California · Nonprofit
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 321 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,843,368 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($10,510,000). 226 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $245M
- Funders on record
- 321
- Grants received
- $127M
- Net assets
- $591M
What Los Angeles Philharmonic Association does
Mission
Under the leadership of music & artistic director gustavo dudamel, the la phil offers live performances, media initiatives, and learning programs that inspire and strengthen communities in los angeles and beyond.the los angeles philharmonic orchestra is the foundation of the la phil's offerings, which also include a multi-genre, multidisciplinary presenting program and such youth development programs as yola (youth orchestra los angeles). Performances are offered on three historic stages--walt disney concert hall, the hollywood bowl, and the ford--as well as through a variety of media platforms. In all its endeavors, the la phil seeks to enrich the lives of individuals and communities through musical, artistic, and learning experiences that resonate in our world today.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Performances by the los angeles philharmonic orchestra and artists representing a wide variety of genres at walt disney concert hall, the hollywood bowl, and the ford. This item also includes domestic and international tours by the orchestra. The ford supports creative aspirations, especially diverse performances that represent local surrounding communities.
$140,290,958 spentof which $536,167 as grants$90,149,785 earned by the program75% of program spendingThe after-school music education program youth orchestra los angeles (yola). Yola currently serves more than 1,300 young musicians across four sites, providing them with free instruments, intensive music instruction, academic support, leadership training, and performance opportunities.
$11,569,696 spent$342,047 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther performances, including lease events hosted by third-party promoters, and performance-related activities, including concessions, parking, recording, and royalties.
$35,007,327 spent$61,947,310 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $186,867,981.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $485M to $567M (+17%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 8% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (56% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Kim Noltemy
CEO (as of 7/24)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 120 funders to 146 funders, grant income rose $11M → $18M.
34 of 321 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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: $65M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Music Center Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 321 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
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 8% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
26% 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 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 13% · 2019 22% · 2020 40% · 2021 13% · 2022 11% · 2023 20% — 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.
How long its funders stay
58% of LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
71% of LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 120 funders to 146 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 43 arts & culture nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $705k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$705k
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 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
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
84% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Inglewood Community Programs · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: 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 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION?
- LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 321 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,843,368 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($10,510,000). 226 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 321 organizations giving $126,843,368 in grants to LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION, 226 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION?
- MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,510,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 321 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