Colorado · Nonprofit
MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($116). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $116
- Net assets
- $47k
What Mountain Chamber Music Society does
Mission
Our mission is to promote the appreciation and educational power of chamber music. Our goals are to present concerts that engage and educate the community and connect teachers and children to the power of music.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver (CMSGD) advances public access to high-quality chamber music by presenting engaging performances that foster appreciation of the art form across Metro Denver. The organization emphasizes diverse and inclusive programming, featuring repertoire for small ensembles by both traditional and contemporary composers, and is committed to reaching audiences in accessible community-based venues. In the 2024-25 season, CMSGD transitioned to a fixed ensemble of five musicians, strengthening artistic cohesion while significantly expanding its programming capacity and performance reach. Through residencies at Wildcat Mountain Auditorium in Highlands Ranch, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westminster, and Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village, CMSGD delivered two- to three-concert matinee and evening series that served broad and intergenerational audiences. The season introduced three new thematic programs-Classical Christmas, A Celebration of Celtic Culture, and The Forgotten Women of Classical Music-designed to deepen audience engagement, highlight underrepresented voices, and connect classical music to diverse cultural traditions.
$14,023 spentof which $8,917 as grants90% of program spendingIn the 2024-25 season, Schulkind and CMSGD musicians expanded the organization's successful children's concert series by presenting four Story Hour performances across three counties, increasing access to high-quality arts experiences for children and families. These interactive programs were designed to engage young audiences and caregivers alike, using music, storytelling, and participation to introduce foundational musical concepts. The two new programs were developed around beloved children's classics-Carnival of the Animals and Peter and the Wolf-leveraging familiar narratives to foster early arts literacy, encourage family participation, and cultivate lasting appreciation for live chamber music among young audiences.
$1,490 spentof which $1,500 as grants10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,513.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $21k to $52k (+143%).
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.
69% of MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Laura Schulkind
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $31 → $34.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
96%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY?
- MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $116 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($116). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $116 in grants to MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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