Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY
KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,812 to it, the largest being Chester County Community Foundation ($115,161). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $299k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $181k
- Net assets
- $74k
What Kennett Symphony of Chester County does
Mission
The symphony is a professional regional orchestra serving greater chester county and its geographic neighbors. The symphony's mission is to: (a) present a wide range of symphonic music at an affordable price to entertain and enrich the lives of our audience; (b) engage and educate young and underserved audiences; and (c) provide opportunities for young artists, musicians, and composers through competitions and performances.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During the fiscal year ending August 31 2025 the orchestra remained dedicated to its charitable and educational goals by upholding the tradition of symphonic music in southeastern Pennsylvania. The organization allocated significant resources to support its program services ensuring the employment of a professional music director core musicians section leaders guest soloists and the procurement of sheet music replicas rentals and new instruments. These investments facilitated the execution of a diverse range of performances including Masterworks and community-focused concerts enriching the cultural landscape of the region.
$261,216 spent$92,334 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe orchestra maintained its specialized chamber music and regional outreach programs specifically aggregating small ensemble performances designed to extend classical performances beyond the concert hall into intimate community settings.
$0 spent$3,659 earned by the program0% 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: $261,216.
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 $307k to $196k (−36%).
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 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY’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. 4 of the last 8 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 broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $12k → $19k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY’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
KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 43% · 2022 73% · 2023 42% — 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.
Where its funders are
75% of KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY'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 $46k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY's revenue fell 19% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY: 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 KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY?
- KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,812 to it, the largest being Chester County Community Foundation ($115,161). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $180,812 in grants to KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY?
- Chester County Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $115,161 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENNETT SYMPHONY OF CHESTER COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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