Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC
THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,300 to it, the largest being THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($120,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $138k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $158k
- Net assets
- $51k
What The Wagner Society of Washington DC does
Mission
Educate members & the public re: music of Richard Wagner and promote emerging Wagner opera singers
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educate 400 members and others interested in Wagners music thru semi-annual newsletters, concerts, lectures, etc. and make Wagners operas more accessible to the public.
$134,878 spent$56,700 earned by the program75% of program spendingTrain and promote aspiring opera singers.
$42,500 spentof which $37,500 as grants23% of program spendingMaintain an archive of written and audio-visual media to record and preserve the history and events of the Wagner Society, and make it available to the public.
$3,589 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,967.
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 2019 to 2020, from $78k to $125k (+60%).
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.
53% of THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
James K Holman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $32k → $23k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC’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 WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 70% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $158k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC?
- THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,300 to it, the largest being THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($120,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $158,300 in grants to THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC?
- THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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