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Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc (Florida) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,357,956 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($7,349,658). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $44M
What Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc does
Mission
To present artistically excellent classical and other orchestral performances for the enjoyment, education and enrichment of an ever-increasing diverse audience, while maintaining fiscal integrity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The jacksonville symphony brings its mission to life by offering exceptional programming that is relevant, inclusive, and vital to the well-being of our community. Since its founding in 1949, the symphony has become the cultural heart of northeast florida, with 60 full-time musicians and a 40-week season of performances in the acoustically acclaimed jacoby symphony hall in downtown jacksonville. Over the past 75 years, the jsa has featured collaborations with such renowned artists as duke ellington, marilyn horne, itzhak perlman, joshua bell, lang lang, and rene fleming. Today, with the support of committed corporate and individual donors, and strong administrative and artistic leadership, the jacksonville symphony is reaching new heights, enhancing the quality of life of northeast florida residents through innovative performances, music education programs, community engagement activities, and local partnerships. From jacoby symphony hall to community venues, classrooms and virtual platforms, our music has extended far beyond the stage, reaching more than 155,000 residents in 2024/25. To provide access to symphonic music for all, we offer many reduced-price ticket programs for…
$9,942,691 spent$4,472,576 earned by the program95% of program spendingThe jacksonville symphony is the largest provider of in-person and virtual music education programs in northeast florida, reaching 60,000 students in 2024/25 including more than 36,000 students at title I schools. Our vp of music education and community impact works with school district administrators to develop and provide music education opportunities for students throughout the region, especially those who currently lack access. The symphony's music education initiatives include a variety of student programs specifically designed to engage different age groups of students such as: - ensemble school visits - nutcracker school matinees - youth concerts for elementary school students in jacoby symphony hall - students at the symphony for middle and high school students - jump start strings - free weekly stringed instrument instruction by symphony musicians for elementary school students in title I after-school programs. - the jacksonville symphony youth orchestras program - provides 200 young musicians ages 6-21 with weekly, ability-specific instruction during the school year and five opportunities to perform on the jacoby symphony hall stage.
$526,079 spentof which $3,300 as grants$66,169 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,468,770.
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 2022 to 2023, from $13M to $32M (+141%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 22% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 2% · 2024 7% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Mr Steven Libman
President & CEO
Board chair
Mr Matthew Marcin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $489k → $3.6M.
20 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jacksonville Symphony Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 45% · 2019 48% · 2020 36% · 2021 52% · 2022 44% · 2023 61% — 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
51% of Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
58% of Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.2M that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$110k
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 Jacksonville Symphony Association 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc?
- Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc (Florida) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,357,956 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($7,349,658). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $17,357,956 in grants to Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,349,658 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jacksonville Symphony Association 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 75 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