Nevada · Nonprofit
RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC
RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,555,231 to it, the largest being The Nell J Redfield Foundation ($850,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Reno Philharmonic Association Inc does
Mission
The reno philharmonic association's (rpa) mission is to produce inspirational orchestral performances of the highest quality for diverse audiences and support exceptional educational, outreach and engagement programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
As a federally registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the state of nevada, the reno phil engages an active board of trustees, staff, volunteers, patrons, donors, sponsors, partner organizations and thecommunity to ensure that it will thrive through future generations.the reno phil is a resident company of the pioneer center for theperforming arts in reno, nv. The flagship of the reno phil concertoffering is a six-concert classical musical series, classix, performedon saturday evenings and sunday afternoons at the pioneer center. Musicdirector and conductor laura jackson invites guest soloists of localand international acclaim. She thoughtfully selects programming thatwill inspire and challenge both the audience and the orchestra,balancing traditional with contemporary.the reno phil also offers four performances of spirit of the season, avariety-show-like holiday concert conducted by dr. Jason altieri indecember, a free and open to the public family concert in september,two general admission youth orchestra showcases, various recitals andensemble performances, and a summer season that includes and variety ofconcerts and events including the ever-popular salute to the 4th…
$3,688,961 spent$2,035,950 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,688,961.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $2.2M (+33%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 16% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC’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. 1 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
Aaron Doty
President & CEO
Board chair
Meagan Noin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $186k → $546k.
15 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.4M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Reno Philharmonic Endowment Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
29% 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 RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 24% · 2019 21% · 2020 35% · 2021 30% · 2022 31% · 2023 27% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
72% of RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Nevada funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $940k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster 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
Organizations like RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC
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 Nevada
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
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Reno Philharmonic Endowment Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION 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 RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC?
- RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,555,231 to it, the largest being The Nell J Redfield Foundation ($850,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $3,555,231 in grants to RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC?
- The Nell J Redfield Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 67 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