Oregon · Nonprofit
PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,398,142 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($440,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $272k
What Portland Baroque Orchestra does
Mission
Pbo creates transformative experiences for musicians and listeners who share in the exploration and celebration of historically inspired music. The professional orchestra presents world-class performances on period instruments for up to 18,000 through concerts and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Concert programs: in the 2024/25 season, pbo presented public performances of baroque and classical period music by professional musicians in fulfillment of the organization's stated mission. These consisted of five subscription orchestra series programs, each performed twice, two chamber concerts, three performances of messiah, and other music programs throughout the region. Over 7,000 individuals in the greater portland and sw washington region were served, plus an additional 1,800 through our digital programming. Our youtube videos are free and accessible, broadening our geographic and demographic reach, amplifying the role of diverse artists, and highlighting our passion for period performance and mastery of craft.
$859,234 spent$451,577 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $859,234.
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 2017 to 2018, from $667k to $466k (−30%).
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: 2017 7% · 2018 5% · 2019 11% · 2020 6% · 2021 45% · 2022 56% · 2023 8% · 2024 18% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA’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. 6 of the last 9 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
Hilary Butler
Executive director
Board chair
Alan Brickley
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $65k → $272k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 PORTLAND BAROQUE 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
PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 40% · 2019 49% · 2020 24% · 2021 38% · 2022 45% · 2023 39% — 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
47% of PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
89% of PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $436k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $389k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$384k
- DISTRIBUTION TO FOR-PROFIT SUBRECIPIENT$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PORTLAND BAROQUE 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.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA: 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 PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA?
- PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,398,142 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($440,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,398,142 in grants to PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA?
- JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $440,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 23 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