Virginia · Nonprofit
ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC
ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,696 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $86k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $98k
What Arlington Philharmonic does
Mission
Advancement of music education
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Harvest Harmony 11/16/25 Large ensemble concert held at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington, VA 300 audience members
$15,888 spentof which $5,000 as grants15% of program spendingMarch Magic: Great Romantics 3/1/26 Full orchestra concert performed at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, VA 300 audience members
$23,440 spentof which $5,000 as grants22% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival - second concert - Jingle Jam concert, 12/6/2025 Holiday symphony orchestra concert featuring Arlington Public School music students from Kenmore Middle School and Gunston Middle School. The Arlington Philharmonic performed symphonic pieces followed by students playing holiday tunes side by side with the professionals. Ballston Quarter, Arlington, VA Estimated 200 audience members
$14,918 spentof which $15,000 as grants14% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival fourth concert String ensemble celebrating African American Heritage and Culture in Arlington 4/19/26 performed at Bennett Park Atrium in Arlington, VA 110 audience members
$8,600 spentof which $9,000 as grants8% of program spendingPops in the Park 6/14/26 Performed at Lubber Run Amphitheater in Arlington, VA 300 audience members
$19,789 spentof which $20,000 as grants19% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival - sixth concert - String ensemble celebrating Latino Heritage and Culture in Arlington 5/17/26 Walter Reed Community Center, Arlington, VA 130 audience members
$9,929 spentof which $10,000 as grants9% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival third concert - woodwind ensemble celebrating Arlington's artists and composers 2/6/2026 Central United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA 200 audience members
$8,316 spentof which $10,000 as grants8% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival concerts - first concert - Arlington Philharmonic Brass Ensemble celebrating Arlington's military veterans - Shirlington Library Plaza, Arlington, VA Audience mainly comprised of shoppers and restaurant patrons
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants1% of program spendingCommunities of Arlington Chamber Music Festival - fifth concert - Arlington Philharmonic Brass Ensemble celebrating Arlington's Young Professionals - National Landing Water Park, Arlington, VA 150 audience members
$4,113 spentof which $5,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $105,993.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $88k to $145k (+66%).
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.
95% of ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $35.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC’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
ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
78% of ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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
ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC has grown faster than half of the 710 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 710 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC?
- ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,696 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $26,696 in grants to ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing