Ohio · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR
COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $849,647 to it, the largest being GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL ($701,775). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $850k
- Net assets
- $355k
What Columbus Gay Men's Choir does
Mission
The chorus unites as a gay mens chorus to rehearse and work in an atmosphere of camaraderie and support; secondly, to perform publicly before general audiences, thus fostering increased recognition, understanding, and acceptance of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cgmc:the columbus gay mens chorus typically performs three concerts per season. Each concert includes a variety of musical pieces performed by the full chorus and ensembles; the spring and summer concerts usually involve significant elements of choreography. Membership is open to all people regardless of vocal talent, musical abilities, race, gender, religion, age, physical abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or economic means.
$273,097 spent$71,972 earned by the program80% of program spendingVox:vox is our only auditioned ensemble, typically comprising 14 to 18 singers, for which prospective members must qualify through a rigorous and competitive audition process. Vox is a key part of our outreach and service to the community, as it allows us to perform more frequently and at various venues that our full chorus cannot always accommodate. Vox also performs its own concert as part of our regular concert season. Placement in vox requires season-long commitment to both the ensemble and the full chorus.
$43,966 spent$5,716 earned by the program13% of program spendingIlluminati: illuminati was created to respond to the communitys expressed desire for musical performances of a sacred or spiritual nature. Its mission is to extend our outreach, particularly to religious organizations, while respecting our members individual spiritual beliefs.
$25,126 spent$4,645 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $342,189.
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 2024 to 2025, from $261k to $357k (+37%).
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 21% · 2018 29% · 2019 22% · 2020 39% · 2021 46% · 2022 48% · 2023 39% · 2024 32% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR’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 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $63k → $83k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR’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
COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 84% · 2019 81% · 2020 73% · 2021 85% · 2022 76% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
100% of COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR 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
Organizations like COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR?
- COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $849,647 to it, the largest being GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL ($701,775). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $849,647 in grants to COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR?
- GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $701,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS GAY MEN'S CHOIR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 10 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