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THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70,000 to it, the largest being THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$29k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$70k
Net assets
$29k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What The Friends of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra does

Mission

The friends mission is the support of the st. Paul chamber orchestra through educational, social and fundraising activities, and a financial contribution.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The spco friends assist the spco in offering connect a music program for elementary children and a freeman lecture series on the history of music.

    $21,476 spentof which $14,300 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,476.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($48k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2022 Revenue 92 ($44k) Expenses 139 ($66k) Net assets 66 ($26k)2023 Revenue 82 ($39k) Expenses 86 ($41k) Net assets 61 ($24k)2024 Revenue 72 ($34k) Expenses 68 ($32k) Net assets 68 ($26k)2025 Revenue 61 ($29k) Expenses 57 ($27k) Net assets 73 ($29k)
20202022202320242025
Revenue (61)Expenses (57)Net assets (73)

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 $24k to $26k (+11%).

$39k
$26k
$24k
$26k
$29k
20202022202320242025
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.

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$17
’20
−$22k
’22
−$2k
’23
$2k
’24
$2k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’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 FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

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

Organizations like THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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 Minnesota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

86%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA?
THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70,000 to it, the largest being THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $70,000 in grants to THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA?
THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2020–2025), 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