The National Symphony Orchestra, the iconic symphony orchestra based at the Kennedy Center, is reportedly facing serious financial troubles due to declining ticket sales and dwindling fundraising amid President Donald Trump’s takeover of the performing arts center.

Over the last year, the symphony orchestra has lost audience members and donors as a result of Trump’s efforts to revamp the Kennedy Center by installing allies on its board who later elected him chairman and stuck his name onto the building.

Internal budget documents, fundraising assessments, management forecasts and board meeting notes, seen by the Washington Post Tuesday, indicate donations are down 25 percent and ticket revenue is roughly half of what the orchestra anticipated.

But that financial crisis is likely to deepen with the anticipated renovations closing the building for at least two years.

“It’s never been as bad as it is,” an unnamed National Symphony Orchestra employee told the Washington Post.

The Independent has asked the Kennedy Center for comment.

Over the last year, the Kennedy Center – and as a result, the National Symphony Orchestra – have been embroiled in a public battle over Trump’s sweeping changes to the performing arts center.

Musicians and other artists slated to perform canceled their shows out of protest of Trump’s changes to the board of trustees. Ticket sales declined with fewer anticipated performances and growing resentment toward the president’s takeover.

Internal sales data, seen by the Washington Post, indicated the orchestra’s classical concerts only played to roughly 41 percent of capacity through mid-July. Those numbers were down 58 percent compared to last year, a Kennedy Center employee told the newspaper.

But combined with underperforming fundraising efforts, the orchestra is facing a more dire financial situation.

Like other orchestras, the National Symphony Orchestra is costly to run, and whatever funding it needs, not already covered by ticket revenue and donations, is made up by the Kennedy Center.

Former Kennedy Center employees have already raised concerns about the future of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Michael Kaiser, the president of the Kennedy Center from 2001 to 2014, told the New York Times in February that he found ways to keep the building open during past renovations because of the financial risk of closures.

“When you shut down, not only do you lose all your ticket sales, but your donors wander away,” Kaiser told the New York Times. “They don’t just sit at home waiting for those two years to pass.”

Musician Ben Folds, who served as the artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra from 2017 until last year, penned an open letter in June urging people to continue supporting the symphony orchestra amid the Kennedy Center drama.

“Our National Symphony Orchestra is in real trouble - it may not survive,” Folds wrote. “There’s currently no plan or solution in sight to save the organization.”

Folds pointed to a lack of programming information for the upcoming season as a “very bad sign.”

The symphony orchestra’s upcoming season is still facing troubles because the Kennedy Center has not approved a budget yet, meaning the National Symphony Orchestra has not been able to announce shows, sell subscriptions or appeal to potential donors.

The Kennedy Center’s board is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss the budget as well as potential options for the upcoming renovation project.