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THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH

THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $307,490 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($108,074). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$135k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$307k
Net assets
$64k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 83%
01What it does

What The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh does

Mission

The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh has as it's mission to further the education of the pittsburgh community in the understanding and appreciation of the music, arts, and culture by offering exceptional performances of the chamber orchestra repertoire.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Season of presenting chamber orchestra works of six concerts and various smaller concerts at different venues.

    $131,168 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $131,168.

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 ($23k) Expenses 100 ($28k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2019 Revenue 311 ($71k) Expenses 181 ($51k) Net assets 287 ($42k)2020 Revenue 408 ($93k) Expenses 169 ($48k) Net assets 593 ($88k)2021 Revenue 236 ($54k) Expenses 101 ($28k) Net assets 764 ($113k)2022 Revenue 660 ($150k) Expenses 584 ($165k) Net assets 665 ($98k)2023 Revenue 629 ($143k) Expenses 560 ($158k) Net assets 564 ($83k)2024 Revenue 653 ($149k) Expenses 543 ($153k) Net assets 534 ($79k)2025 Revenue 593 ($135k) Expenses 530 ($150k) Net assets 435 ($64k)
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Revenue (593)Expenses (530)Net assets (435)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 2022 to 2023, from $156k to $110k (−30%).

$15k
$42k
$88k
$117k
$156k
$110k
$81k
$69k
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

78% of THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
$20k
’19
$45k
’20
$25k
’21
−$15k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$5k
’24
−$15k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $7k → $119k.

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH’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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

39% 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 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH.

35%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 66% · 2022 31% · 2023 50% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

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’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $119k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−11% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH?
THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $307,490 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($108,074). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $307,490 in grants to THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH?
THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $108,074 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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