California · Nonprofit
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $774,264 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,185). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $774k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic does
Mission
Providing classical music to the area and provide funds for charitable purposes and scholarships.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Philharmonic and orchestra concerts organized and presented for members and the public.
$1,718,302 spent$948,530 earned by the program96% of program spendingSchool concerts and scholarships are provided to the youth in the community.
$43,685 spent2% of program spendingFinancial support in the form of grants are awarded and paid to local schools, performing organizations and events to provide music education programs and musical instruments and instruction.
$30,000 spentof which $30,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,791,987.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.0M to $3.2M (+60%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 21% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC’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 10 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
Lee Mills
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $17k → $163k.
14 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 46% · 2019 38% · 2020 33% · 2021 36% · 2022 15% · 2023 16% — 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
71% of PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
61% of PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC'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 $305k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside California, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $469k 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
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 62 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 62 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC: 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 PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC?
- PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $774,264 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,185). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $774,264 in grants to PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $116,185 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 40 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