Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING
BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $273 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($273). 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 FY2024
- $250k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $273
- Net assets
- $146k
What Balmoral School of Highland Piping does
Mission
To raise the standard and promote the appreciation of bagpipe music in the usa by providing world class instruction, cultivating excellence in youth, presenting innovative musical events, and fostering tradition.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Balmoral School of Highland Piping usually provides piping and drumming instruction at various locations throughout the united states during the summer months.
$127,711 spent$37,255 earned by the program67% of program spendingBalmoral classic (concert) - presentation of bagpipe music by national or internationally known artists in concert for the public. Fundraising activities also surround this event to raise awareness for the balmoral school summer sessions, and overall mission. Balmoral classic (competition) - a major solo bagpiping and drumming competition in pittsburgh, pa for pipers and snare drummers age 21 and under.
$50,401 spent$11,187 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe balmoral pipes and drums band was formed in 2013 and is comprised of 20 members who have studied the pipes and drums with balmoral school instructors for several years. The members are dedicated to producing music of a high performance standard, and most of the members compete as soloists in various eastern us pipe band association's sanctioned competitions. The band has performed at numerous celebrations and parades in pittsburgh, including the pittsburgh grand prix, the sewickley and coraopolis memorial day parades, the fort armstrong festival, the deer lakes parade, pittsburgh's labor day parade, pittsburgh's first night, and the ft. Ligonier days parade. In 2024, the group performed in person at several events.
$12,574 spent$6,950 earned by the program7% of program spendingBalmoral school compiled, and produced two books. Balmoral collection of hymns arranged for the highland bagpipe book, and related commercial cd for use in solo and collaborative efforts by pipers and organists. The balmoral guide to playing the bagpipes for community dances book, with dvd, to promote community building activity through the use of bagpipes with other instruments for dancing.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $190,686.
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 2020 to 2021, from $91k to $120k (+32%).
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 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
William Askin Esq
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $74 → $49.
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 BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING’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 BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING'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. $273 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.
Against its field
BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING's revenue fell 15% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING?
- BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $273 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($273). 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 BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $273 in grants to BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALMORAL SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND PIPING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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