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← MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,684,929
Total expenses
$4,720,503
Contributions and grants received
$3,560,014
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,043,149
Investment income
$38,060
Other revenue
$43,706
Total assets, end of year
$6,808,528
Total liabilities, end of year
$407,657
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,400,871
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,057,630
Management and general expenses
$214,977
Fundraising expenses
$447,896
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,057,630

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,560,014

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $89,286

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT REVENUE

    total $1,043,149 · related or exempt $1,043,149

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,060 · excluded $38,060

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,488

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,488 · excluded $1,488

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $31,218 · related or exempt $31,218

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $11,000 · unrelated business $11,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $42,218

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $138,351 · program services $124,589 · management and general $2,315 · fundraising $11,447

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,684,274 · program services $2,417,266 · management and general $44,913 · fundraising $222,095

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $384,440 · program services $365,188 · management and general $2,676 · fundraising $16,576

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $207,458 · program services $186,440 · management and general $3,563 · fundraising $17,455

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $271,239 · program services $53,062 · management and general $141,277 · fundraising $76,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $100,977 · program services $100,977

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,917 · program services $52,944 · management and general $525 · fundraising $3,448

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $62,004 · program services $47,160 · fundraising $14,844

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $57,844 · program services $28,922 · management and general $14,461 · fundraising $14,461

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,844 · program services $19,830 · management and general $4,029 · fundraising $985

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,622 · program services $3,941 · fundraising $1,681

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,441 · program services $15,441

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $302,841 · program services $302,841

  • 24b · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $284,249 · program services $284,249

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONOR RELATIONS

    total $47,051 · fundraising $47,051

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $27,884 · program services $18,507 · management and general $613 · fundraising $8,764

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,067 · program services $36,273 · management and general $605 · fundraising $12,189

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,504,689 · end of year $1,902,462

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,517,875 · end of year $358,588

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,440 · end of year $237,518

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,448 · end of year $82,113

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,750 · end of year $16,272

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

    $1,042,636

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

    $585,034

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $424,257 · end of year $457,602

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $541,959

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,734,338 · end of year $3,212,014

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,737 · end of year $47,207

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $262,740 · end of year $180,336

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $180,114

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,155,100 · end of year $3,268,791

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,816,220 · end of year $3,132,080

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMS.

  • THE MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRIVES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMS. MORE THAN 400 MUSICIANS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MAKE UP THE MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, MEMPHIS SYMPHONY CHORUS AND MEMPHIS SYMPHONY LEAGUE, OPERATING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ORGANIZING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND PERFORMING CONCERTS

    Expenses $4,057,630 · Revenue $1,074,367

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Abell Peter

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $138,351
    From this org
    $132,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,873
    Hours/week
    40
  • Farmer Jason

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Remmers Ashley

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merrill Irma W

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marus Ramon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Agar Stephen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barden Louise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brezina Dr Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crosby Mark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dyachenko Dr Andre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellison Dr David

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gronemeyer Dr Suzanne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guinn Pam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heppel Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johnson-Dean Dr Carol

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lange Dr Udo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Montgomery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marus Elisa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • McKissack Michelle Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mendel Dr Lisa Lucks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Moody Robert

    MUSIC DIRECTORY

    Total calculated
    $210,966
    From this org
    $205,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,873
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,093
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,873
    Filer's total
    $210,966
  • Porter Sonya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Saraf Nick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yancy Luke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Knisley Brandon E

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $110,847
    From this org
    $104,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,873
    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

None.

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420169349300637

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