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Branson Chorale

Branson Chorale (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being The Herschend Family Foundation ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$13k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$5k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What Branson Chorale does

Mission

To promote choral music in the general vicinity of Branson Missouri by maintaining a choir and other ensembles and by joining with others for the encouragement of the performance of music.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Our organization is governed by a small board of directors. Our organizational chart is as follows: President Secretary Treasurer. Our organization created an understudy position for an assistant director.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Each year the choir performs a Christmas Concert with free admission for the community. The 2023 Christmas concert included an orchestra. A variety of Christmas music was performed. It has become a family tradition for residents in our area.

    $10,847 spent$1,179 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  2. Our Spring concert for 2023 was a small but beautiful bi-lingual arrangement.

    $2,455 spent$513 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. The Branson Chorale participated in the Music Festival in the fall where we were able to connect with individuals interested in joining the choir.

    $1,038 spent
    7% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,340.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($12k) Expenses 100 ($11k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2022 Revenue 146 ($17k) Expenses 161 ($17k) Net assets 110 ($4k)2023 Revenue 106 ($13k) Expenses 135 ($14k) Net assets 148 ($5k)
202120222023
Revenue (106)Expenses (135)Net assets (148)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 $4k to $5k (+34%).

$3k
$4k
$5k
202120222023
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.

2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Branson Chorale’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’21
$362
’22
−$2k
’23
4.3
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $1k.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Branson Chorale’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

Branson Chorale draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state in all.

GA

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

’21
’22
Missouri 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

Branson Chorale has grown faster than half of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−13% · below the median
Months of reserve4.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MO

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Branson Chorale: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Branson Chorale?
Branson Chorale (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being The Herschend Family Foundation ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Branson Chorale have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to Branson Chorale, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Branson Chorale?
The Herschend Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Branson Chorale find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), 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