Virginia · Nonprofit
MUSIC ORCHARD INC
MUSIC ORCHARD INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,600 to it, the largest being BLANK ALLAN AND MARGOT FDN ($36,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $72k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $11k
What Music Orchard Inc does
Mission
nurture a love for music in K-12 youth by providing exceptional and accessible music education through community support and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In School Residency Program: Music Orchard Richmonds In School Teaching Artist Program supports the schools of Richmond, Hanover, Chesterfield, Henrico, and beyond by providing supplemental instruction from Teaching Artists in the form of sectionals, lessons (individual and group), and ensemble coachings. MOR can provide Teaching Artists for both orchestra and band programs. Teaching Artists are available to visit schools as often as needed to work with students and supplement instruction already being given. While much of our work takes the form of a semester long residency, we encourage schools to book single sessions as well. All Teaching Artists are drawn from the most qualified and experienced teachers and performers in the Richmond area, and extensively background checked. In the 24/25 school year, this program served an estimated 40 students. Expenses listed here are direct expenses, but this program also has indirect expenses allocated to it. This program also has a high number of in kind donations such as space rental estimated around $17500.
$19,161 spentof which $2,000 as grants39% of program spendingSenior Regional Orchestra Workshop: Music Orchard Richmonds SRO Workshop for Strings is a dynamic day-long experience designed for middle and high school string students preparing for Senior Regional Orchestra (SRO) auditions. Led by professional Teaching Artists and regional adjudicators, this workshop offers intensive coaching on audition excerpts, scales, and sight-reading, all in a supportive and motivating environment. Students receive expert guidance, personalized feedback, and the chance to play alongside peers from across the Richmond region. Whether auditioning for the first time or aiming to sharpen your skills, this workshop helps students feel confident, prepared, and inspired. This program served approximately 38 students in the 24/25 fiscal year. It has a low amount of indirect costs from administration and general expenses. This program has in kind donations of about $800.
$3,363 spent7% of program spendingAfter School Programming: Music Orchard Richmonds After School Programming collaborates with pre-existing After School Programs to provide a music lesson component. In 24/25 MOR partnered with two separate programs: Peter Paul Development Center After School Academy Next Up RVA Students receive lessons, practice support, instruments to use, and additional enrichment activities with host organizations. In the 24/25 school year this program served an estimated 36 students. This program has a high amount of in kind donations including space rental and volunteer support totaling the equivalent of an estimated $16,700 It also has indirect costs such as administration and general organization expenses.
$26,084 spentof which $18,000 as grants54% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,608.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Elizabeth Kilpatrick
Executive Director
Board chair
Ellen Cockerham Riccio
President of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 MUSIC ORCHARD 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
MUSIC ORCHARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
42% 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 MUSIC ORCHARD INC.
“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
MUSIC ORCHARD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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
MUSIC ORCHARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,200 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MUSIC ORCHARD 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MUSIC ORCHARD 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 MUSIC ORCHARD INC?
- MUSIC ORCHARD INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,600 to it, the largest being BLANK ALLAN AND MARGOT FDN ($36,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSIC ORCHARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $61,600 in grants to MUSIC ORCHARD INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC ORCHARD INC?
- BLANK ALLAN AND MARGOT FDN is the largest funder on record, with $36,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSIC ORCHARD 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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