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← NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,495,836
Total expenses
$19,061,118
Contributions and grants received
$15,533,985
Grants paid
$47,759
Program service revenue
$5,040,786
Investment income
$967,956
Other revenue
-$46,891
Total assets, end of year
$37,146,233
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,635,189
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,511,044
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,793,780
Management and general expenses
$1,876,109
Fundraising expenses
$1,391,229
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,793,780

Program services were 82.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $216,033

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,040,567

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $11,275,518

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,001,867

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $262,473

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT REVENUE

    total $4,889,521 · related or exempt $4,889,521

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $86,401 · related or exempt $86,401

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM PROCESSING FEE

    total $64,864 · related or exempt $64,864

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $866,076 · excluded $866,076

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,222,201

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $28,120,321

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $101,880

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $101,880 · excluded $101,880

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $41,363

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $216,033

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $96,780

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$55,417 · excluded -$55,417

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $12,606

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $4,999

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $7,607 · excluded $7,607

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $919 · excluded $919

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $919

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $47,759 · program services $47,759

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,023,932 · program services $357,391 · management and general $556,707 · fundraising $109,834

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,893,948 · program services $7,746,183 · management and general $612,113 · fundraising $535,652

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $527,971 · program services $417,988 · management and general $100,464 · fundraising $9,519

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,267,564 · program services $1,142,055 · management and general $57,580 · fundraising $67,929

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $724,764 · program services $604,801 · management and general $66,508 · fundraising $53,455

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,054,910 · program services $796,774 · management and general $59,666 · fundraising $198,470

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $400 · management and general $400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,660 · management and general $38,660

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $189,750 · management and general $70,710 · fundraising $119,040

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $59,601 · fundraising $59,601

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,535 · management and general $33,535

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $46,793 · program services $27,107 · fundraising $19,686

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $895,057 · program services $876,936 · fundraising $18,121

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $321,693 · program services $255,958 · management and general $15,936 · fundraising $49,799

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $163,718 · program services $97,304 · management and general $34,400 · fundraising $32,014

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $275,830 · program services $148,948 · management and general $63,441 · fundraising $63,441

  • 17 · Travel

    total $455,152 · program services $431,350 · management and general $7,343 · fundraising $16,459

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $31,517 · program services $9,583 · management and general $21,925 · fundraising $9

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,956 · management and general $6,956

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $95,019 · program services $60,677 · management and general $17,171 · fundraising $17,171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $268,590 · program services $190,794 · management and general $77,796

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONCERT PRODUCTION

    total $1,208,491 · program services $1,207,471 · management and general $1,020

  • 24b · Other expenses: GUEST ARTISTS

    total $1,061,867 · program services $1,061,867

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOX OFFICE

    total $256,420 · program services $256,420

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $111,221 · program services $56,414 · management and general $33,778 · fundraising $21,029

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $468,423 · end of year $300,676

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,855,050 · end of year $5,698,096

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $964,410 · end of year $867,977

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,180 · end of year $47,594

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $201,166 · end of year $124,483

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,249,095

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,088,042

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $236,860 · end of year $161,053

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,857,976 · end of year $18,604,855

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,323,313 · end of year $10,041,286

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,496,676 · end of year $1,300,213

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $446,942 · end of year $567,124

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,521,903 · end of year $1,544,484

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,629,763 · end of year $1,523,581

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,264,274 · end of year $17,619,736

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,576,172 · end of year $15,891,308

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO BE NORTH CAROLINA'S STATE ORCHESTRA, AN ORCHESTRA ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ARTISTIC QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND EMBRACING ITS DUAL LEGACIES OF STATEWIDE SERVICE AND MUSIC EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY IS NORTH CAROLINA'S STATE ORCHESTRA, AN ORCHESTRA ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ARTISTIC QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND EMBRACING ITS DUAL LEGACIES OF STATEWIDE SERVICE AND MUSIC EDUCATION.

  • FOUNDED IN 1932, THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY (NCS) WAS THE FIRST STATE-SUPPORTED ORCHESTRA IN THE COUNTRY. ITS DUAL MISSION OF STATEWIDE SERVICE AND MUSIC EDUCATION CONTINUES TODAY. IT IS THE LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM OF ANY U.S. ORCHESTRA. ANNUALLY, THE SYMPHONY TRAVELS MORE THAN 18,000 MILES, REACHES 100 COUNTIES AND PERFORMS FOR 250,000 PEOPLE INCLUDING SERVING MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $15,793,780 · Grants $47,759 · Revenue $5,040,786

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph C Bastian

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Dr Wm Charles Helton

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Terry L Stevens

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David L Haines

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rosemary Kenyon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Don Davis

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Deborah M Aiken

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Timothy Altman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chip Anderson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Stephanie Bass

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Trude R Bate

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise S Bennett

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jud Bowman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patty Briguglio

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • The Honorable Roy Cooper

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey A Corbett

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Roy Cromartie

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Crowder

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Datin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard L Daugherty

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Keith Donahue

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert N Eby

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gering

    MEMBER (UNTIL 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James C Gulick

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elaine Bryant Hayes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Hess

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard E Hinson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Howell

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Dwain Joyce

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cecelia Eckert Kennedy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Lacin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Mark Leithe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Dr Christie Mabry

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn MacLaren

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert MacNeill Jr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Marr

    MEMBER (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Branford Marsalis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise A Miller

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginger Minichiello

    MEMBER (UNTIL 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Morgan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Okeefe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Quinn-Wolf

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ramachandra P Reddy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Rhode

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Fodor Smith

    MEMBER (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Sontag

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda J Staunch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • M Gray Styers Jr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Sully

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Trapp

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • The Honorable Catherine Truitt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dereck Whittenburg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Secretary D Reid Wilson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darliene S Woolner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Yull

    MEMBER (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandi Ma MacDonald

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $413,473
    From this org
    $380,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,325
    Hours/week
    55 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,996
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $152
    Deferred
    $6,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,245
    Filer's total
    $413,473
  • Robert Schiller

    SVP FINANCE & CFO

    Total calculated
    $224,288
    From this org
    $219,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,720
    Hours/week
    55 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,644
    Bonus
    $19,872
    Other
    $52
    Deferred
    $4,054
    Nontaxable benefits
    $666
    Filer's total
    $224,288
  • Carlos Miguel Prieto

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $178,006
    From this org
    $164,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,698
    Hours/week
    25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,282
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $26
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,698
    Filer's total
    $178,006
  • Linda Charlton

    VP MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $200,387
    From this org
    $170,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,996
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,812
    Bonus
    $15,500
    Other
    $79
    Deferred
    $2,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,038
    Filer's total
    $200,387
  • Elizabeth Ransom

    VP PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $180,780
    From this org
    $166,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,359
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,375
    Bonus
    $15,018
    Other
    $28
    Deferred
    $3,064
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,295
    Filer's total
    $180,780
  • Donald Tippett

    VP ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $160,675
    From this org
    $143,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,902
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,714
    Bonus
    $13,041
    Other
    $18
    Deferred
    $2,660
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,242
    Filer's total
    $160,675
  • Brian Reagin

    MUSICIAN (UNTIL 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $153,680
    From this org
    $126,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,045
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $152
    Deferred
    $5,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,391
    Filer's total
    $153,680
  • Rebekah Daley

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $132,048
    From this org
    $114,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,742
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE TO OFFER OPTIONAL DISCOUNTED GYM MEMBERSHIPS FOR ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. THE COST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY IS $10 PER MONTH PER MEMBER EMPLOYEE.
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

  • CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS

    $6,705

    TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT

  • ALAMANCE BURLINGTON SCHOOLS

    $5,322

    PROGRAM SUPPORT

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · HOLD SOCIETY'S ENDOWMENT, SOLICIT ADDITIONS, & PROTECT ASSETS · NC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NC SYMPHONY SOCIETY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511279349303091

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