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THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC

THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,251,150 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($400,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$952k
Funders on record
26
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$356k
17/26 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What The Salzburg Festival Society Inc does

Mission

The salzburg festival society was established to serve as a liaison between the salzburg festival and its american friends and patrons. The broader mission of the society is to advance the general public's understanding of classical music and opera.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The society supported the salzburg festival programs. The society provided $300,000 to support the production of le nozze di figaro. The production of le nozze di figaro at the salzburg festival highlights lorenzo da ponte's ties to new york and mozart's lasting cultural impact. The performance reinterprets timeless themes of power and relationships. Soprano adrianna gonzalez, playing la contessa di almaviva, participated in our 2023 artists in conversations series open to the public. The amadeus weekend is a program that supports the general mission of the salzburg festival.

    $647,083 spentof which $551,735 as grants$3,904 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $647,083.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($297k) Expenses 100 ($349k) Net assets 100 ($278k)2020 Revenue 184 ($546k) Expenses 126 ($441k) Net assets 138 ($383k)2021 Revenue 165 ($489k) Expenses 179 ($624k) Net assets 89 ($248k)2022 Revenue 230 ($681k) Expenses 155 ($542k) Net assets 139 ($388k)2023 Revenue 248 ($736k) Expenses 222 ($775k) Net assets 125 ($349k)2024 Revenue 321 ($952k) Expenses 270 ($945k) Net assets 128 ($356k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (321)Expenses (270)Net assets (128)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 2021 to 2022, from $291k to $428k (+47%).

$365k
$421k
$291k
$428k
$410k
$403k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

106% of THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$53k
’19
$105k
’20
−$135k
’21
$140k
’22
−$39k
’23
$8k
’24
5.0
months of
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

Mr John French Iii

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed141515181718
Joined·+1+0+4+3+2
No longer listed·00141
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $180k → $54k.

7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY 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 SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

32%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 61% · 2019 33% · 2020 61% · 2021 64% · 2022 56% · 2023 18% — 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

44% of THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.

IL
NY
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $240k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 9%Fundraising 10%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

75%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC?
THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,251,150 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($400,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,251,150 in grants to THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 26 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