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BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC

BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $303,200 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($303,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$236k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$303k
Net assets
$22k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Bach Beethoven & Brahms Society of Boston Inc does

Mission

Present performances of concert music, including symphonic, operatic, oratorio, ballet, and theatre music for the enjoyment and cultural benefit of the public.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. During the year, the BB&B Society performed 5 live concerts.

    $160,447 spent$13,570 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,447.

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 ($152k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 100 ($10k)2018 Revenue 122 ($186k) Expenses 107 ($175k) Net assets 206 ($21k)2019 Revenue 98 ($149k) Expenses 106 ($173k) Net assets -81 ($-8082)2020 Revenue 105 ($159k) Expenses 95 ($155k) Net assets -43 ($-4272)2021 Revenue 52 ($80k) Expenses 22 ($36k) Net assets 395 ($39k)2022 Revenue 104 ($158k) Expenses 112 ($182k) Net assets 146 ($15k)2023 Revenue 125 ($191k) Expenses 141 ($230k) Net assets -109 ($-10852)2024 Revenue 176 ($268k) Expenses 166 ($270k) Net assets -119 ($-11781)2025 Revenue 155 ($236k) Expenses 124 ($202k) Net assets 223 ($22k)
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Revenue (155)Expenses (124)Net assets (223)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 2020 to 2021, from $942 to $39k (+4071%).

$10k
$21k
$8k
$942
$39k
$15k
$8k
$6k
$21k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

87% of BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON 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. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$11k
’17
$11k
’18
−$24k
’19
$4k
’20
$44k
’21
−$25k
’22
−$40k
’23
−$2k
’24
$34k
’25
1.2
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.

20242025
Listed1212
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $35k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON 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.

Where its funders are

100% of BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $303k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
83%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC?
BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $303,200 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($303,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $303,200 in grants to BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $303,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BACH BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 1 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