Texas · Nonprofit
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,125,288 to it, the largest being Houston Arts Alliance ($393,667). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $561k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $225k
What Apollo Chamber Players does
Mission
Apollo Chamber Players connect communities and cultures through globally inspired music. The vision is to create cultural harmony through musical exploration. The values are to be bold, multicultural, innovative, collaborative and inclusive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fy2024, Apollo Chamber Players presented approximately 80-90 concerts and outreach performances, advancing its mission to connect communities and cultures through globally inspired music. Programming continued to center on cross-cultural storytelling, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the amplification of underrepresented and immigrant voices within the american experience.concerts were presented at major venues including the hobby center's zilkha hall, holocaust museum houston, university of houston, and asia society texas center, alongside performances in schools, libraries, and community spaces. Featured collaborations included a nationally recognized project with george takei, who narrated the book of names, a work exploring the history and legacy of japanese american incarceration during world war ii.apollo continued its commitment to accessibility through free public programs and community partnerships, reaching approximately 20,000+ audience members in person, with additional audiences engaged through digital content. Fy2024 also included the culmination of multi-year community initiatives such as liberty voyage, a project that brought performances to all branches of…
$377,497 spent$103,279 earned by the program58% of program spendingApollo's recordings and media initiatives continued to expand its national and international reach. The ensemble's album trace of time, released on azica records, features newly commissioned works by leading american composers and has been broadcast widely on radio and streaming platforms. Apollo's documentary film, moonshot: the remarkable journey of Apollo Chamber Players, remains available on major streaming platforms including amazon prime video and tubi.broadcasts and features on outlets such as siriusxm, american public media's performance today, and international radio networks reached millions of listeners, further amplifying apollo's mission and programming.
$196,935 spent$199 earned by the program30% of program spendingIn fy2024, Apollo Chamber Players commissioned and developed new works by composers representing a wide range of cultural backgrounds and musical traditions, continuing its leadership in expanding the chamber music repertoire. Collaborations included artists rooted in global traditions, interdisciplinary creators, and composers exploring themes of identity, migration, and cultural exchange.apollo also maintained an active touring schedule with performances across texas and the united states, while sustaining partnerships with leading arts organizations. These activities support apollo's long-term commitment to creating new music that reflects diverse perspectives and fosters dialogue across communities.
$72,163 spent$85 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $646,595.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $370k to $237k (−36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 14% · 2019 4% · 2020 11% · 2021 19% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 11% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Matthew Detrick
Executive director
Board chair
Brad Taylor
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $17k → $256k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 51% · 2020 61% · 2021 46% · 2022 42% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
100% of APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS?
- APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,125,288 to it, the largest being Houston Arts Alliance ($393,667). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,125,288 in grants to APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS?
- Houston Arts Alliance is the largest funder on record, with $393,667 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing