California · Nonprofit
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $570 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($320). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $570
- Net assets
- $29k
What San Fernando Valley Master Chorale does
Mission
To enrich the cultural life of the san fernando valley community by presenting high-quality choral performances and promoting the appreciation of choral music
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Presented seasonal concerts featuring classical and contemporary choral works for the general public.
$9,737 spent33% of program spendingPerformed at local civic and cultural events, making choral music accessible to wider audiences.
$9,737 spentof which $5,152 as grants33% of program spendingPartnered with regional arts organizations and guest artists to expand artistic offerings and audience reach.
$9,737 spentof which $5,151 as grants33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,211.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Julie Barnett
Executive director/CEO
Board chair
Sergio Barer
President,chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $35 → $63.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE’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
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
44% 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 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 53% · 2022 78% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250 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.
Against its field
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE: 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 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE?
- SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $570 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($320). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $570 in grants to SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE?
- SEMPRA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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