The American Pops Orchestra

Analysis

The American Pops Orchestra is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2026. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2022, The American Pops Orchestra reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2022, income grew from $656k to $1.7m (+157%), an average of +157% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The American Pops Orchestra sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Integral Ecology Research Center ($1.7m), Media Line Ltd ($1.7m) and Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $171k. At year end it held assets of $258k against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $114k.