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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$10Mrevenue
FY2025 · −13% in 3 yrs382staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin20.0%
Months of reserve2.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+7.3%
Middle half of peersMedianGrant Park Orchestral Association
Where the money goes FY2025 · $8.1M spent
Programs$5.5M68%Management and general$1.1M13%Fundraising$1.5M19%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor3
Strong governance
38 of 38 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 7% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 29% of revenue in FY2025. $420k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending111funders
$1.6Ma year, last 3 years
25%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Fulk Family Foundation IncOn and off$100k$1.0M$340k$1.2M$1.0M$100kSmart Family Foundation of IllinoisOn and off$35k$35k$60k$50k$150k$100kFrankel Julius N FoundationSince FY2018$50k$75k$75k$75k$75k$75kJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationEvery year since FY2017$70k$70k$70k$70k$75k$26k$3kSage FoundationOn and off$125k$100k$125kElizabeth F Cheney FoundationStopped after FY2022$45k$45k$45k$45k$5k$61k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$56k$82k$166k$289k$188k$546k$1.1M77 other fundersUp to $140k a year each$83k$106k$152k$237k$213k$317k$450k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped