New Jersey · Nonprofit
RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC
RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,781 to it, the largest being ARTS AND LETTERS FOUNDATION INC ($215,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $202k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $315k
- Net assets
- $201k
What Riverside Symphonia Inc does
Mission
The mission is to provide a locally based orchestra made up of the finest professional musicians available to us so that we might enrich the lives of the people of the greater delaware valley. The symphonia cultivates music appreciation through live performances & educational outreach. The organization strives to reach all types of people to build community through shared musical experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Riverside symphonia, now in its 36th season, continues its mission as a fully unionized orchestra dedicated to enriching the cultural life of our region. Employing professional musicians, the symphonia serves communities across hunterdon and mercer counties in new jersey and bucks county in pennsylvania. Through 2-5 performances each year, along with robust outreach and educational initiatives, we strive to cultivate a deep appreciation for music and ensure that our programs are accessible to all residents, regardless of background or ethnicity. This past season highlighted our commitment to artistic excellence and community engagement: we premiered an original work by a new jersey composer, featured a world renowned professional soloist, and provided valuable performance opportunities for young emerging musicians.
$192,766 spent$64,685 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $192,766.
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.
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 $197k to $259k (+31%).
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 8% · 2018 8% · 2019 12% · 2020 18% · 2021 47% · 2022 29% · 2023 23% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Paul Kuhl Iii
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $31k → $36k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA 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
RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 66% · 2018 66% · 2019 76% · 2020 87% · 2021 65% · 2022 62% · 2023 70% — 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
50% of RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 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.
Government funding RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $909k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$780k
- FEDERAL$118k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$11k
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 RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA 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 RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC?
- RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,781 to it, the largest being ARTS AND LETTERS FOUNDATION INC ($215,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $314,781 in grants to RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC?
- ARTS AND LETTERS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $215,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 8 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