Florida · Nonprofit
GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,286,634 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT J GUNTERBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($539,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $0
What Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Inc does
Mission
The Gulf Coast Symphony exists to contribute to the cultural enrichment of Lee County by producing and performing a broad variety of concerts and creating a diverse innovative and balanced program of performances events community and education projects which reaches the widest possible public. The Gulf Coast Symphony is recognized for its high-quality symphonic performances and its history of active community engagement and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Gulf Coast Symphony is dedicated to fostering the appreciation and growth of symphonic music within the community through a diverse range of concerts including classical pops and family education performances. Furthermore the Symphony is deeply invested in supporting emerging artists by showcasing them as soloists in concerts and recitals providing a platform for their professional development. In the FY25 season the Gulf Coast Symphony showcased its musical prowess through a total of 16 captivating concerts at the prestigious Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. Highlights of the season included iconic performances such as the enchanting Nutcracker in collaboration with the Gulfshore Ballet the festive Deck the Halls concert featuring the Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers and a spectacular production of West Side Story. Moreover the Symphony marked its fifth year of successful programming at the Music & Art Community Center MACC which opened its doors in January 2021 enriching the cultural landscape of the region. At the MACC the Gulf Coast Symphony continued to enrich the community with a diverse array of performances including 8 orchestra concerts with two performances of…
$1,847,845 spent$2,344,262 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,847,845.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $34k to $1.1M (+3132%).
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: 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 8% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Andrew M Kurtz
President CEO
Board chair
Samuel Tishler
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $77k → $300k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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
GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
34% 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 GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 40% · 2019 52% · 2020 50% · 2021 87% · 2022 64% · 2023 50% — 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
64% of GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
69% of GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $425k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC has grown faster than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?
- GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,286,634 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT J GUNTERBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($539,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,286,634 in grants to GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?
- THE ROBERT J GUNTERBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $539,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2021–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing