Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC
THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,848,082 to it, the largest being THE FREE FOR ALL CONCERT FUND INC ($2,653,506). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $968k
What The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc does
Mission
The organizations central mission is to present free orchestral concerts as a means of bringing our community together an enriching our city. The orchestra is made up of some of the finest professional musicians in the region, and performs familiar classics, newly commissioned works, and neglected works by composers from underrepresented communities. We are deeply committed to increasing diversity, equality and inclusion both on and off stage, and we are dedicated to using music as a way to raise awareness of issues and bring people of all backgrounds together. Our signature concert series takes places outdoors at the iconic hatch memorial shell on the charles river, but we also perform frequently in the neighborhoods of boston and surrounding cities and towns, with a paticular focus on uderserved areas. The orchestra has a strong history of collaboration on and off stage, including partnerships with young people, other arts organizations and cultural and civic institutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Performed eleven free public concerts,one free community event, and fifteen concerts in nursing homes. Approximarely 20,000 people attended the free public concerts, and approximately 450 people attended the nursing home concerts.
$909,610 spent$1,288 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $909,610.
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 2020 to 2021, from $989k to $1.3M (+29%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 8% · 2019 8% · 2020 7% · 2021 21% · 2022 19% · 2023 16% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Emmett Price
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $750k → $672k.
6 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
32% 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 THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 47% · 2019 49% · 2020 41% · 2021 38% · 2022 43% · 2023 34% — 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
46% of THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
96% of THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record — $190k federal, $895k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$190k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$895k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC?
- THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,848,082 to it, the largest being THE FREE FOR ALL CONCERT FUND INC ($2,653,506). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $5,848,082 in grants to THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC?
- THE FREE FOR ALL CONCERT FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,653,506 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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