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NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC

NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$144k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$17k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What New England Repertory Orchestra Inc does

Mission

The organization shall promote and provide musical and educational activities by the organization maintenance management and control of a symphony orchestra that features musical artists from underrepresented and underserved populations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The commission rehearsal and world premiere performance of a symphony by an emerging BIPOC composer. Performed at a local theatre significant media coverage on Public Radio featuring two excellent Latine soloists. This project advanced our objective to uplift classical artists of color and bring new voices to classical music.

    $24,775 spent
    23% of program spending
  2. Provided Orchestral Services for major concert with Music Worcester and the Worcester Chorus featuring standard operatic choruses and solo vocal and orchestral music by Black composers featured two world renowned Black classical vocal soloists. Rented Music prepared performances. Large regional audience at Mechanics Hall Worcester's main concert space. This project created great connectivity with other community organizations introduced a wide audience to the music of two major Black composers as well as introduced two major Black artists to the region.

    $24,737 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Provided orchestral services to bring two large community choruses together to perform the rare Dvorak Stabat Mater. This project serves the mission to increase access to excellent music and connect communities directly to participative involvement. Two large audiences in two separate municipality in New Hampshire; increased the visibility of the organization provided work for the professional musicians.

    $27,887 spent
    26% of program spending
  4. Continued our educational partnership with Clark University's Music Program provided high impact performance and learning opportunities for those students including a choral invitational that involves 5 high schools in Worcester County and a joint residency with the choirs of Clark University and Castleton University in Vermont.

    $29,400 spent
    28% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $106,799.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($129k) Expenses 100 ($123k) Net assets 100 ($10k)2024 Revenue 112 ($144k) Expenses 112 ($138k) Net assets 164 ($17k)
20232024
Revenue (112)Expenses (112)Net assets (164)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $10k to $17k (+64%).

$10k
$17k
20232024
Total assets

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

47% of NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA 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. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’23
$7k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Cailin Manson

Artistic Director and CEO

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA 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.

Where its funders are

100% of NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9k on record.

State$9k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$9k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC?
NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC?
BARR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEW ENGLAND REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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