Connecticut · Nonprofit
ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC
ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,385,357 to it, the largest being Steve and Diane Parrish Foundation ($831,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Orchestra Lumos Inc does
Mission
The mission of orchestra lumos is to bring the transformational impact of great music to our audience through passionate, professional performances of the highest caliber, diverse and innovative programming, and inspiring educational initiatives. The orchestra presents a
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Orchestra lumos continues to present high quality concerts to audiences across fairfield county. At the palace theatre in stamford classical and popular programs are presented. Some of the worlds finest musicians are engaged including yo-yo ma, jeffrey kahane, gabriel kahane, andre de shields and anwen deng. Across the county from greenwich to bridgeport, small space concerts are presented in churches, libraries, schools and malls. These concerts are curated and given by members of the orchestra and include solo recitals, string trios and quartets, wind and brass ensembles.
$1,760,511 spent$403,121 earned by the program90% of program spendingOrchestra lumos is deeply committed to offering a broad range of opportunities to enrich the lives of all members of our community through participation in our programs. Our music education activities encourage young people to explore, appreciate, perform, and create music. Free concerts in community venues enable us to reach a broad and diverse cross-section of fairfield county residents. The orchestra continues to build its five-year strategic plan that will significantly expand the reach of our education activities, with a goal of reaching a broader and more diverse cross-section of our communitys youth. Existing and new partnerships help expand our work in finding creative opportunities for students in both school and community settings. Highlights of our education and community activities include: public school partnerships; our collaborations with stamford public schools remains strong, and we also developed new partnerships with other school districts in fairfield county. Bootcamps in darien public schools for elementary, middle, and high school students, presented by orchestra lumos musicians, to help individual students with their skills and technique. The unique series,…
$202,901 spent$9,550 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,963,412.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.6M to $5.0M (+206%).
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 2% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 8% · 2022 55% · 2023 23% · 2024 9% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC’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. 4 of the last 9 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
Russell Jones
President & CEO
Board chair
Thomas Herbig
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $120k → $514k.
13 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% 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
36% 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 ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 45% · 2019 58% · 2020 43% · 2021 37% · 2022 30% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $597k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $594k on record — $55k federal, $539k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$55k
- State Aid Grants$332k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$207k
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 ORCHESTRA LUMOS 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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 ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC?
- ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,385,357 to it, the largest being Steve and Diane Parrish Foundation ($831,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,385,357 in grants to ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC?
- Steve and Diane Parrish Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $831,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 37 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