Washington · Nonprofit
LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE
LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,655 to it, the largest being ZUFALL FAMILY FOUNDATION KATHRYN A ZUFALL MD ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $275k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Ladies Musical Club of Seattle does
Mission
Ladies musical club lmcs mission is to foster classical music amongst its members and the greater washington state community through education, performance, and awards. This is accomplished by offering music and education programs to people of all ages and diverse backgrounds throughout the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Music in schools mis the music in schools program supports between five to seven underserved elementary schools in the seattle public schools district each school year, presenting a variety of programs at no charge to the schools. The goal of this support is to build a habit of music within the schools curriculum and the students lives. We reach more than 5,000 students each year, either in the classroom, at school-wide assemblies, or remotely through video performances. Unique artists and programs are available throughout each school year in performances that include chamber opera, classic stories set to music, participatory dance and music, instrument groups brass, woodwind, soloists, diverse ethnic music and instruments.
$14,073 spentof which $4,000 as grants9% of program spendingPublic concert series lmcs most visible face is its public concert series that offers up to 50 free classical music concerts from october through june by lmc member-musicians and guests. The classical music series is presented and/or filmed at a variety of venues throughout the seattle metro area, including west seattle veteran center, seattle art museum, frye art museum, seattle public library, central and west seattle branches, university house wallingford, mirabella, bellevues crossroads community center theater and the music center of the northwest in north seattle. These intimate, one-half-hour to one-hour music programs are free and open to the public, and most are available to the public online through lmcs social media platforms.
$22,919 spent14% of program spendingThe frances walton competition is held annually in late spring and its associated awards tour in the fall. It is a solo and ensemble competition for classical musicians, ages 20-35, who live or study in the united states, the district of columbia, or one of the u.s. Territories. Competitors submit audio auditions before a spring deadline. Audition finalists participate in a day-long competition in seattle where four solo winners and one ensemble winner are selected. The winners present a free public concert the weekend of the competition. They go on an all-expense-paid week tour in the fall, performing classical music at free concerts to thousands of listeners in schools, community centers, and halls in largely underserved rural and metro areas in washington state. Winners receive cash awards after the fall tour.
$71,243 spentof which $20,020 as grants$250 earned by the program45% of program spendingProgram service expenses 66, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 archive project the lmc has rigorously documented its 130 year history and has retained and collected artifacts to form a historical archive. In order to preserve and make these items more accessible to the public, the lmc has undertaken ongoing efforts to digitize portions and put them on the lmcs website. Program service expenses 51,480, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 member events includes events held for members, honorariums for guest lecturers and performers, and special concert talks.
$51,546 spent32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $159,781.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $2.0M (+22%).
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 4% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 5% · 2021 7% · 2022 3% · 2023 24% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Whitney Henderson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE’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
LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
46% 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 LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 97% — 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
100% of LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE?
- LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,655 to it, the largest being ZUFALL FAMILY FOUNDATION KATHRYN A ZUFALL MD ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $16,655 in grants to LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE?
- ZUFALL FAMILY FOUNDATION KATHRYN A ZUFALL MD is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LADIES MUSICAL CLUB OF SEATTLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 3 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