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VOLTI

VOLTI (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,699 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($49,855). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$267k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$190k
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Volti does

Mission

Volti is dedicated to the discovery, creation, and performance of new vocal music.the ensemble's mission is to foster and showcase contemporary american music & composers, and to introduce contemporary vocal music from around the world to local audiences.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Other (contract work for Composers, Festivals & Presenters) Volti was contracted for Festival Napa Valley in July 2024, performing varied opera scene work plus performances for composer Gordon Getty. Volti was also contracted in March 2024 with the SF Ballet for their performance of Midsummer Nights Dream.

    $102,506 spent
    50% of program spending
  2. Concerts: Voltis 45th Season included self-produced concerts. In November 2023 we presented the concert Book of Colors, including premieres by Marcos Balter (Livros das Cores (Book of Colors), mvmt 4), Yu-hui Changs Being: Two Collins Songs, and Mark Winges Words Cast Shadows. Our February 2024 self-produced concert De Profundis included premieres by Jens Ibsen (De Profundis), and a US premiere of Joanna Marshs All Shall Be Well.

    $71,754 spent
    35% of program spending
  3. Collaborations: (Collaborations with other arts organizations): In May 2024, we collaborated with SF Contemporary Music Players to present the world premiere of Richard Festingers Worlds Apart at the Brava Theater in San Francisco.

    $15,376 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Education: Volti successfully hosted its second post-Covid Choral Institute a weekend retreat specifically for high school choirs. Students from two different choral programs participated in this immersive educational experience. The weekend was filled with inspiring music-making, meaningful connections, and transformative learning, leaving a lasting impact on the young singers who attended.

    $15,376 spent
    8% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $205,012.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($213k) Expenses 100 ($202k) Net assets 100 ($95k)2018 Revenue 97 ($206k) Expenses 92 ($187k) Net assets 121 ($115k)2019 Revenue 106 ($226k) Expenses 106 ($215k) Net assets 133 ($126k)2020 Revenue 94 ($200k) Expenses 89 ($181k) Net assets 153 ($145k)2021 Revenue 59 ($126k) Expenses 62 ($126k) Net assets 153 ($145k)2022 Revenue 99 ($212k) Expenses 87 ($177k) Net assets 190 ($180k)2023 Revenue 138 ($294k) Expenses 129 ($261k) Net assets 224 ($213k)2024 Revenue 125 ($267k) Expenses 143 ($290k) Net assets 200 ($190k)
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Revenue (125)Expenses (143)Net assets (200)

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 $137k to $193k (+41%).

$98k
$117k
$137k
$193k
$197k
$205k
$238k
$219k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 12% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 21% · 2021 25% · 2022 22% · 2023 25% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$19k
’18
$11k
’19
$19k
’20
$0
’21
$35k
’22
$33k
’23
−$22k
’24
8.6
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.

Chief executive

Richard J Collier

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed87788756
Joined·+0+0+2+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·1010121
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $10k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 VOLTI’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

VOLTI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

50% 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 VOLTI.

50%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 57% · 2021 91% · 2022 99% · 2023 60% — 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

40% of VOLTI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

50% of VOLTI'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 $50k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from California funders.

NY
CA
TX

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

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’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Organizations like VOLTI

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 28%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VOLTI: 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 VOLTI?
VOLTI (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,699 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($49,855). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does VOLTI have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $99,699 in grants to VOLTI, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VOLTI?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $49,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VOLTI 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 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