Mission
THE PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA USES EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PURSUIT OF MUSIC EXCELLENCE TO INSPIRE A STRONG SENSE OF CHARACTER, DISCIPLINE, COMMITMENT, AND COMMUNITY FOR OUR DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION.
Public Charity
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.3M revenue, $2.6M expenses, $5.0M total assets. 25 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $311K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 236392235
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.3M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$5.0M
Grant Records25
Funding Total$311K
Filing Years2020–2025
Where $100 goes at Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
How Philadelphia Youth Orchestra divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.
$63
Programs
the work itself
$26
Management
running the organization
$11
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $63 for programs
$38
The programs of the pyo provide music education and performance opportunities to students in the greater Philadelphia region
$15
In the fiscal year 2024-2025, the pyo had the following additional program acyivity: tune up philly (109 students) tune up philly students receive full tuition financial aid
$10
The orchestra is registered as an educational improvement organization (eio) and an opportunity scholarship tax credit (ostc) under the commonwealth of pennsylvania's educational improvement tax credit (eitc) program
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
FUNDING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AND MUSIC CHARITIES
$10,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$8,700
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$6,600
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$54,500
Showing up to 5 of 25 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
TRUSTEE
Carl Primavera Esq
TRUSTEE
Christina Deaver
TRUSTEE
Christine Weiser
VP & COO
Colleen Hood
TRUSTEE
David J Michie
TREASURER
Frank H Dilenschneider
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.3M | $2.6M | $5.0M |
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $637K |
Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.5M to $4.3M (+186%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.0M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.