Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $298,457 to it, the largest being SMART FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK ($70,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $298k
- Net assets
- $172k
What Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston Inc does
Mission
Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston's mission is to present the highest quality chamber music performances, to foster an understanding and appreciation of the art form through imaginative and adventurous programs, and to infuse a public-spirited sensibility in all that we do to make classical music available, understandable, and accessible for audiences throughout the Boston area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Presented classical chamber music concerts of the highest quality representing a wide range of repertoire including standard and contemporary works, serving approximately 2100 people in the Greater Boston area.
$137,969 spentof which $39,800 as grants83% of program spendingPresented family programming and educational programming for students from the Boston Public Schools designed to expand classical music audiences and make it more accessible for approximately 500 children.
$26,015 spentof which $13,500 as grants16% of program spendingWorked with community organizations to benefit residents of Boston, donating tickets to economically disadvantaged and underserved populations in the Greater Boston area.
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $165,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $163k to $172k (+6%).
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.
75% of CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC’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. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Carol Daynard
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $10k → $61k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
39% 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 CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 44% · 2019 57% · 2020 36% · 2021 27% · 2022 21% · 2023 41% — 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
50% of CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
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
53% of CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$50k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC?
- CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $298,457 to it, the largest being SMART FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK ($70,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $298,457 in grants to CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON INC?
- SMART FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 17 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