Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,274,213 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($5,560,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $9.3M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc does
Mission
Pokc was formed for charitable and educational purposes and is dedicated to the promotion of the arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The philadelphia orchestra and kimmel center, inc. (the organization) is a pennsylvania charitable nonprofit corporation that was formed for charitable and educational purposes and is dedicated to the promotion of the arts. In furtherance of such purposes, the organization will retain one of the premier orchestras in the world, consisting of the top musicians and an internationally renowned conductor, and operate a world class performing arts center that engages and serves broad and diverse audiences from the greater philadelphia region with an equally diverse programming blend while promoting culture and the performing arts for the benefit of the citizens of the city of philadelphia and the surrounding region. (continued in sch o)
$8,536,474 spentof which $8,536,474 as grants$2,939,286 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,536,474.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $22k to $11M (+48004%).
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.
70% of THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Ralph W Muller
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC’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 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
78% of THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $244k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Philadelphia Orchestra Assoc Endowment · exempt
- The Academy of Music Philadelphia Inc · exempt
- Kimmel Center Inc · exempt
- Philadelphia Orchestra Association · exempt
- The Academy of Music Endowment Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC?
- THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,274,213 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($5,560,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $9,274,213 in grants to THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,560,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 12 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