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ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,350 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H AND PATRICIA M SMITH FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$124k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$23k
Net assets
$76k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Association of the Louisville Orchestra Inc does

Mission

Fundraising for and education about the louisville orchestra.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To maintain, support, and promote the louisville orchestra. To encourage music education.

    $95,000 spentof which $95,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $95,000.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($112k) Expenses 100 ($115k) Net assets 100 ($7k)2018 Revenue 103 ($115k) Expenses 94 ($108k) Net assets 203 ($14k)2019 Revenue 108 ($121k) Expenses 103 ($119k) Net assets 229 ($16k)2020 Revenue 84 ($94k) Expenses 87 ($100k) Net assets 143 ($10k)2021 Revenue 85 ($95k) Expenses 71 ($81k) Net assets 346 ($24k)2022 Revenue 73 ($82k) Expenses 74 ($85k) Net assets 303 ($21k)2023 Revenue 116 ($130k) Expenses 81 ($94k) Net assets 840 ($57k)2024 Revenue 111 ($124k) Expenses 92 ($106k) Net assets 1105 ($76k)
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Revenue (111)Expenses (92)Net assets (1105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $21k to $57k (+177%).

$7k
$14k
$16k
$10k
$24k
$21k
$57k
$76k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

74% of ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’17
$7k
’18
$2k
’19
−$6k
’20
$14k
’21
−$3k
’22
$37k
’23
$18k
’24
8.6
months of
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.

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Listed3233343428252524
Joined·+1+6+0+2+2+0+2
No longer listed·0508503
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $875 → $20k.

From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC’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

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

86% of ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

NY
KY
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve8.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

24
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC?
ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,350 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H AND PATRICIA M SMITH FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,350 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC?
THE WILLIAM H AND PATRICIA M SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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