Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc
For more than two decades, The Orchestra of the Americas Group has supported thousands of musicians and arts leaders as artists, innovators, and institutional builders. Through its flagship initiatives, OAcademy and The Global Leaders Institute for Arts Innovation, the organization equips creatives with the artistic mastery, strategic insight, and global networks required to lead meaningful transformation across the cultural sector.
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,612,996
- +21.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,419,890
- -1.4% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $21,645
- +14.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,284,822
- +0.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc gives
- Giving fell 54% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2024) to $21K (2021). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Brillembourg Ochoa Family Foundation Miami Beach, FL | The scholarships support participants in the Global Leaders Program. Ongoing monitoring happens while the student participates in the program. | $9,514 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,612,996 | $2,419,890 | $2,284,822 | — | — | $21,645 |
| 2024 | $1,333,016 | $2,454,212 | $2,273,076 | $9,514 | 1 | $18,910 |
| 2023 | $1,143,205 | $2,439,942 | $2,184,191 | $20,629 | 1 | $169 |
| 2022 | $711,238 | $2,072,901 | $1,895,687 | $19,391 | 1 | $89 |
| 2021 | $412,567 | $1,464,518 | $1,336,177 | $20,684 | 1 | $52 |
| 2020 | $287,068 | $1,111,655 | $1,091,813 | $17,958 | 1 | $3 |
| 2019 | $277,254 | $1,765,583 | $1,757,066 | — | — | $13 |
About Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc
Based on IRS filings
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $22K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc is led by Mark Gillespie, CEO since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 74 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mark Gillespie
CEO
Co-Ceo-Creative Director → CEO, 2022
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
$124K (2019) → $133K (2025)
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
Chairman
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew C Quale
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arturo Brillembourg
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carlos Lacayo
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David M Schwarz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Lauderdale
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Drina Rendic
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elisabeth Brillembourg
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Felipe Antonio Custer
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gabriela Febres-Cordero
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gaston Ormazabal
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Guillermo Schultz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Isabel Ernst
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Lipton Cafritz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Javier Sancho
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
JoAnn Mason
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jody Steiger
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Mason
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Waterston
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Juan Emilio Posada
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leonor Gonzalez-Luft
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lizette Corro
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Benilde Lacayo
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Benilde Ortiz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mario Cader-Frech
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Olding
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nelson Ortiz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nigel Clarke
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nuria Malla Robles
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pauline Beck
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pedro Burelli
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pepita Serrano
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pilar O'Leary
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ricardo Ernst
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ricardo Obert Martinez
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Teresa Aguirre Lanari de Bulgheroni
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Coles
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Haseltine
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Luciana Miro de Gonzalez-Revill
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ron Goodman
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jorge de la Guardia
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margarita Mitrov
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carlos Arellano
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gemma Crews de Arellano
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alyson Wood
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Antonio Ortiz Mena
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Simnick
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ezequiel Vazquez-Ger
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Grace Koh
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Kulback
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leonardo Lawson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mariana Martinez
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marisol Rodriguez Copello
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monica Lawson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexa Chopivsky
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ambassador Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Orbes
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Nalywajko
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pilar Aleman
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tony Masso
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Veronica Lopez
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cayla Inserra
COO
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$96K (2024) → $107K (2025)
Barbara Herrera de Garza
Member at Large
Director → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barron M Tenny
Member at Large
Member At-Large → Member at Large, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol Grefenstette Bates
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cecilia Schultz
Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cristina Vollmer de Burelli
Member at Large
Member At-Large → Member at Large, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jorge Montoya
Member at Large
Director → Member at Large, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Churchill
Emeritus Member at Large
Vice Chairman → Emeritus Member at Large, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nathan Shabot
Member at Large
Director → Member at Large, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rolf Meijer-Werner
Member at Large
Member At-Large → Member at Large, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Suzanne Siskel
Member at Large
Director → Member at Large, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: David J Bates (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Enrique Valdez (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Daniel Levinas (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Leonor Filardo (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Carol Grefenstette-Bates (2022–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Veorinca Lopez (2023) — Director
- Former: Juan Carlos Rincones (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Katarina Weir (2019–2022) — Co-Ceo-Executive Director
- Former: Thomas Pheasant (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mirella Levinas (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Efrain Paesky (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Margarita Copello de Rodriguez (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Luciana Miro de Gonzalez- (2019) — Revilla Director
- Former: Rafael Febres-Cordero (2019) — Director
- Former: Roberto Danino (2019) — Director
- Former: Ronald E Goodman (2019) — Director
- Former: Terence Ford-Gladwell (2019) — Director
- Former: Timothy Owens (2019) — Member At-Large
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $133K, to Mark Gillespie (CEO). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc
How large is Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc?
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.
What is Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc?
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Washington, DC. It holds $1.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc operate?
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc has awarded grants in Florida, New York.
What is Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc's EIN?
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-2309214. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 21, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 16, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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