California · Nonprofit
NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,528,533 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($783,699). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $-571822
What New West Symphony Association does
Mission
The new west symphony inspires passion for symphonic music through live performances and education initiatives that engage and enrich its diverse audiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in 1995, the new west symphony is a top professional orchestra in the region that draws its players from the rich talent pool of professional musicians. With artistic direction led by grammy winner maestro michael christie, the symphony is the resident company of the bank of america performing arts center in thousand oaks and performs at the rancho campana performing arts center in camarillo. Returning to live performances in 2021, the symphony presents six masterpiece series concerts annually, performing major works from the symphonic repertoire with internationally acclaimed artists as guest soloists, as well as produces annual summerfest and winterfest programs raising additional funds for the symphony's operations.
$1,011,310 spent$726,922 earned by the program79% of program spendingLaby harmony project of new west symphony uses music training to promote the healthy growth and development of underserved youth. The program provides high quality tuition-free music instruction to children in grades k-12, currently serving over 160 students in the city of ventura year- round. By collaborating with students, families, and local partners, and together with our generous supporters, the project builds a stronger, healthier, and more musically engaged community.
$186,395 spent$145,235 earned by the program15% of program spendingSymphonic adventures, the symphony's flagship education program, is a live, interactive concert for elementary school students, their chaperones and parents. This program provides over 5,000 students with their first opportunity to hear classical music. Each 50-minute interactive concert supports the symphony's goal to bring orchestral music to children. By introducing students to the orchestra, its conductor, and the elements of music, the symphony aims to inspire a life-long appreciation of music.
$6,821 spent1% of program spendingOther program services
$71,374 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,275,900.
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 2020 to 2021, from $958k to $774k (−19%).
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 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION’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. 3 of the last 7 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
Natalia Staneva
CEO
Board chair
Paul Finkel Md
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $278k → $279k.
11 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% 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 NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 37% · 2019 33% · 2020 35% · 2021 51% · 2022 38% · 2023 42% — 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
44% of NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
52% of NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION'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, 87% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION's revenue fell 26% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
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 NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION?
- NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,528,533 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($783,699). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,528,533 in grants to NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION?
- VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $783,699 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 42 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