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Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt

Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,906 to it, the largest being SAHM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($135,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$156k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$247k
Net assets
$181k
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt does

Mission

Verdi Chorus(Verdi)presents opera choruses in concerts. Verdi promotes andeducates opera music, helps aspiring opera singers by providing opportunities toperform in front of audience and also provides opportunities for music student tofurther their studies.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Verdi Chorus promotes and educates opera music, helps aspiring opera singers byproviding opportunities to perform in front of an audience and also provide fundsfor music student to further their studies.

    $138,235 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $138,235.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($143k) Expenses 100 ($119k) Net assets 100 ($73k)2019 Revenue 102 ($146k) Expenses 118 ($141k) Net assets 107 ($78k)2020 Revenue 104 ($149k) Expenses 65 ($78k) Net assets 205 ($149k)2021 Revenue 86 ($123k) Expenses 79 ($95k) Net assets 244 ($177k)2022 Revenue 81 ($116k) Expenses 98 ($117k) Net assets 244 ($177k)2023 Revenue 132 ($189k) Expenses 149 ($178k) Net assets 259 ($187k)2024 Revenue 108 ($156k) Expenses 136 ($162k) Net assets 250 ($181k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (108)Expenses (136)Net assets (250)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 2019 to 2020, from $78k to $149k (+91%).

$73k
$78k
$149k
$177k
$177k
$188k
$181k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

70% of Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’18
$5k
’19
$71k
’20
$28k
’21
−$177
’22
$11k
’23
−$6k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Frank Strauss

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $49k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt’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

Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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

34% 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 Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt.

55%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 99% · 2022 53% · 2023 37% — 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

75% of Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

100% of Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt's grant income comes from California funders.

MA
CA

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

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.

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt?
Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,906 to it, the largest being SAHM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($135,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $246,906 in grants to Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt?
SAHM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Verdi Chorus co Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 9 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