Funding search · EIN 231472487 · Reading, PA

Reading Musical Foundation

Name: Reading Musical Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

46
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $11,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expenses concert outreach education music summer jazz performance

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Reading Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $492,752
Olivet Boys & Girls Club4 grants · $142,832
Ringgold Band4 grants · $79,000
Reading Choral Society4 grants · $76,250
Berks Arts4 grants · $52,800
Reading Pops Orchestra4 grants · $37,900
Berks Sinfonietta4 grants · $36,150
Friends of Chamber Music4 grants · $32,200
Yocum Institute for Arts Education4 grants · $31,575
Berks Youth Chorus4 grants · $24,765

Giving over time

$224,999

2021

$268,195

2022

$295,820

2023

$265,660

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$128,630
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$126,620
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$119,107
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$118,395
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$49,850
Olivet Boys & Girls Club · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for summer music and weekly music classes
$32,000
Olivet Boys & Girls Club · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for after-school music programs
$30,992
Olivet Boys & Girls Club · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for after school music programs
$29,990
Olivet Boys & Girls Club · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for summer music and weekly music classes
$28,000
Ringgold Band · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$21,500
Reading Choral Society · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$20,000
Ringgold Band · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$20,000
Ringgold Band · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$18,500
Reading Choral Society · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$18,500
Reading Choral Society · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$17,750
Reading Choral Society · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$15,000
Berks Sinfonietta · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert performance expenses
$15,000
Goggleworks Center for the Arts · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for sound studio intensive/music industry program
$14,200
Berks Arts · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for jazz education programs
$13,700
Berks Arts · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for get jazzed, summer jazz camp, and mec festivals
$13,700
Berks Arts · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for get jazzed, summer jazz camp, and mec festivals
$11,700
Reading Pops Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$11,200
Berks Arts · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for jazz fest education programs
$11,000
Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for early childhood music theater and jazz programs
$11,000
Ringgold Band · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$10,000
Reading Pops Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$10,000
Reading Pops Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$8,800
Friends of Chamber Music · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert performances and outreach program expenses
$8,250
Vox Philia · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert performance expenses
$8,100
Wcr Center for the Arts · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert expenses
$8,000
Berks Sinfonietta · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert expenses
$7,800
Friends of Chamber Music · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert performances and outreach program expenses
$7,800
Friends of Chamber Music · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert performances and outreach program expenses
$7,800
Friends of Chamber Music · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$7,575
Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for early childhood music theater and jazz programs
$7,500
Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for music production expenses
$7,000
Berks Sinfonietta · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for concert performance expenses
$7,000
Berks Youth Chorus · Reading, PA · 2022
Restricted grant for scholarship and summer sing expenses
$6,465
Berks Youth Chorus · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for scholarship and summer sing expenses
$6,200
Reading Pops Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert, education and concert program expenses
$6,150
Berks Sinfonietta · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert expenses
$6,000
Opus One Berks Chamber Choir · Wyomissing, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert expenses
$6,000
Vox Philia · Reading, PA · 2024
Restricted grant for concert expenses
$5,800
Berks Youth Chorus · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for scholarship and summer sing expenses
$5,500
Berks Youth Chorus · Reading, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for concert and outreach expenses
$5,500
Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn, PA · 2021
Restricted grant for music production expenses
$5,100
Wcr Center for the Arts · Reading, PA · 2023
Restricted grant for concert performance expenses

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.