Georgia · Nonprofit
LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,604 to it, the largest being CALLAWAY FOUNDATION INC ($210,658). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $553k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $421k
- Net assets
- $472k
What Lagrange Symphony Orchestra Inc does
Mission
The mission of the lagrange symphony orchestra, inc. Is: to enrich our community through music. The lagrange symphony orchestra fulfills this mission when it provides: cultural experience; educational programs; and performance opportunities. The board of directors shall adopt such goals and objectives as the board deems necessary or proper to accomplish this mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Concert performances for local audiences with local performers. Provides opportunities for qualified area musicians to further their musical talents and provides cultural experience for the community. The venue for the orchestra is the callaway auditorium.
$221,118 spent$64,053 earned by the program76% of program spendingStudent competitions - the symphony encourages expertise in performance and provides the opportunity for aspiring students to audition before recognized judges for awards. Two competitions are held, one for college students in neighboring states and one for local students in surrounding counties.
$46,089 spent16% of program spendingThe lagrange symphony youth orchestra(lsyo) - the youth orchestra is a performing group of student musicians from the troup county and surrounding areas. It was established in 1996 to foster the development of our local children's musical talents. Participants range in age from 7 - 18 and have typically been playing their instrument for two years or more. They perform in two major concerts per year and appear periodically with the lso.
$24,847 spent$27,648 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $292,054.
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 2024 to 2025, from $400k to $472k (+18%).
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.
65% of LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $35k → $31k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 LAGRANGE 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
LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
43% 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 LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 97% · 2022 76% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
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 LAGRANGE 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
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 LAGRANGE 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 LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?
- LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,604 to it, the largest being CALLAWAY FOUNDATION INC ($210,658). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $420,604 in grants to LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?
- CALLAWAY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $210,658 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAGRANGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 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