Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC
PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,256 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC ($102,256). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $131k
- Net assets
- $128k
What Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society Inc does
Mission
To enhance the appreciation and understanding of Asian arts and cultures, and to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Chinese community, particularly, the folk treasure of the Chinese Opera (Beijing Opera), and to provide learning and performance opportunities to members and the general public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
During 2025 PCOS continued to provide a hybrid of virtual and in-person program and activities: On-going Online and in-person Chinese Opera Classes all year round; Online classes of 2 different levels and (Continued on Schedule O, Statement 3
$18,998 spentof which $14,000 as grants92% of program spendingOn-going Online and in-person Chinese Opera Classes throughout the year; Panda Festival Performances; Highlight performances at the Asian American United Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival and AAPI participation, Independence Charter School performance.
$1,586 spentof which $2,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,584.
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 $14k to $137k (+859%).
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.
83% of PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $22k.
From the IRS filings of PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC’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
PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
78% 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 PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 51% · 2022 71% · 2023 50% — 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
100% of PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY 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 PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC?
- PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,256 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC ($102,256). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $131,256 in grants to PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC?
- THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $102,256 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2 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