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THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS
THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,243 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($65,780). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $694k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $232k
- Net assets
- $610k
What The Peninsula Choral Association Dba Peninsula Girls Chorus does
Mission
We strive to demonstrate our commitment to excellence through a rigorous music education and literacy program. These skills serve as the foundation for outstanding performances of the highest quality choral literature that reflects humankind. It is our vision that our choristers will live life more deeply through their involvement and participation in choral music.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in January 1994, the Peninsula Girls Chorus has evolved from an organization serving just 11 girls into a 220-member premiere arts education and performance center that commissions world class composers, participates in prestigious international music festivals, provides a valuable resource to our community through assorted outreach performances, and makes a qualitative difference in the lives of our young choristers. The Peninsula Girls Chorus provides San Francisco Bay Area girls with an accelerated music education and performance program not found in the public or private school system. It is also where important mentoring lessons are learned. Younger girls learn from older girls (by example and directive) and see just what it takes to succeed. These lessons are learned, and in turn passed on to the next group of incoming singers. We teach music, and in the process our girls
$481,224 spent$538,657 earned by the program100% of program spendinglearn something equally valuable responsibility.Repertoire, selected to fit each choir's skill-level, varies widely -- from established classical works to arrangements of folksongs from around the world. The Chorus performs in many languages, and has premiered a number of compositions written specifically for children's voices. The Peninsula Girls Chorus thrills audiences with its clarity and precision and with the exuberance and vitality of its performances.For the tenth consecutive year, Peninsula Girls Chorus has been selected for the Best of Burlingame Award in the Musicians category by the U.S. Commerce Association. The USCA Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business
category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.Nationwide, only 1 in 250 (less than half of 1%) Award recipients qualified as Four-Time Award Winners. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $481,224.
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 2017 to 2018, from $266k to $448k (+68%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 21% · 2022 20% · 2023 9% · 2024 1% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $9k → $45k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS’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 PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 32% · 2021 49% · 2022 40% · 2023 45% — 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
60% of THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS'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
63% of THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $85k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS?
- THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,243 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($65,780). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $232,243 in grants to THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS?
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $65,780 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PENINSULA CHORAL ASSOCIATION DBA PENINSULA GIRLS CHORUS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 11 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