California · Nonprofit
Mainly Mozart Inc
Mainly Mozart Inc (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,382,906 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($706,590). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $-345249
What Mainly Mozart Inc does
Mission
Bring together world-class musicians from across North America for classical and innovative musicalprograms and ensure the preservation andappreciation of classical music by giving young musicians the opportunity to learn and perform together.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
All Star Orchestra Festival The annual All Star Orchestra Festival is the largest Mozart festival in North America, assembling the nations greatest concertmasters and principal players unique in North America. Two weeks of dynamic performances, free community events, and an autistic artist residency elevate San Diegos reputation as a cultural hub. Mainly Mozart leads in accessibility, distributing 1,500 free or deeply discounted tickets in 2025 to students, military, educators, low-income residents, and autism partners, expanding access for all.
$1,415,632 spent$265,990 earned by the program70% of program spendingEducation and Outreach The Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra serves 350 students, providing high-level musical training, teamwork, and leadership development, guided by professional instructors and national symphony mentors. The program uniquely integrates neuro divergent and differently-abled students into ensembles, fostering inclusion. In 2025, MMYO reached about 3,500 people through concerts at retirement centers and community venues, while strengthening partnerships with local schools and music organizations to broaden its generational impact.
$378,116 spent$367,068 earned by the program19% of program spendingInnovative programming designed to celebrate the creativity of Mozart The Savor Every Note chamber music series is a unique sensory experience bringing together world class musicwith curated culinary pairings. Members of the All Star Orchestra perform chamber music in an intimate setting at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club for three concerts. Through Club Amadeus, private in-home chamber music concerts allow classical music enthusiasts to experience chamber music in the setting it was originally meant to be played. Also, since 2015, Mainly Mozart has celebrated and recognized Genius in the Spirit of Mozart by hosting a Genius Award Dinner and Concert. Each year, the honoree is chosen based on significant achievements and impact in the scientific and technology industry. The evening celebrates the honorees innovative genius while also highlighting the genius of world-class classical musicians.
$228,586 spent$109,208 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,022,334.
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 2022 to 2023, from $704k to $427k (−39%).
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 15% · 2019 16% · 2020 19% · 2021 20% · 2022 8% · 2023 11% · 2024 6% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of Mainly Mozart Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Nancy Laturno
CEO
Board chair
Dwight Hare
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $259k → $356k.
12 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 Mainly Mozart Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
Mainly Mozart Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% 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 Mainly Mozart Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 29% · 2019 21% · 2020 20% · 2021 20% · 2022 21% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of Mainly Mozart Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
64% of Mainly Mozart 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 $1.2M that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Mainly Mozart Inc's revenue grew 31% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Mainly Mozart Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
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 Mainly Mozart 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Mainly Mozart 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 Mainly Mozart Inc?
- Mainly Mozart Inc (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,382,906 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($706,590). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Mainly Mozart Inc have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $3,382,906 in grants to Mainly Mozart Inc, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mainly Mozart Inc?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $706,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mainly Mozart 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 36 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