{"id":208,"date":"2022-08-29T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=208"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:33:52","slug":"the-battle-for-the-richest-orchestra-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2022\/08\/29\/the-battle-for-the-richest-orchestra-title\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle For the \u2018Richest Orchestra\u2019 Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Richest-Orchestra-chart-2022-web-vers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1121\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the world of endowments, Boston is king. The orchestra\u2019s funds added a staggering $21.3M to its coffers between 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<h3>The big three<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Boston<\/li>\n<li>Chicago<\/li>\n<li>San Fransisco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Most surprising<\/h3>\n<p>You would have thought for glitz and glamour in the SoCal sunshine, La Phil would land in the top three.\u00a0 But according to the data, San Francisco\u2019s smaller-town feel with big-name sights makes them the wealthier orchestra.<\/p>\n<h3>Why endowments matter<\/h3>\n<p>Endowments were first used to subsidize operations and provide long-term stability. The trick has served the oldest orchestras well. Not only do they allow orchestras to generate extra income in good times, but they also offer leverage to help protect them in deficit years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of huge endowments, Boston Symphony Orchestra is king.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[21],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/Richest-Orchestra-2022-feature-imagejpg.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}