Maryland · Nonprofit
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,958 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($9,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $71k
What Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra does
Mission
The Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra WMGSO is a volunteer community ensemble that celebrates transforms and showcases video game music by producing accessible concerts in the D.C. area and online
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Fall 2024 Concert held in Alexandria there were 599 in-person attendees and had 238 concurrent viewers watching our live-stream of the performance
$17,201 spent40% of program spendingSpring 2024 Concert held in Alexandria VA. There were 481 in-person attendees and had 162 concurrent viewers watching our live-stream of this performance.
$15,533 spentof which $2,304 as grants37% of program spendingPercussion Recital held in Rockville MD by members of our orchestra. 100 in-person attendees and 91 concurrent viewers watching the live-stream.
$3,345 spent8% of program spendingRehearsals
$6,476 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $42,555.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $387 → $326.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra’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
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.
Against its field
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra: 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 Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra?
- Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,958 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($9,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,958 in grants to Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra?
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER is the largest funder on record, with $9,440 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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