Maryland · Nonprofit
CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC
CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,174 to it, the largest being THE HEDGELAWN FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $103k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Chester River Chorale Inc does
Mission
Chester River Chorale, Inc provides opportunity and inspiration for amateur singers to strive for artistic excellence. Our performances entertain diverse audiences and enrich the cultural life of the community. CRC meets its mission by providing: a) artistic and inspirational leadership in making music for enjoyment by the public and its singers; b) a congenial environment for amateur singers to share and expand their talents; c) educational opportunities for its members to grow in their understanding and appreciation of choral music; d) enrichment and education for the community by publicly performing high quality, varied concerts of classical, modern, and traditional choral music; e) musical and vocal training for our members. The Chorale's vision is to strengthen our community through the power of singing and listening together.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Spring Concerts - Where Voices Meet. Three performances, including four outside vocalists and three instrumentalists. There were 110 chorale members at the three concerts and we entertained approximately 900 individuals at the tree performances.
$5,624 spent45% of program spendingWinter Concerts - Celtic Christmas. Three performances, including three outside vocalists and fifteen instrumentalists supplementing our chorale. Our audiences totaled 925 community members. We had 115 chorale members singing at the concerts.
$6,995 spent55% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,619.
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 2023 to 2024, from $41k to $66k (+64%).
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.
63% of CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $200 → $5k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 CHESTER RIVER CHORALE 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
CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2020 79% · 2021 91% · 2022 94% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
99% of CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174 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
CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC has grown faster than three-quarters 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
Organizations like CHESTER RIVER CHORALE 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 Maryland
Nationally
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC?
- CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,174 to it, the largest being THE HEDGELAWN FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $7,174 in grants to CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC?
- THE HEDGELAWN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 4 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