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LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC

LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,607 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$627k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$216k
Net assets
$-2023
7/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Loudoun Symphony Association Inc does

Mission

Enriching our community through music. Vision - evolve as a premier regional symphony through artistic excellence by providing a variety of programs that enrich, educate, engage and entertain our community. The loudoun symphony orchestra presents first-class concerts, and the loudoun symphony youth orchestra program trains the next generation of classical musicians through four ensembles and enrichment programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The loudoun symphony orchestra(lso)presented five full orchestra concerts, and a chamber concert. These performances included a holiday concert and a special benefit concert featuring music by leonard bernstein. The orchestra has approximately 65 professional and community musicians. All winds and percussion musicians and 10 principal string musicians receive per-service honoraria for performing.

    $258,072 spent$57,889 earned by the program
    42% of program spending
  2. The loudoun symphony youth orchestra(lsyo)provides opportunities for varying levels of experienced young musicians to perform with a large ensemble outside of an academic setting. Lsyo served 210 students who participated in one of four ensembles each led by a professional conductor. Participation is by audition and subject to an annual tuition fee. Need- based scholarships are also provided. Lsyo presented three live concerts and also offered a week long summer orchestral institute featuring intensive practice and performance opportunities for beginning, intermediate and advanced young musicians.

    $351,516 spent$339,509 earned by the program
    58% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $609,588.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($155k) Expenses 100 ($142k) Net assets 100 ($21k)2018 Revenue 110 ($170k) Expenses 126 ($178k) Net assets 62 ($13k)2019 Revenue 138 ($215k) Expenses 136 ($194k) Net assets 163 ($35k)2020 Revenue 120 ($186k) Expenses 114 ($162k) Net assets 278 ($59k)2021 Revenue 74 ($115k) Expenses 85 ($121k) Net assets 251 ($54k)2022 Revenue 149 ($231k) Expenses 158 ($224k) Net assets 282 ($60k)2023 Revenue 200 ($311k) Expenses 229 ($325k) Net assets 214 ($46k)2024 Revenue 287 ($446k) Expenses 330 ($468k) Net assets 111 ($24k)2025 Revenue 404 ($627k) Expenses 460 ($653k) Net assets -9 ($-2023)
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Revenue (404)Expenses (460)Net assets (-9)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $127k to $174k (+37%).

$21k
$25k
$39k
$72k
$104k
$106k
$127k
$174k
$164k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 6% · 2019 1% · 2020 7% · 2021 9% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

35% of LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’17
−$8k
’18
$22k
’19
$25k
’20
−$6k
’21
$7k
’22
−$14k
’23
−$22k
’24
−$26k
’25
2.9
months of
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.

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Listed141614141413141719
Joined·+3+1+4+5+6+7+8+3
No longer listed·13457651
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $53k.

6 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 LOUDOUN 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

LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

89% 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 LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC.

35%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 57% — 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.

How long its funders stay

75% of LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

89% of LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC'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 $24k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Virginia funders.

VA
TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $191k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC?
LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,607 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $215,607 in grants to LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LOUDOUN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 9 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