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THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION
THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 360 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,436,335 to it, the largest being THE KOVNER FOUNDATION ($12,372,200). 225 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $102M
- Funders on record
- 360
- Grants received
- $79M
- Net assets
- $483M
What The Carnegie Hall Corporation does
Mission
Carnegie hall's mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, please see schedule o for more information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Carnegie hall produced events: of the 213 events that carnegie hall produced in fy25, 42% were held in stern auditorium/perelman stage, 13% in weill recital hall, 26% in zankel hall; and 19% in the hall's resnick education wing. Presentations ranged from orchestral, chamber music, solo recitals, and choral performances to jazz, world, and popular music concerts along with family events and public masterclasses. Beyond the hall's four walls, continuing a five-decade tradition of bringing free performances to neighborhoods across new york city, the carnegie hall citywide series included 32 free performances in fy25, presented in partnership with esteemed community organizations.
$29,998,756 spent$22,141,353 earned by the program33% of program spendingHall rental operations: in addition to carnegie hall's own presentations, carnegie hall leases and manages its three concert venues making them available for concerts and other performances presented by outside producers. These events represent a source of rental income for the hall and augment its artistic profile, underscoring carnegie hall's historic tradition of making its stages broadly available. In fy25, there were 536 rental events presented at carnegie hall.
$28,087,922 spent$20,544,011 earned by the program31% of program spendingCarnegie hall's weill music institute (wmi) creates broad-reaching music education and social impact programs, playing a central role in the hall's commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible through creative musical interaction and inspiring lifelong learning. Wmi's programs-most offered for free or at low cost-engaged hundreds of thousands of people in fy25, including families, students, community members, aspiring artists, and educators in new york city, across the us, and worldwide.
$16,283,547 spentof which $620,900 as grants18% of program spendingReal estate operations expenses: 11,922,697 other operations and special projects expenses: 4,646,160 revenue: 870,396
$16,568,857 spent$870,396 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,939,082.
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 2021 to 2022, from $718M to $625M (−13%).
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 0% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 12% · 2022 15% · 2023 3% · 2024 6% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (56% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Board chair
Robert F Smith
Chairman and trustee
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 59 funders to 170 funders, grant income rose $7.4M → $14M.
30 of 360 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.2M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 360 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 CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 61% · 2019 26% · 2020 7% · 2021 25% · 2022 7% · 2023 38% — 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
45% of THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
55% of THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 43 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 43 arts & culture nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record — $3.3M federal, $50 state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$1.0M
- Department of Education$1.0M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$663k
- Department of Justice$500k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$92k
- Department of State$10k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION
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.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Split Interest Trust Crats (1) · corp_trust
- Split Interest Tr Cruts (3) · corp_trust
- Split Interest Trusts Plif (1) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION?
- THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 360 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,436,335 to it, the largest being THE KOVNER FOUNDATION ($12,372,200). 225 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 360 organizations giving $79,436,335 in grants to THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION, 225 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION?
- THE KOVNER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,372,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION 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.
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 360 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing