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WHATCOM CHORALE

WHATCOM CHORALE (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($32,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$58k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$75k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Whatcom Chorale does

Mission

Perform concerts for the public; music education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. This concert presented sopngs composed by female composers. This included the washington state premier of elaine hagenberg's illuminare. This concert was attended by 375 people at st paul's episcopal church in bellingham.

    $4,843 spent
    58% of program spending
  2. Whatcom Chorale celebrates the joyful wonder of christmas, including benjamin britten's ceremony of carols and conrad susa's carols and lullabies. The concert was attened by 325 people at st paul's episcopal church in bellingham.

    $2,049 spent
    25% of program spending
  3. Whatcom Chorale presented a variety of american song classics as well as a piece composed by one of the chorale's singer/composers. The concert was help at st paul's church and was attended by 300 people.

    $1,405 spent
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,297.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($30k) Expenses 100 ($36k) Net assets 100 ($96k)2022 Revenue 155 ($47k) Expenses 192 ($69k) Net assets 77 ($74k)2023 Revenue 187 ($57k) Expenses 149 ($54k) Net assets 77 ($74k)2024 Revenue 191 ($58k) Expenses 157 ($56k) Net assets 78 ($75k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (191)Expenses (157)Net assets (78)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $96k to $74k (−23%).

$96k
$74k
$74k
$75k
2021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

71% of WHATCOM CHORALE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’21
−$22k
’22
$3k
’23
$1k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Artsfundunclassified
$33k
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WHATCOM CHORALE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of WHATCOM CHORALE's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

WHATCOM CHORALE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)24% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds WHATCOM CHORALE?
WHATCOM CHORALE (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($32,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WHATCOM CHORALE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $32,500 in grants to WHATCOM CHORALE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WHATCOM CHORALE?
ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $32,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WHATCOM CHORALE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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