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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,077,153
Total expenses
$3,024,666
Contributions and grants received
$1,470,281
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,602,118
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$4,754
Total assets, end of year
$2,323,811
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,142,562
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$818,751
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,722,884
Management and general expenses
$146,770
Fundraising expenses
$155,012
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,722,884

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $8,554

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $120,935

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,340,792

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICE FEES

    total $1,555,312 · related or exempt $1,555,312

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $46,806 · related or exempt $46,806

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,754 · related or exempt $4,754

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,000 · program services $135,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,490,771 · program services $1,462,271 · fundraising $28,500

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $577,570 · program services $567,775 · management and general $1,021 · fundraising $8,774

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $74,625 · fundraising $74,625

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $339,236 · program services $227,673 · management and general $111,563

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,872 · program services $9,872

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,125 · program services $13,505 · management and general $2,620

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,288 · management and general $8,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,439 · program services $21,439

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $605 · management and general $605

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,585 · program services $15,117 · management and general $156 · fundraising $312

  • 24a · Other expenses: VENUES

    total $202,672 · program services $202,672

  • 24b · Other expenses: RENTAL

    total $65,398 · program services $65,398

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $42,801 · fundraising $42,801

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $9,579 · program services $2,162 · management and general $7,417

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,100 · management and general $3,100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $130,576 · end of year $120,047

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,910,848 · end of year $1,910,848

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,205 · end of year $53,205

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $219,832 · end of year $210,304

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

    $39,469

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

    $10,472

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $29,602 · end of year $28,997

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $410 · end of year $410

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $1,351

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,141,211 · end of year $3,141,211

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,802,086 · end of year -$2,756,599

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,930,848 · end of year $1,937,848

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ASO IS TO RENEW LIVE ORCHESTRA MUSIC AS A VITAL FORCE IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CULTURE. TO THIS END, THE ASO PRESENTS THEMATIC PROGRAMMING, IN WHICH MUSICAL WORKS ARE CURATED AROUND IDEAS DRAWN FROM A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES SUCH AS HISTORY, VISUAL ARTS, SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE. ASO PURSUES INNOVATION IN CONCERT PRESENTATION AND IS DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF MUSICAL EDUCATION. IN ITS EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE CONSTITUENCY FOR ORCHESTRAL MUSIC BY MAKING IT ONCE AGAIN A RELEVANT AND ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE FOR A MODERN, DIVERSE SOCIETY, THE ASO CONSIDERS ITSELF AN ORGANIZATION IN THE PUBLIC'S SERVICE, AND A MODEL FOR THE SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF ORCHESTRAS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESENT AFFORDABLE SYMPHONY CONCERTS.

  • SELF PRESENTED - A SERIES OF CONCERTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY PURCHASE OF INDIVIDUAL SEASON TICKETS.

    Expenses $1,386,508 · Revenue $46,806

  • SERVICE CONTRACTS - CONCERTS PERFORMED BY THE SYMPHONY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR A FEE AT ESTIMATED COST.

    Expenses $1,336,376 · Revenue $1,555,312

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dimitri B Papadimitriou

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hans-Jurgen Knoch

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nermin K Ahmad

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Baron

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miriam R Berger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leon Botstein

    TRUSTEE/MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,000
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jon R Carter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Dorf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Kliger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shirley A Mueller Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eileen Rhulen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Apolzon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oliver Inteeworn

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,249
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $120,331
    Other
    $31,918
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,000 + $120,331 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,296 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,622 related
    Filer's total
    $12,000 + $152,249 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 2:
BARD COLLEGE, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, PAID OLIVER INTEEWORN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORCHESTRA, $120,331 FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE ORCHESTRA.

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
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349303266

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