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STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA

STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being THE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES FOR STATEN ISLAND INC ($32,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$77k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$-66365
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Staten Island Orcestra does

Mission

Our primary exempt purpose is to present classical music concerts to the public. We also supply coaching to high school musicians in their school.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. We presented concerts for symphony orchestra or wind ensemble. Summer concerts were presented outdoors by the wind ensemble and concerts other times were presented indoors by the symphony orchestra. All concerts were free to the public. Approximately 2,500 people attended

    $95,269 spentof which $30,730 as grants
    75% of program spending
  2. We tutored approximately 70 students at Port Richmond High School with private and group lessons on their instruments. Our players attended weekly and alternated sitting in with their ensembles or pulling groups of students out of the rehearsals for private or instrumental specific coaching. Funds were provided by the Department of Cultural Affairs under their Su-Casa initiative.

    $20,000 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. We presented a concert of music by Ukrainian composers utilizing funds provided under the Immigrant Initiative of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The concert was free to the public and approximately 250 people attended.

    $12,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $127,269.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($94k) Expenses 100 ($115k)2024 Revenue 82 ($77k) Expenses 110 ($127k)
20232024
Revenue (82)Expenses (110)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 2023 to 2024, from $5k to $11k (+109%).

$5k
$11k
20232024
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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$21k
’23
−$50k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $8k.

Funder
'18
'20
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA’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.

Where its funders are

100% of STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’18
’20
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA's revenue fell 18% between 2023 and 2024.

Operating margin−66% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−18% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA?
STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being THE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES FOR STATEN ISLAND INC ($32,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $32,500 in grants to STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA?
THE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES FOR STATEN ISLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STATEN ISLAND ORCESTRA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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