Illinois · Nonprofit
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,434 to it, the largest being JOHN W MARSH CONDUCTOR'S CHAIR TRUST ($3,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $247k
What Philharmonic Society of Belleville does
Mission
Since 1866 the Society has promoted classical music in the greater Belleville Illinois area by facilitating and sponsoring orchestral and choral music performances by community adults and youth at concerts workshops competitions and other performances.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the 2024-2025 season the Philharmonic Society of Belleville presented more than 20 music performances by its groups which are comprised of over 100 instrumentalists and vocalists. Several of these concerts featured members of the ensembles and youth as soloists. The performances include the Societys collaboration with the local ballet school in presenting 3 performances of The Nutcracker. Concerts were presented in a variety of venues throughout the metro-area. The Societys groups also performed at a number of civic events in the community. The organization continues to provide an appropriate venue for recitals by community musicians singers and students not necessarily in the Philharmonics performing groups.
$65,215 spent$95,190 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,215.
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 2023 to 2024, from $222k to $248k (+12%).
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 30% · 2022 13% · 2023 7% · 2024 6% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $36.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE’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
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234 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
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE?
- PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,434 to it, the largest being JOHN W MARSH CONDUCTOR'S CHAIR TRUST ($3,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,434 in grants to PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE?
- JOHN W MARSH CONDUCTOR'S CHAIR TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $3,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BELLEVILLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Philharmonic Society of Belleville →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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