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← CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Totals

Total revenue
$51,084,528
Total expenses
$38,506,792
Contributions and grants received
$32,436,312
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,191,520
Investment income
$9,406,589
Other revenue
$50,107
Total assets, end of year
$324,339,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,289,024
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$317,050,497
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,310,362
Management and general expenses
$6,477,317
Fundraising expenses
$1,719,113
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,310,362

Program services were 78.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $8,697,090

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $799,569

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,939,653

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $150,181

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERTS AND OTHER ORCHESTRA INCO

    total $8,464,920 · related or exempt $8,464,920

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $647,710 · related or exempt $647,710

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STUDENT PROGRAM

    total $78,890 · related or exempt $78,890

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,956,079 · unrelated business -$6,539 · excluded $4,962,618

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $47,407 · excluded $47,407

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $101,897,703

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

    securities $97,447,193

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,450,510

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,450,510 · excluded $4,450,510

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,700

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,700 · related or exempt $2,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,891,457 · program services $1,590,656 · management and general $201,180 · fundraising $99,621

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,288,436 · program services $15,340,792 · management and general $1,977,556 · fundraising $970,088

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,039,914 · program services $922,939 · management and general $82,332 · fundraising $34,643

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,292,366 · program services $1,949,956 · management and general $213,882 · fundraising $128,528

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,402,657 · program services $1,201,307 · management and general $126,988 · fundraising $74,362

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $80,142 · management and general $80,142

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,289 · management and general $61,289

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $84,201 · fundraising $84,201

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $380,985 · management and general $380,985

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,982,692 · program services $2,829,727 · management and general $1,152,965

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,422,849 · program services $1,384,916 · management and general $440 · fundraising $37,493

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $151,864 · program services $68,196 · management and general $75,422 · fundraising $8,246

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,218,970 · program services $930,130 · management and general $280,108 · fundraising $8,732

  • 17 · Travel

    total $244,854 · program services $220,261 · management and general $16,557 · fundraising $8,036

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $214,810 · program services $106,664 · management and general $91,123 · fundraising $17,023

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,617,649 · program services $279,186 · management and general $1,336,387 · fundraising $2,076

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $158,057 · program services $73,827 · management and general $84,230

  • 24a · Other expenses: PERFORMANCE COSTS

    total $2,048,553 · program services $2,048,553

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $710,377 · program services $702,081 · fundraising $8,296

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE, SHIPPING, PRIN

    total $380,673 · program services $333,676 · management and general $28,080 · fundraising $18,917

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUDIENCE/DONOR ENGAGEME

    total $235,656 · program services $24,869 · management and general $8,043 · fundraising $202,744

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $598,341 · program services $302,626 · management and general $279,608 · fundraising $16,107

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342,166 · end of year $637,779

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,833,700 · end of year $36,540,063

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,757,422 · end of year $13,931,797

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $175,629 · end of year $74,729

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $882,412 · end of year $449,262

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

    $61,250,319

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

    $23,573,322

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,666,763 · end of year $37,676,997

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $221,696,333 · end of year $234,330,121

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $698,773

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $511,011 · end of year $1,572,453

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,597,168 · end of year $3,680,856

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,298,806 · end of year $2,035,715

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $105,507,239 · end of year $117,337,506

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $187,440,201 · end of year $199,712,991

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS TO SEEK AND SHARE INSPIRATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SEEK AND SHARE INSPIRATION.

  • ORCHESTRA CONCERTS OF CLASSICAL WORKS (54), POPS (30), YOUTH AND EDUCATIONAL (177), AND OTHER CONCERTS (17). ADDITIONALLY, THE ORCHESTRA PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE CINCINNATI BALLET (29) AS WELL AS OTHER SERVICES TO SIMILAR MISSION-ALIGNED ENTITIES. THROUGH ALL PROGRAM SERVICES OF THE ORCHESTRA THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ARTS PATRONS SERVED WAS 212,539.

    Expenses $30,310,362 · Revenue $9,194,220

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • McDonald Robert W

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rosenberg Dianne

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • McPartlin Sue

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • Vance Usha C

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Akers Dorie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Apple Heather

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bergan Michael

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Blomberg Evin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brown Kate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brown Ralph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bryan III Trish E

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Budig Jr Otto M

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carter Andria

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chavez Melanie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Costa Andrea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cunningham Adrian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Davis Gabe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Espinola Maria

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Fleischmann III Blair

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Giglio L Timothy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hamby Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hargrove-Young Delores

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Healey Melanie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hiltz Francie S

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hirschhorn Joseph W

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kelly Lisa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Keown Edna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kirk Patrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Koetters Florence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kregor Jonathan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Landgren Peter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lanni John

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lawson Shannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Liles Spencer

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lindner Will

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mazzocca Holly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • McKnight Gerron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Minutolo James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mitchell Laura

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mulder Anne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nelson Theodore

    DIRECTOR & CELLIST

    Total calculated
    $138,574
    From this org
    $110,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,685
    Hours/week
    40
  • Norman Lisa Lennon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phillips Tripp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pung Aik Khai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reynolds Rick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rouse Jack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sampson Lisa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Schleker Patrick

    DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL TIMPANI

    Total calculated
    $188,891
    From this org
    $160,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,910
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,963
    Filer's total
    $188,891
  • Sheppard Valarie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Smith Stephanie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Smitherman Albert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ullman Kari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Valz David R

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wachter Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wadsworth Randolph L

    DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Weiss Charla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Freshwater Richard

    VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $302,828
    From this org
    $211,813
    From related orgs
    $63,862
    Other
    $27,153
    Hours/week
    30 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,813 + $56,362 related
    Bonus
    $54,000 + $7,500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,469 + $3,382 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,538 + $3,764 related
    Filer's total
    $231,820 + $71,008 related
  • Martin Jonathan

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $600,669
    From this org
    $503,917
    From related orgs
    $70,167
    Other
    $26,585
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $364,867 + $70,167 related
    Bonus
    $139,050
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,595 + $2,807 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,702 + $1,481 related
    Filer's total
    $526,214 + $74,455 related
  • McGrath Robert

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $286,842
    From this org
    $261,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,412
    Bonus
    $54,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,297
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,133
    Filer's total
    $286,842
  • Lawson Mary McFadden

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $268,925
    From this org
    $242,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,560
    Bonus
    $49,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,623
    Filer's total
    $268,925
  • Brown Harold

    CHIEF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $250,191
    From this org
    $226,031
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,031
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,575
    Filer's total
    $250,191
  • Matsuo Stefani

    CONCERTMASTER, VIOLIN

    Total calculated
    $306,245
    From this org
    $292,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,169
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,058
    Filer's total
    $306,245
  • Parry Dwight

    PRINCIPAL OBOE

    Total calculated
    $232,607
    From this org
    $217,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,223
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,384
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,205
    Filer's total
    $232,607
  • Freimuth Elizabeth

    PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORN

    Total calculated
    $231,020
    From this org
    $202,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,088
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,932
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,070
    Filer's total
    $231,020
  • Russell John Morris

    POPS CONDUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $254,714
    From this org
    $218,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,900
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,814
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,395
    Filer's total
    $254,714
  • Sullivan Robert

    PRINCIPAL TRUMPET

    Total calculated
    $243,900
    From this org
    $215,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,053
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,072
    Filer's total
    $243,900

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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 7
BONUS COMPENSATION PAYMENTS PAID TO EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL WERE DISCRETIONARY AND NOT SPECIFIED BY CONTRACT.

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.

  • MUSIC AND EVENT MANAGMENT INC

    501(C)(3) · MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR MUSIC FESTIVALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • RIVERBANK REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY FOR ANDREW J. BRADY MUSIC CENTER ASSETS · OH · income $10,000 · assets $27,151,248

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  • RIVERBEND REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY FOR RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER ASSETS · OH · income $385,397 · assets $7,512,270

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  • TAFT REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY FOR THE TAFT THEATRE LEASE AND ASSETS · OH · income $10,000 · assets $1,537,551

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421929349301442

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