Vermont Philharmonic Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of the Vermont Philharmonic, Inc is to provide the very best live, symphonic music concerts within our means and abilities to as wide an area of Vermont audiences as feasible, to promote the appreciation of good symphonic and chamber music among the students of our area through special concerts, to afford the opportunity to qualified student and adult area musicians to perform the symphonic literature; to assist our orchestra musicians in developing their musical talents. Adults 20, Senior 15 Student ticket price is 5.
- Income
- $65,029
- Spending
- $61,478
- Reserves
- 15.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 56%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- VERMONT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - LIST OF WORKS - 2024-2025 SEASON FALL CONCERTS 2024 - Gems of Opera and Song Highland Center for the Arts (Greensboro, VT) and Barre Opera House (Barre VT) Conducted by Lou Kosma Music Program: Overture to Treemonisha (1910) by Scott Joplin Bamboula, Op. 2 (18??) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Bamboula (Rhapsodic Dance No. 1), Opus 75 (1910) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prelude from Cavalleria rusticana (1888) Pietro Mascagni Andrea Chénier (c.1900) Umberto Giordano General public audience and students - Highland Center unreported and Barre Opera House 119 MESSIAH CONCERTS 2024 St. Augustine Church (Montpelier, VT) and Barre Opera House (Barre VT) Conducted by Assistant Conductor Lisa Jablow Featured soloists - Lillian Broderick (soprano), Lori Marino (alto), Michael Halloran (tenor) and Erik Kroncke (bass) The concert of George Handel's "Messiah" featured the orchestra, soloists and area choristers General public audience and students - St. Augustine 190 and Barre Opera House 288 WINTER CONCERT 2025 (cancelled due to weather, moved to Family Concert slot March 9th) Barre Opera House (Barre, VT) Conducted by Lou Kosma Featured soloist: Sophia Lu, piano (Borowicz Scholarship Winner) Music Program: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880) Johannes Brahms Heliolydium (2010) David Gunn Konzertstück in F minor, Op.79 (1821) Carl Maria von Weber Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral) (1808) Ludwig van Beethoven General public audience and students - Barre Opera House 236 FAMILY CONCERT 2025 - cancelled to make room for Winter Concert SPRING CONCERTS 2025 - Rhythms of Spring Chandler Center for the Arts (Randolph VT) and Barre Opera House (Barre VT) Conducted by Lou Kosma Soloist: Allison Bruce Cerutti Music Program: Overture to Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber Piano Concerto in G Major by Maurice Ravel Symphony No. 3 in F Major, 90 by Johannes Brahms General Public audience and students - Chandler Center unreported and Barre Opera House 179 SUMMER POPS CONCERT 2024 Highland Center for the Arts (Greensboro, VT) and Moose Meadows (Duxbury, VT) Conducted by Lou Kosma Soloists: Margaret Barsumian (clarinet), Joanna Valaquez Alpizar (mezzo-soprano) Music Program: National Emblem by Eugene Bagley Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson Duke Ellington Medley by Edward Ellington/Custer Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa Sabor A Mi by Álvaro Carrillo/M. Alpízar Joanna Alpízar, vocalist March of the Toreadors from Carmen by Georges Bizet Revelations of Betrayal by Alexander Maroney (Vermont Music-COMP Student) Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Norworth and Tilzner Clarinet Polka by Traditional/Simon Margaret Barsumian, clarinet Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar/Cerulli West Side Story Selections by L. Bernstein/Mason Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddie Mercury/Longfield Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa General Public audience and students - HCA approx 300 - Harwood Union High School 162
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1960.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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