· Private foundation
The Victor Herbert Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k8 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Boston University School of Law | $35,000 |
| Lyric Theatre of San Jose | $11,552 |
| Victor Herbert Renaissance Project - Live | $10,000 |
| Signature Theatre | $10,000 |
| Musical Theatre Works | $10,000 |
| New York Philharmonic | $10,000 |
| Early Alzheimer's Foundation Inc | $5,000 |
| New York Youth Symphony | $5,000 |
| Lake Placid Sinfonietta | $5,000 |
| Master Voices | $5,000 |
| 2Life Communities | $5,000 |
| Citymusic Cleveland Inc | $5,000 |
| Sound Potenetial Inc | $5,000 |
| Central Park Conservancy | $275 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VRVictorHerbert Renaissance Project Live Inc6× · 2020–2026 · $200k · revenue +20% · 68% of their budget
- MTMusic Theatre Works Inc6× · 2021–2026 · $51k · revenue +220%
- TLTHE LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC7× · 2020–2026 · $38k · revenue +49%
Funded once
- MIMasterVoices Incone grant, 2017 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $10k
- NYNew York Philharmonic David Geffen Hallone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
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.
Cantata Profana, Inc. (www.cantataprofana.com) is a vocal and instrumental chamber ensemble that presents concerts of classical and chamber music ranging from the Baroque to modern eras with a unique narrative style. Our purpose is to…
Symphony Parnassus provides outstanding musical performances
We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.
Based in ny city the company focuses on producing and developing new opera and music theater works and rviving rarely seen american operas written after world war. teh center for contemporary operas ha sstaged the premiers of over seventy…
To promote Italian opera and the Italian "bel canto" tradition through performances, vocal and instrumental training, historical research, publication and recording in all media, and financial support of promising musicians and scholars.
The American Chamber Ensemble is a consortium of distinguished musicians whose concerts explore the music for piano with strings, woodwinds and/or voice, presenting both great standard repertoire and living American composers.
To be a sustainable musical institution that brings the intimate experience of a world-class chamber orchestra performance to the greater philadelphia area,enriching the musical life of the city and region by the integrity and excellence…
New york city opera was famously dubbed "the people's opera" by mayor fiorello laguardia at its founding in 1943. more than 80 years later, city opera continues its historic mission to inspire audiences with innovative and theatrically…
NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality, weaving music, poetry, history and humor into unforgettable evenings of compelling theater, entertaining, educating and creating community among…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 49 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds VictorHerbert Renaissance Project Live Inc ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
- Who funds Music Theatre Works Inc ↗
- Who funds 2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC ↗
- Who funds MASTERVOICES INC ↗
- Who funds The Fire Department Theatre Company Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERETTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
- Who funds BRONX OPERA COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds UKRAINIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds CITYMUSIC CLEVELAND INC ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Victor Herbert Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Victor Herbert Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- 2LIFE Communities Inc: 8% of income from government
- Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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