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BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,488 to it, the largest being THE CLINTON ROBERTS FOUNDATION INC ($37,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$61k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$176k
Net assets
$55k
9/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 61%
01What it does

What Bristol Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra does

Mission

Symphony orchestra to promote music culture

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The mission of the bristol symphony orchestra (dba nutmeg symphony orchestra) is to bring professional quality music to bristol, farmington valley, northwestern connecticut, and contiguous communities. Through the performance of concerts and related programs, the organization aims to promote interest and appreciation for music and to enhance the cultural climate of the region. It engages in activities to educate and encourage children and students in the playing of fine music.

    $22,336 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,336.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($56k) Expenses 100 ($57k) Net assets 100 ($4k)2018 Revenue 92 ($52k) Expenses 87 ($50k) Net assets 146 ($6k)2019 Revenue 100 ($56k) Expenses 96 ($55k) Net assets 169 ($7k)2020 Revenue 79 ($44k) Expenses 40 ($23k) Net assets 707 ($28k)2021 Revenue 107 ($60k) Expenses 35 ($20k) Net assets 1708 ($68k)2022 Revenue 86 ($48k) Expenses 59 ($34k) Net assets 2079 ($83k)2023 Revenue 71 ($40k) Expenses 113 ($65k) Net assets 1457 ($58k)2024 Revenue 102 ($57k) Expenses 122 ($69k) Net assets 1151 ($46k)2025 Revenue 109 ($61k) Expenses 91 ($52k) Net assets 1391 ($55k)
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Revenue (109)Expenses (91)Net assets (1391)

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 $29k to $68k (+131%).

$4k
$7k
$10k
$29k
$68k
$84k
$61k
$52k
$62k
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$967
’17
$2k
’18
$940
’19
$21k
’20
$40k
’21
$15k
’22
−$25k
’23
−$12k
’24
$10k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $25k.

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’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

BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

26% 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 BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

21%
largest funder
50%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 43% · 2019 39% · 2020 29% · 2021 31% · 2022 56% · 2023 27% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

67% of BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

89% of BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT
DE
FL

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

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’21
’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k 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

Organizations like BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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 Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,488 to it, the largest being THE CLINTON ROBERTS FOUNDATION INC ($37,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $176,488 in grants to BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
THE CLINTON ROBERTS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRISTOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A NUTMEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 13 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