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← BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$30,156,512
Total expenses
$33,716,829
Contributions and grants received
$23,931,958
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,899,631
Investment income
$15,777
Other revenue
$309,146
Total assets, end of year
$9,275,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,457,131
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$12,182,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,261,147
Management and general expenses
$3,307,768
Fundraising expenses
$3,147,914
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,261,147

Program services were 80.9% 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

    $622,655

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,550,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,507,495

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,251,808

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $723,535

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT INCOME

    total $4,993,186 · related or exempt $4,993,186

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION REVENUE

    total $544,794 · related or exempt $544,794

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BSYO TUITION REVENUE

    total $361,651 · related or exempt $361,651

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,650 · excluded $2,650

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $182 · excluded $182

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $750,132

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $348,780

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $401,352

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $401,352 · excluded $401,352

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $13,127

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $13,127

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,127 · excluded $13,127

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $216,285

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

    $622,655

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $586,078

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$369,793 · excluded -$369,793

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $154,650 · excluded $154,650

  • 11b · Other revenue: VENDOR REFUND

    total $66,029 · excluded $66,029

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $56,726 · excluded $56,726

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $277,405

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $752,036 · program services $225,611 · management and general $376,018 · fundraising $150,407

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,642,223 · program services $13,516,756 · management and general $1,034,039 · fundraising $1,091,428

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,762,304 · program services $1,606,684 · management and general $155,620

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,609,023 · program services $2,351,363 · management and general $53,658 · fundraising $204,002

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,214,576 · program services $1,033,764 · management and general $94,537 · fundraising $86,275

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,234 · management and general $1,234

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $99,269 · management and general $99,269

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $63,272 · management and general $63,272

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $403,344 · fundraising $403,344

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,479,688 · program services $3,122,677 · management and general $257,113 · fundraising $99,898

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,972,752 · program services $1,458,398 · fundraising $514,354

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $338,227 · program services $226,391 · management and general $105,092 · fundraising $6,744

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $342,099 · program services $2,000 · management and general $340,099

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,976,653 · program services $1,844,080 · fundraising $132,573

  • 17 · Travel

    total $686,107 · program services $630,882 · management and general $41,722 · fundraising $13,503

  • 20 · Interest

    total $407,748 · management and general $407,748

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $137,146 · program services $137,146

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $254,533 · program services $5,630 · management and general $248,903

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $446,615 · program services $446,615

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $321,699 · program services $148,438 · management and general $30,129 · fundraising $143,132

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUAL FUND WRITE OFF E

    total $290,638 · fundraising $290,638

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $272,732 · program services $272,732

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $242,911 · program services $231,980 · management and general -$685 · fundraising $11,616

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $750 · end of year $750

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,738,668 · end of year $4,075,095

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,234,014 · end of year $1,231,385

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $641,052 · end of year $311,119

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,654 · end of year $30,654

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $991,078 · end of year $1,072,288

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

    $3,390,265

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

    $2,923,572

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $519,312 · end of year $466,693

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,296,710 · end of year $2,087,147

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $921,344 · end of year $1,614,512

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,108,108 · end of year $4,692,921

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,110,000 · end of year $2,240,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,611,786 · end of year $12,909,698

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$14,847,000 · end of year -$16,076,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,548,000 · end of year $3,894,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S (BSO) MISSION IS TO PROMOTE, ORGANIZE, MANAGE AND MAINTAIN A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND TO HOLD, SPONSOR, AND PRESENT MUSICAL CONCERTS BY THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. BSO IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THAT HAS ATTRACTED A DEVOTED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING WHILE MAINTAINING DEEP BONDS THROUGHOUT MARYLAND WITH INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING SYMPHONIC CONCERTS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL.

  • PROVIDES SYMPHONIC CONCERTS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RENTALS, BROADCASTING AND RECORDING.

    Expenses $27,261,147 · Revenue $5,899,631

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mr Mark Hanson

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $319,504
    From this org
    $221,484
    From related orgs
    $55,370
    Other
    $42,650
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,434 + $55,358 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $50 + $12 related
    Deferred
    $15,973 + $3,993 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,147 + $4,537 related
    Filer's total
    $255,604 + $63,900 related
  • Mr Barry F Rosen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Hon Steven R Schuh

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Mr Christian Johansson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Michael Forster

    TREASURER, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Terry M Rubenstein

    TREASURER, BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Maggie De Cuevas

    SECRETARY, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Marshall A Levine

    SECRETARY (PART YEAR), BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Lisa Brown Alexander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Chuck Alston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Mary Ellen Barbera

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Rick Bernstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Kappie Bogart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Kathleen A Chagnon Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr August J Chiasera

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Harvey Cohen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Robert B Coutts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Walter Doggett III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Michael Ernst

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Ellen R Fish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Denise Galambos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Sandra Levi Gerstung

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Denise Hargrove

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Douglas Hamilton III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Joseph Jennings Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Nancy Koop

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Sunil Kumar

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Marc E Lackritz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Marie Lerch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Jason Perry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Judy Phares

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Stephen D Shawe Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hon James T Smith Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Solomon H Snyder MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Barry Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Peter L Winik

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Jeffrey T Zoller

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr John G McLean Jr

    SR. VP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $136,820
    From this org
    $113,075
    From related orgs
    $12,563
    Other
    $11,182
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related
  • Ms Allison Burr-Livingstone

    SR. VP AND CHIEF ADV. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,424
    From this org
    $135,148
    From related orgs
    $45,048
    Other
    $40,228
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,107 + $45,035 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $41 + $13 related
    Deferred
    $1,875 + $625 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,296 + $9,432 related
    Filer's total
    $165,319 + $55,105 related
  • Mr Brian Smith

    SR. VP & CHR

    Total calculated
    $196,724
    From this org
    $171,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,566
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,396
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $762
    Deferred
    $2,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,066
    Filer's total
    $196,724
  • Mr Edward Carney

    CONCERT MASTER

    Total calculated
    $309,569
    From this org
    $268,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,012
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $396
    Deferred
    $820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,192
    Filer's total
    $309,569
  • Ms Katherine Needleman

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $203,189
    From this org
    $169,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,124
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,005
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60
    Deferred
    $820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,304
    Filer's total
    $203,189
  • Mr Mario Serruto

    HEAD STAGEHAND

    Total calculated
    $184,419
    From this org
    $165,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,270
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,089
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,270
    Filer's total
    $184,419
  • Mr Todd Price

    HEAD STAGEHAND

    Total calculated
    $182,562
    From this org
    $163,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,270
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $90
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,270
    Filer's total
    $182,562
  • Mr Jacob Sturgis

    HOUSE ELECTRICIAN

    Total calculated
    $161,756
    From this org
    $143,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,550
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,206
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,550
    Filer's total
    $161,756
  • Mr Peter Kjome

    FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $75,541
    From this org
    $59,100
    From related orgs
    $14,776
    Other
    $1,665
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $13,570 + $3,393 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $45,530 + $11,383 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,332 + $333 related
    Filer's total
    $60,432 + $15,109 related
  • Ms Marin Alsop

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $300,000
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,000

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 4B
DURING CALANDER YEAR 2022, THE FOLLOWING PARTICIPATED IN THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ("SERP"): MARK HANSON $17,466 DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2022, THE FOLLOWING RECEIVED PAYMENTS AS PART OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERP PLAN: PETER KJOME $56,883 PETER KJOMES'S COMPENSATION IS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AS THE CEO OF BSO AND BSET, NOT FOR SERVICES AS A FORMER DIRECTOR.
PART II, LINE 4, DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
OPUS 3 ARTISTS, LLC A COMPANY THAT MANAGES DISTINGUISHED PERFORMING ARTISTS, WAS PAID $159,000, AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR MARIN ALSOP'S INDEPENDENT SERVICES OUTSIDE OF HER COMPENSATION AGREEMENT WITH THE BSO.

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.

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.

  • BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT TRUST

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT APPRECIATION OF ORCHESTRAL AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC · MD · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CATHEDRAL PARKING INC

    C · PARKING GARAGE · MD · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 January 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202530229349301143

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