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PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC

PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,800,932 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($2,075,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.0M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$2.8M
Net assets
$3.3M
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Philadelphia Clef Club for Jazz & Performing Arts Inc does

Mission

To provide educational training in music to children and adults through instruction, workshops, and concerts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education - provide educational training in music to children and adults through instruction, workshops, and concerts.

    $217,529 spent$28,205 earned by the program
    44% of program spending
  2. Concert series - the produced ticketed events which feature international, national, and local artists.

    $228,037 spent$48,457 earned by the program
    46% of program spending
  3. Rental - the organization rents space to individuals and organizations that present content that is line with the mission of the pcc.

    $20,217 spent$23,436 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  4. Capital improvement - the pcc is raising capital funds to remodel the pcc's building.

    $31,547 spent
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $497,330.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($844k) Expenses 100 ($532k) Net assets 100 ($885k)2023 Revenue 86 ($728k) Expenses 127 ($673k) Net assets 106 ($940k)2024 Revenue 355 ($3.0M) Expenses 123 ($652k) Net assets 371 ($3.3M)
202220232024
Revenue (355)Expenses (123)Net assets (371)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $964k to $3.3M (+245%).

$963k
$964k
$3.3M
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$312k
’22
$55k
’23
$2.3M
’24
31
months of
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.

202220232024
Listed12911
Joined·+2+5
No longer listed·53
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $68k → $186k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS 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 CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 79% · 2019 87% · 2020 99% · 2021 60% · 2022 42% · 2023 51% — broadly stable.

“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

20% of PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

97% of PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NY
PA
RI
CO
MO
MD
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $568k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin78% · top quartile
Months of reserve31.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)88% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 15%Fundraising 9%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC?
PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,800,932 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($2,075,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,800,932 in grants to PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS INC?
THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB FOR JAZZ & PERFORMING ARTS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 15 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