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SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA

SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Washington) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,397 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($240,049). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$535k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$464k
Net assets
$125k
9/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Seattle Jazz Orchestra Dba Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra does

Mission

To share the joy of live jazz music by fostering a superb, proffessional jazz orchestra, to educate the next generation to perform and treasure jazz music, and to enrich the community with new artistic works, restored classics, and professional recordings.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Subscription concert series: the orchestra staged concerts during the fiscal year for the public.

    $527,294 spent$231,177 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Education: students were instructed in jazz techniques. The educational focus was placed on students and schools that did not have a vibrant band presence.

    $1,031 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $528,325.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($520k) Expenses 100 ($481k) Net assets 100 ($80k)2018 Revenue 114 ($594k) Expenses 116 ($559k) Net assets 144 ($115k)2019 Revenue 105 ($545k) Expenses 114 ($546k) Net assets 143 ($114k)2020 Revenue 85 ($443k) Expenses 94 ($450k) Net assets 133 ($106k)2021 Revenue 87 ($450k) Expenses 75 ($361k) Net assets 245 ($196k)2022 Revenue 85 ($442k) Expenses 101 ($488k) Net assets 168 ($134k)2023 Revenue 92 ($478k) Expenses 95 ($459k) Net assets 191 ($153k)2024 Revenue 85 ($442k) Expenses 112 ($539k) Net assets 71 ($56k)2025 Revenue 109 ($566k) Expenses 92 ($444k) Net assets 223 ($179k)2026 Revenue 103 ($535k) Expenses 122 ($589k) Net assets 156 ($125k)
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Revenue (103)Expenses (122)Net assets (156)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $58k to $243k (+320%).

$110k
$158k
$135k
$240k
$299k
$167k
$165k
$58k
$243k
$155k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 6% · 2020 6% · 2021 19% · 2022 25% · 2023 28% · 2024 12% · 2025 16% · 2026 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

53% of SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’17
$35k
’18
−$1k
’19
−$8k
’20
$89k
’21
−$46k
’22
$19k
’23
−$97k
’24
$122k
’25
−$54k
’26
3.1
months of
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.

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Listed17192021201916182121
Joined·+4+4+3+2+2+4+3+6+4
No longer listed·232337134
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $46k → $32k.

5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA’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

SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95% 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 SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA.

52%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 75% · 2019 47% · 2020 84% · 2021 93% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% — 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

36% of SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

79% of SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA
NY
DE
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $464k to it.

Operating margin−10% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 8%Fundraising 2%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

WA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA?
SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Washington) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,397 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($240,049). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $464,397 in grants to SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA?
ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $240,049 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SEATTLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA DBA SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing