New York · Nonprofit
STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC
STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60 to it, the largest being BUILDING DREAMS FOUNDATION INC ($60). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $60
- Net assets
- $5k
What String Orchestra of Brooklyn Inc does
Mission
Music: Arts and Culture
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We collaborated with American Opera Projects and The Ghostlight Chorus to perform a concert of works by Arvo Part to celebrate his 90th birthday
$17,039 spent59% of program spendingWe welcomed the pianist Marika Bournaki to perform the Schumann Piano Concerto
$6,081 spent21% of program spendingWe welcomed guest cellist Julian Schwarz to perform the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto
$5,814 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,934.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $2k to $19k (+717%).
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.
37% of STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Eli Spindel
Artistic Director, Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN 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.
Where its funders are
100% of STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Against its field
STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN 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 New York
Nationally
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC?
- STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60 to it, the largest being BUILDING DREAMS FOUNDATION INC ($60). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60 in grants to STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC.
- Who is the largest funder of STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN INC?
- BUILDING DREAMS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $60 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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