Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$6,898,377

Total expenses

$7,890,700

Contributions and grants received

$4,696,186

Grants paid

$960,774

Program service revenue

$1,286,788

Investment income

$1,004,761

Other revenue

-$89,358

Total assets, end of year

$23,224,675

Total liabilities, end of year

$118,044

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$23,106,631

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,148,992

Management and general expenses

$207,285

Fundraising expenses

$534,423

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,148,992

Program services were 90.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• PERFORMING ARTISTS: CARNEGIE GALA, EXIGENCE, SPHINX VIRTUOSI THE PERFORMING ARTISTS PROGRAM IS THE PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING THE TOP ARTISTS WHO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO THE FIELD, SPHINX'S MISSION AND ARTS CITIZENSHIP. THE PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES TOURING AND PERFORMANCES BY THE VARIOUS SPHINX ENSEMBLES. SPHINX VIRTUOSI IS AN ACCLAIMED ENSEMBLE OF SOLOISTS WHICH TOURS NATIONALLY. EXIGENCE IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL VOCAL ENSEMBLE FOCUSED ON EVOLVING THE CHORAL CANON ON AMERICAN STAGES. THE PERFORMING ARTISTS PROGRAM REACHES APPROXIMATELY 10,000+ IN LIVE AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $1,357,147 · Revenue $747,995

• ARTIST DEVELOPMENT: NAAS, SPHINX COMPETITION (OLDEST PROGRAM), SOLOIST PROGRAM, COLLEGE- BOUND/MUSIC ASSISTANCE FUND/INSTRUMENT FUND. THE SPHINX COMPETITION IDENTIFIES AND EMPOWERS TOP YOUNG MUSICIANS IN THE COUNTRY BY OFFERING PERFORMANCE, COMPETITION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ALONG WITH COLLABORATION AND MENTORSHIP FROM MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL SPHINX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AREA IS AIMED AT ENGAGING AND PROMOTING THE TOP YOUNG TALENT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH A PROFESSIONAL AUDITION/EXPOSURE EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, FINE INSTRUMENTS AND BEYOND. THE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT/ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE, HIGHER EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER. THE PROGRAM REACHES APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION IN LIVE AND BROADCAST AUDIENCES ANNUALLY, WHILE SERVING AS THE PRIMARY RESOURCE TO THE FIELD. THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR AUDITION SUPPORT IS A NATIONAL CONSORTIUM PROJECT AIMED AT ADVANCING REPRESENTATION IN AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS AND SUPPORTING CAREERS OF MUSICIANS PURSUING THE ORCHESTRAL TRACK.

  Expenses $2,856,835 · Grants $805,714 · Revenue $147,466

• ARTS LEADERSHIP - LEAD, SCOTUS, SPHINX MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE, SPHINXCONNECT, MPOWER. THE ARTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF SPHINXCONNECT, OUR LARGEST AND LONGEST STANDING CONVENING DEDICATED TO ESCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, ALONG WITH ARTIST GRANTS, OUR MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD PROGRAM, AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND INDUSTRY SERVICE WORK. LIVE PARTICIPANT REACH HERE IS 1,200+. SPHINXCONNECT IS THE MAIN RESOURCE TO THE FIELD, POSITIONING SPHINX AS THE MAIN INCUBATOR OF IDEAS, BEST PRACTICES, ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP AND TALENT. MPOWER AND SPHINX MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE ARE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAMS, WHICH OFFER RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TOWARD INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND CREATIVE VENTURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE ENTIRE FAMILY OF SPHINX ALUMNI.

  Expenses $1,595,666 · Grants $155,060 · Revenue $74,227

• EDUCATION - OVERTURE AND SPHINX PERFORMANCE ACADEMY (SPA). THE EDUCATION PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES ALL OF OUR CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, FROM THE EARLIEST INTRODUCTION TO HANDS-ON INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING TO INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. ALL PROGRAMS ARE FULL-SCHOLARSHIP, WITH AN ANNUAL REACH OF APPROXIMATELY 500. OVERTURE, A NATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED PROGRAM, CELEBRATED AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PLACES INSTRUMENTS IN THE HANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. SPHINX PERFORMANCE ACADEMY, NOW IN 3 DIFFERENT CHAPTERS, ENGAGES YOUNG ARTISTS AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, EMPHASIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO EXHIBIT MUCH TALENT AND APTITUDE AND MAY BENEFIT FROM AN INTENSIVE IMMERSIVE PREPARATORY EXPERIENCE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TOP ARTISTS.

  Expenses $1,339,344 · Revenue $15,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE

  $25,000

  SUPPORT

• NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC

  $20,000

  SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

22 April 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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