California · Nonprofit
LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC
LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,049 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND RUTH BRADFORD FOUNDATION ($37,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $235k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $815k
What Lake County Symphony Association Inc does
Mission
To provide Lake County with classical and "Pop" music through the Symphony, adult and youth orchestras, and to provide scholarships to students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To provide a symphony orchestra using local musicians to present concerts to Lake County. Four concerts were presented at the local theatre in Lakeport CA in 2024 with significant attendance for each.
$71,134 spent74% of program spendingThe Allegro Scholarship program was donated to LCSA by the Vogel Foundation in 2021 and has been operating under that umbrella since then. The purpose of the program is to provide partial and full scholarship assistance to qualified talented and gifted students in financial need and to defray the costs of tuition and educational materials. Allegro also provides assistance to underserved music students and occasionally provides special grants to qualified students assist with college expenses. Support is also provided to encourage and enable music students to view and attend high quality music concerts. Allegro supports local community and youth orchestra ensembles as well.
$24,767 spentof which $4,500 as grants26% of program spendingProvide an adult and youth concert orchestra with weekly practice, culminating in concerts, both presented with the symphony and an annual concert on it's own. This orchestra will provide a place for youth and adults to play their instruments and perhaps join the symphony orchestra. Also, LCSA provides scholarships for students who play with the symphony and youth orchestra. One student scholarshop was awarded in 2024.
$553 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,454.
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 $125k to $543k (+334%).
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.
75% of LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION 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. 0 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $126.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION 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
LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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
LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like LAKE COUNTY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION 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 LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC?
- LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,049 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND RUTH BRADFORD FOUNDATION ($37,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $49,049 in grants to LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC?
- GEORGE AND RUTH BRADFORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKE COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 4 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