Texas · Nonprofit
RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC
RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,514,617 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($906,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $665k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $47k
What Richardson Symphony Inc does
Mission
Provide quality live musical perfromances of popular and classical music for North Dallas Metroplex area. We also seek to promote music education with an eye towards educating future artists and audiences by offering childrens concerts and classroom visits through our Symphony Days Program.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Now in its 62nd year the orchestra is comprised of a core of about 60 professional musicians from throughout the DFW area under the direction of the Music Director and Conductor Clay Couturiaux. Founded in 1961 the RSO typically performs a season of 6 subscription performances of popluar and classical live music. Some performances feature guest soloists vocal and instrumental from all over the world or popular local choral groups or soloists. In addition to its regular concert season select orchestra members may play in contract performances. Examples include providing a quartet for an event or providing orchestral accompaniment for a production at the Eisemann Center.
$494,955 spent$147,816 earned by the program91% of program spendingThe Young Artist Competition draws young string players and pianists from across the nation and beyond. Eligible young artists compete with the first place winner being awarded a cash prize as well as the opportunity to present their chosen concerto or other work with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra during one of our spring concerts.
$18,009 spent$36,877 earned by the program3% of program spendingIn line with its mission of developing young artists and promoting music education in general the RSO is actively involved in elementary educational programs through our Symphony Days classroom visits and special childrens concerts. Each elementary school in Richardson Independent School District is offered the opportunity to participate in a program which involves an on-site classroom visit by our musicians to demonstrate their instrument and prepare the children to appreciate and enjoy an upcoming concert performed specifically for them at the Eisemann Center. In many cases the concert they attend as part of the Symphony Days program is the first classical concert these children have attended. The program focus is third graders. In the past we have also made the program available to many private schools and home school groups.
$28,591 spent$9,317 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $541,555.
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 2022 to 2023, from $54k to $291k (+437%).
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 33% · 2022 0% · 2023 13% · 2024 17% · 2025 24% · 2026 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Jamie Whitesell
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $480k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 RICHARDSON SYMPHONY 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
RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 61% · 2022 73% · 2023 83% — 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
60% of RICHARDSON SYMPHONY 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
93% of RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $111k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC has grown faster than half of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 RICHARDSON SYMPHONY 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC?
- RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,514,617 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($906,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,514,617 in grants to RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $906,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 10 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