Texas · Nonprofit
THE LUBBOCK CHORALE
THE LUBBOCK CHORALE (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $403,000 to it, the largest being HELEN JONES FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $403k
- Net assets
- $166k
What The Lubbock Chorale does
Mission
The purpose of The Lubbock Chorale is to be a positive force in the advocacy and evolution of the chorale art through cultivating educational opportunities, nurturing intergenerational experiences, and creating musical excellence on the texas high plains.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Four regular season concerts performed in a variety ofstyles and genres and performance venues. The chorale has100 - 115 members and is comprised of people of all ages,both students and community members, who appreciate choral art.
$66,461 spent82% of program spendingTo support the academic and artistic growth anddevelopment of students in the texas tech univeristyschool of music, $15,000 was donated to texas techuniversity for undergraduate scholarships.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $81,461.
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 2025 to 2026, from $86k to $166k (+94%).
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.
91% of THE LUBBOCK CHORALE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $49k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of THE LUBBOCK CHORALE’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 LUBBOCK CHORALE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 50% · 2021 55% · 2022 54% · 2023 62% — growing more concentrated.
“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 LUBBOCK CHORALE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
THE LUBBOCK CHORALE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like THE LUBBOCK CHORALE
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LUBBOCK CHORALE?
- THE LUBBOCK CHORALE (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $403,000 to it, the largest being HELEN JONES FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LUBBOCK CHORALE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $403,000 in grants to THE LUBBOCK CHORALE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LUBBOCK CHORALE?
- HELEN JONES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LUBBOCK CHORALE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 5 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