Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Offering Professional Music Concerts
- Income
- $46,200
- Spending
- $33,414
- Reserves
- 6.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 81%
- Highest pay
- $1,300, social media consultant
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2026, 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 May 31, 2026, 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 (3)
- $8,782 spent. Chamber music concert presented on September 19 and 21, 2025. The program included works by Bohuslav Martinu, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Bedrich Smetana. Six musicians participated. The two performances were attended by a total of about 125 people plus several Livestreams.
- $7,213 spent. Chamber music concert presented on March 1 and 6, 2026. The program included works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Jessie Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Ernst von Dohnanyi, and Albert Roussel. Five musicians participated. The two performances were attended by a total of about 123 people plus several Livestreams.
- $12,355 spent. Chamber music concert presented on May 3 and June 5, 2026. The program included works by Carl Nielsen, Franz Schubert, Samule Coleridge-Taylor, Albert Roussel, and Richard Strauss. Ten musicians participated. The two performances were attended by a total of about 144 people plus several Livestreams.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2026, 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 October 13, 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1979.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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