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THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS

THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being THE SCHAEFFER FOUNDATION ($1,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$175k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$308k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What The Blackhawk Chorus does

Mission

Music education and performances

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Choral rehersals & music performances

    $110,091 spentof which $12,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $110,091.

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 ($175k) Expenses 100 ($134k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2018 Revenue 45 ($79k) Expenses 55 ($73k) Net assets 104 ($152k)2019 Revenue 54 ($95k) Expenses 62 ($83k) Net assets 112 ($164k)2020 Revenue 37 ($64k) Expenses 42 ($56k) Net assets 118 ($172k)2021 Revenue 6 ($10k) Expenses 5 ($7k) Net assets 120 ($175k)2022 Revenue 58 ($101k) Expenses 64 ($86k) Net assets 130 ($191k)2023 Revenue 74 ($130k) Expenses 92 ($123k) Net assets 136 ($198k)2024 Revenue 94 ($165k) Expenses 80 ($107k) Net assets 175 ($256k)2025 Revenue 80 ($140k) Expenses 105 ($140k) Net assets 175 ($256k)2026 Revenue 100 ($175k) Expenses 91 ($122k) Net assets 211 ($308k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (91)Net assets (211)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 $198k to $271k (+37%).

$146k
$152k
$164k
$172k
$175k
$191k
$198k
$271k
$256k
$319k
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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

29% of THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$42k
’17
$6k
’18
$12k
’19
$8k
’20
$3k
’21
$16k
’22
$7k
’23
$58k
’24
−$520
’25
$53k
’26
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS’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 THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 123 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 123 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

62%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS?
THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being THE SCHAEFFER FOUNDATION ($1,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,250 in grants to THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS.
Who is the largest funder of THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS?
THE SCHAEFFER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BLACKHAWK CHORUS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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