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PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA

PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,479 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($14,348). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$234k
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra does

Mission

To provide a chamber music and chamber orchestra instruction and performance program, and to expand opportunities for young, talented musicians, while sharing the enjoyment of making music with the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. All other related revenue was derived from certain fees/payments such as tuition, merchandise sales, advertising, etc...

    $179,036 spent$115,352 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Youth orchestra summer camps

    $20,025 spent$29,333 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $199,061.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($140k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2018 Revenue 325 ($474k) Expenses 355 ($497k) Net assets 56 ($29k)2019 Revenue 131 ($191k) Expenses 125 ($175k) Net assets 86 ($45k)2020 Revenue 85 ($125k) Expenses 95 ($133k) Net assets 71 ($37k)2021 Revenue 64 ($93k) Expenses 85 ($119k) Net assets 23 ($12k)2022 Revenue 225 ($329k) Expenses 125 ($175k) Net assets 318 ($166k)2023 Revenue 117 ($171k) Expenses 170 ($238k) Net assets 190 ($99k)2024 Revenue 141 ($206k) Expenses 137 ($192k) Net assets 217 ($113k)2025 Revenue 3 ($4k) Expenses 6 ($8k) Net assets 450 ($234k)
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Revenue (3)Expenses (6)Net assets (450)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 2024 to 2025, from $113k to $234k (+107%).

$52k
$29k
$45k
$37k
$45k
$166k
$99k
$113k
$234k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

25% of PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
−$23k
’18
$16k
’19
−$8k
’20
−$25k
’21
$154k
’22
−$67k
’23
$14k
’24
−$4k
’25
335
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.

201820192022202320242025
Listed121616162123
Joined·+6·+0+6+2
No longer listed·2·010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $2k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
3
2
2
2
2

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA’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

PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

30% 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 PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA.

40%
largest funder
98%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 90% · 2022 90% · 2023 92% — 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 PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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

PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−104% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve335.4mo · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)−36% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA?
PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,479 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($14,348). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $35,479 in grants to PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA?
THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $14,348 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PITTSBURGH YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA 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 4 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