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Screen a listNorthbrook Symphony Orchestra
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- Reinstated
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$267krevenue
FY20252staff
3 of 3years filed
’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−29.6%
Months of reserve3.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+22.9%
Middle half of peersMedianNorthbrook Symphony Orchestra
Where the money goes FY2025 · $346k spent
Programs$274k79%Management and general$70k20%Fundraising$2k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$111k in FY2023, −$47k in FY2024 and −$79k in FY2025. Cash covers 3.0 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 23% a year since FY2023, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
3 of the 5 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists11funders
$44ka year, last 3 years
45%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Underwriters Laboratories IncStopped after FY2022$30k$30k–Ulse IncNew in FY2023$50kThe Negaunee FoundationStopped after FY2022$5k$5k$8k–Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationOn and off$9kThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncStopped after FY2020$950$2k–Romo Family FoundationStopped after FY2018$500$150–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$5k$5$10k1 other fundersUp to $150 a year each$150
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped