Washington · Nonprofit
Northwest Chamber Chorus
Northwest Chamber Chorus (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,802 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($59,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $239k
What Northwest Chamber Chorus does
Mission
Performance and education of classical chorus music
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
In Winters House - Through the lens of centuries-old rituals and liturgy, we take time to slow down this December and connect across faith traditions and cultures. We make our circle wide to welcome the stranger, and invite each other to be a light in each others lives. With music by Herbert Howells, Reeana Esmail, Joanna Marsh, and more, join us as we open our arms to reach across time and traditions this holiday season.
$3,543 spent$6,529 earned by the program19% of program spendingWe Will be Your Refuge - Following in the footsteps of his French forefather Gabriel Faure, Maurice Durufle composed a Requiem of immense warmth and comfort, rather than a reminder of the day of wrath. We perform this iconic work inspired by, and elaborating on, Gregorian chant in its chamber orchestration, joined on the program by Caroline Shaws refugee cantata, To the Hands. Her work is in turn inspired by, and elaborates on, Dietrich Buxtehudes cantata of the same name, Ad manus. Two works, at once modern and ancient, that remind us of the importance of comforting and welcoming one another in times of need and strife.
$12,237 spent$5,090 earned by the program65% of program spendingGarden of Loves - Anchored by Argentinean composer Carlos Guastavinos charming and evocative Indianas, our season finale focuses on the things and people we hold dear. We explore the richness of love and life through connection with nature and one another, and the ecstatic joy of finding inspiration. The music of Guastavino, along with Astor Piazzolla, Modesta Bor, and others, invites us to encouter the sublime in its various forms, whether it be a wandering spirit, dark pines in the wind, or the caressing light of dawn
$3,131 spent$4,256 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,911.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2025 to 2026, from $119k to $239k (+100%).
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: 2026 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of Northwest Chamber Chorus’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Wendy Martinez-Mckee
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $239 → $7k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Northwest Chamber Chorus’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
Northwest Chamber Chorus leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
99% 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 Northwest Chamber Chorus.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — diversifying over time.
“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
99% of Northwest Chamber Chorus's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
Northwest Chamber Chorus runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Northwest Chamber Chorus
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Northwest Chamber Chorus: 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 Northwest Chamber Chorus?
- Northwest Chamber Chorus (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,802 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($59,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Northwest Chamber Chorus have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $60,802 in grants to Northwest Chamber Chorus, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Northwest Chamber Chorus?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $59,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Northwest Chamber Chorus find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 3 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