Reading Pops Orchestra
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To promote music and the arts in Reading and Berks County through the maintenance the musical arts in Reading and Berks County
- Income
- $68,404
- Spending
- $64,749
- Reserves
- 18.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 72%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 18.3 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (3)
- $13,506 spent. Support the local ballet school annual presentation of the Nutcracker. Ballet performances are a combination of children, adults and professional dancer that provides valuable experience for the children and adult amateurs and a show case for professional dancers at Kutztown University
- $11,235 spent. Concert was a memorial concert to honor a local professional actor/ vocalist that had recently died. A professional actor/vocalist from New York performed with the Reading Pops Orchestra to provide a public concert at the Miller Center of his well know performances to honor his memory.
- $6,867 spent. A "side by side concert" of Berks county high school music students and the Reading Pops Orchestra . This function provides students the opportunity to play along side the Reading Pops Orchestra musicians for a rehearsal and a concert. After the rehearsal with the full orchestra, the various section move to different locations to rehearse individual section music. Various techniques of playing the respective instruments as well as the music for the concert with the student. We them provided some pizza and refreshments for the students and musicians prior to performing the concert in their auditorium for the public.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 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 October 13, 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 June 2025.
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 August 1992.
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 October 21, 2026.
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