Colorado · Nonprofit
SAN JUAN SYMPHONY
SAN JUAN SYMPHONY (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $340,348 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING SOUTHWEST COLORADO ($117,433). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $648k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $340k
- Net assets
- $283k
What San Juan Symphony does
Mission
The San Juan Symphony is an innovative regional orchestra that contributes to the cultural enrichment of the diverse communities of the Four Corners area with inspiring live performances and creative, collaborative efforts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Inclusive of the Nutcracker (5x), Subscription (8x), and Family concerts (2x), the full orchestra performed 15 concerts. The average attendance of a subscription weekend (both communities) is 800 x 4 = 3,600. Nutcracker is 4 shows at 600 = 2,400, and Family Concert is about 300 total. ORCHESTRA = 6,300
$358,682 spentof which $33,750 as grants$449,743 earned by the program77% of program spendingSan Juan Symphony Youth Orchestras: 75 student participants rehearsed weekly and performed once in November and once in April, plus a number performed alongside the SJS at the Side-by-Side concert. Approximately 1000 audience members were present across the three performances. Orff Music Camp/Piano Camp/Chamber Academy Camp in June had 150 student participants aged 5-18. Musically Speaking and Pre-Concert Lectures- (4 MS, 8 PC Lectures=12) Average 30 attendees per session. Adult education.
$31,379 spent$63,579 earned by the program7% of program spendingBeyond the Concert Hall, Chamber Singers, and SJSYO are all factors. Chamber Music events included 1x Huber in Roshong (120), 2x String Quartet (120+200), and the 1x Dvorak Recital (120) = 560. Chamber Singers sold out 2x at 120 = 240. SJSYO had 2x 300 = 600. Majesty had 2x 125 = 250. Bach Festival has 100 for Lunch 5x = 500, plus Finale 125 1x = 125. Chamber Academy has 120x5 (30 students) = 560 (150 students). Coca-Cola free student seats in both communities = 20x4x2 = 160. APPROX ATTENDANCE: 2,835
$78,048 spent$98,099 earned by the program17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $468,109.
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 2021 to 2022, from $113k to $233k (+106%).
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 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 7% · 2020 7% · 2021 9% · 2022 44% · 2023 15% · 2024 8% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $10k → $60k.
8 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 JUAN SYMPHONY’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 JUAN SYMPHONY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 JUAN SYMPHONY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 51% · 2021 43% · 2022 27% · 2023 22% — 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
83% of SAN JUAN SYMPHONY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
86% of SAN JUAN SYMPHONY'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 $49k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $291k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like SAN JUAN SYMPHONY
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN JUAN SYMPHONY?
- SAN JUAN SYMPHONY (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $340,348 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING SOUTHWEST COLORADO ($117,433). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN JUAN SYMPHONY have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $340,348 in grants to SAN JUAN SYMPHONY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN JUAN SYMPHONY?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING SOUTHWEST COLORADO is the largest funder on record, with $117,433 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN JUAN SYMPHONY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 13 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