New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC
NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC (New York) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,347,001 to it, the largest being THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION ($985,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $10M
What New York Youth Symphony Inc does
Mission
To inspire and educate young musicians through performance and ensemble activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The nyys supported the operations of an orchestra of 93 musicians, performing three concerts at carnegie hall, a side-by-side with the crescendo orchestra, and a kickoff weekend. Additionally, nyys jazz provides performance training for 17 jazz musicians. There are multiple performances each year, including concerts at jalc, bric, and regional community center.finally, the nyys chamber music program trains 115 musicians in the performance of chamber music and includes community engagement concerts and performances at major venues in nyc.
$1,438,922 spentof which $17,337 as grants$263,022 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,438,922.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $7.7M to $9.4M (+21%).
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: 2017 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 20% · 2022 25% · 2023 7% · 2024 6% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 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
John Kilkenny
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $165k → $509k.
11 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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 YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 20% · 2019 38% · 2020 28% · 2021 42% · 2022 52% · 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
38% of NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $694k 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 YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $175k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$175k
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 YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY 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 NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC?
- NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC (New York) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,347,001 to it, the largest being THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION ($985,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $3,347,001 in grants to NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC?
- THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $985,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 74 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