Florida · Nonprofit
SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC
SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,390 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($669,885). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $854k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Sarasota Concert Association Inc does
Mission
To present internationally renowned orchestras, chamber ensembles and solo musicians to the greater sarasota community, and to showcase outstanding regional musicians in a series of free public concerts.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The sarasota concert association presented its 5-concert great performers series, featuring world-renowned orchestras, exceptional chamber musicians and acclaimed soloists. The 2026 series included pianist alexander malofeev, the danish string quartet, the royal philharmonic, the philadelphia orchestra, and the academy of st martin in the fields featuring violinist joshua bell. Performances took place in sarasota's van wezel performing arts hall and the riverview performing arts center to a combined audience of over 7000 classical music lovers. Ticket prices were 35 and up.
$762,286 spent$971,759 earned by the program87% of program spendingSpecial event concerts make it possible for us to broaden and attract new audiences, earn additional revenue, and present concerts in different venues and communities. The 2026 special event performances featured the canadian brass in a holiday concert at the sarasota opera house. An audience of 1028 filled this venue.
$99,924 spent$76,257 earned by the program11% of program spendingMusic matinees are free concerts featuring exceptional regional musicians. This daytime series makes it possible for us to serve and "give back" to the community by providing excellent, informal performances for free. Featured artists vary and this season included a jazz ensemble, a percussionist, a guitarist, and young opera singers from the sarasota opera studio artists program. Concerts are presented at st. Andrew united church of christ. This season we saw over 1000 music lovers across the four concerts.
$10,380 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $872,590.
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 $1.4M to $1.9M (+32%).
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 9% · 2018 4% · 2019 6% · 2020 16% · 2021 39% · 2022 20% · 2023 10% · 2024 12% · 2025 7% · 2026 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $180k → $146k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION 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
SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — 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
25% of SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
98% of SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION 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 $18k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $836k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than half of the 36 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 36 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400 on record.
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $400
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 SARASOTA CONCERT 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 Florida
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
90%
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 SARASOTA CONCERT 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 SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC?
- SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,390 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($669,885). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $854,390 in grants to SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC is the largest funder on record, with $669,885 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2026), and the filings of 11 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