
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $54k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $54k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $21k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $54k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $121k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $76k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Chamber Music Society | $206,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Prism Quartet Incorporated | $39,767 | 6 | 5% |
| Journey Arts | $23,053 | 3 | 3% |
| Bowerbird Inc | $19,174 | 3 | 5% |
| Ars Nova Workshop Inc | $17,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $16,337 | 2 | 0% |
| Astral Artists Inc | $15,962 | 2 | 2% |
| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | $15,537 | 2 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $15,337 | 2 | 0% |
| Network for New Music | $13,267 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Chamber Music Society | $206,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Prism Quartet Incorporated | $39,767 | 6 | 5% |
| Journey Arts | $23,053 | 3 | 3% |
| Bowerbird Inc | $19,174 | 3 | 5% |
| Ars Nova Workshop Inc | $17,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $16,337 | 2 | 0% |
| Astral Artists Inc | $15,962 | 2 | 2% |
| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | $15,537 | 2 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $15,337 | 2 | 0% |
| Network for New Music | $13,267 | 2 | 4% |
| Orchestra 2001 Inc | $12,150 | 2 | 2% |
| Nueva Esperanza Inc | $12,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Dolce Suono Ensemble Inc | $11,300 | 2 | 5% |
| Tempesta Di Mare Inc | $10,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Piffaro the Renaissance Band | $7,537 | 1 | 2% |
| Chamber Orchestra First Editions | $6,246 | 1 | 32% |
| Lyric Fest | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia | $5,625 | 1 | 2% |
| Variant 6 | $5,446 | 1 | 9% |
Where it is load-bearing
Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Presser Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The University of the Arts · The Pew Charitable Trusts · New Music USA Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · Borowsky Family Foundation · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · Independence Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
- How much does Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia give?
- Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia reported 8 itemized grants totaling $53,550, out of $75,550 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Education (4%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ($206k), Prism Quartet Incorporated ($40k), Journey Arts ($23k).
- Does Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Presser Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation.
- Where is Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia based?
- Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia is based in PA.
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