New York · Nonprofit
SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC
SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,336 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $224k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $88k
- Net assets
- $70k
What Sebastian Chamber Players Inc does
Mission
To offer audiences a diverse spread of musical experiences, with programs grand and intimate, straightforward and interdisciplinary, featuring both well and lesser-known works. Our aim in programming was to provide varietyfor our dedicated current audience whilst attracting new lovers ofmusic, both classical and otherwise. We continued a tradition ofincorporating interdisciplinary collaborations in some programs, andall concerts included spoken commentary about the music and historicalcontext and the opportunity to meet the performers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The sebastians' 2024-25 nyc concert series included six baroque concerts conceived by our directors to offer audiences a diverse spread of musical experiences, with programs grand and intimate, straightforward and interdisciplinary, featuring both well- and lesser-known works. Our programming provided variety for our dedicated current audience while attracting new listeners of all ages and musical backgrounds. We continued our tradition of incorporating interdisciplinary collaborations in select programs, and most concerts featured spoken commentary about the music and historical context, as well as opportunities to meet the performers.
$171,088 spent$121,283 earned by the program100% of program spendingOn march 12, 2025 at good shepherd-faith presbyterian church, founding and artistic directors daniel lee and jeffrey grossman were joined by tony-award-nominated actor and dramaturg gabby beans for "sonnets and sonatas," which interwove sonnets by shakespeare, countee gullen, and gwendolyn brooks with bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord. The program highlighted the structural and emotional parallels between the sonnet and the sonata, emphasizing their shared emphasis on balance, technical craft, and expressive power.
The season concluded at brick presbyterian church on may 10, 2025 with "all strings, no bach," a program of concerti grossi by corelli, vivaldi, galuppi, telemann, and handel, performed by an ensemble of fourteen strings and basso continuo.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $171,088.
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 2022 to 2023, from $109k to $67k (−38%).
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.
46% of SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $17k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS 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
SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 45% · 2022 83% · 2023 59% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS 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 $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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.
Against its field
SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS 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 SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC?
- SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,336 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $88,336 in grants to SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC?
- UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEBASTIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 5 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