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← ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS GROUP INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,454,212
Total expenses
$2,273,076
Contributions and grants received
$1,352,615
Grants paid
$9,514
Program service revenue
$1,082,687
Investment income
$18,910
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,333,016
Total liabilities, end of year
$697,009
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$636,007
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,006,573
Management and general expenses
$194,306
Fundraising expenses
$72,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,006,573

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $205,825

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,146,790

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $188,633

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and projects

    total $1,082,687 · related or exempt $1,082,687

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,910 · excluded $18,910

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $169,917

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

    $205,825

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $169,917

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,514 · program services $9,514

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $313,430 · program services $243,289 · management and general $48,383 · fundraising $21,758

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $141,694 · program services $109,987 · management and general $21,872 · fundraising $9,835

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,340 · program services $3,369 · management and general $670 · fundraising $301

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,940 · program services $6,163 · management and general $1,226 · fundraising $551

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,486 · program services $22,887 · management and general $4,552 · fundraising $2,047

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,700 · management and general $54,700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,000 · management and general $48,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,860 · program services $37,755 · fundraising $26,105

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,264 · program services $19,612 · management and general $3,899 · fundraising $1,753

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,100 · program services $3,183 · management and general $633 · fundraising $284

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,418 · program services $1,101 · management and general $219 · fundraising $98

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,497 · program services $5,044 · management and general $1,003 · fundraising $450

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program related expense

    total $1,134,466 · program services $1,134,466

  • 24b · Other expenses: Concerts

    total $189,114 · program services $189,114

  • 24c · Other expenses: Global Leaders Institut

    total $172,453 · program services $172,453

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank card fees

    total $37,047 · program services $21,920 · management and general $7,054 · fundraising $8,073

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,753 · program services $26,716 · management and general $2,095 · fundraising $942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $840,673 · end of year $789,819

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $313,668

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $259,438 · end of year $43,853

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $133,884

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $39,531 · end of year $49,722

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

    $17,343

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

    $16,873

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,888 · end of year $470

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,675 · end of year $1,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $260,846 · end of year $170,099

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $427,488 · end of year $526,910

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $454,871 · end of year $636,007

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The role of the Organization has widened in response to the need for new professional development pathways to support the arts sector. Creative professionals are increasingly looking for new ways of adapting their activities to a changing landscape. Accordingly, the professional training provided through the Global Leaders Institute and OAcademy is increasingly attracting a wider range of beneficiaries and participants. This has led to growth in terms of the activities offered through the GLI and OAcademy, including a range of organizational exchanges and residencies. To support the development of performing artists and to connect these artists with the local community, the Organization hosts the Montero at Prager concert series.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Orchestra of the Americas Group empowers exceptional creatives to build thriving careers that impact communities.

  • OAcademy is an online music conservatory that reinvents music education for the real world, bridging the gap between location and opportunity. Combining a global faculty with in-person residencies, OAcademy empowers diverse talents to become job-winning artists. A rigorously selected cohort of 80 rising musicians from across the globe participates in the annual 6-month journey that focuses on the cultivation of essential skills required by professional musicians in an era when music-making formats and structures are rapidly shifting. Using technology to create powerful learning opportunities and career-advancing networks for those with limited resources, OAcademy is working to level the global music playing field by breaking down age-old centers of access. Co-curating institutional partners include The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Canada's National Arts Centre, and Bard College Conservatory.Beyond its core orchestra academy, OAcademy offers: the Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellowship, Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio, Gabriela Montero Piano Lab, and Sinfonica Azteca. The Carlos Miguel Prieto Fellowship provides rising conductors with formative tools including comprehensive technique, musicianship, and leadership training needed to access world-class career opportunities. The Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio provides a lab for emerging composers to take the next step in a global career. The Gabriela Montero Piano Lab provides immersive training to rising pianists where they learn from one of the world's top leading soloists and composers. Starting during fiscal year 2024, Sinfonica Azteca was added with the aim of creating a leading and innovative platform in music education acting as a connection between the world of education and the international professional music sector.

    Expenses $840,738 · Grants $9,514 · Revenue $456,357

  • The Global Leaders Institute equips arts professionals to grow creative enterprises that impact communities through an innovative and newly launched MBA in Arts Innovation. Co-curated by 9 top universities and think tanks including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, and more, the GLI's MBA journey is guided by a world-class faculty that includes Nobel laureates, Grammy winners, Polar Prize awardees, TED presenters, and an institutional network of dynamic field partners spanning 40+ nations.

    Expenses $851,382 · Revenue $538,849

  • The Montero at Prager concert series brings world-class musicians, mentorship, and community engagement to Maryland's Eastern Shore. From the intimate setting of the Prager Family Center for the Arts in the heart of downtown Easton, audiences enjoy up-close performances by some of the most acclaimed artists of our time.

    Expenses $223,713

  • The Organization oversees Sinfonica Azteca, a collaborative project with Fundacin Azteca in Mexico that creates a leading and innovative platform in music education that connects the worlds of education and international performance.

    Expenses $90,740 · Revenue $87,481

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pilar Aleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carlos Arellano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gemma Crews de Arellano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David J Bates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pauline Beck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arturo Brillembourg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisabeth Brillembourg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Aguirre Lanari de Bulgheroni

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cristina Vollmer de Burelli

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pedro Burelli

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mario Cader-Frech

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Lipton Cafritz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexa Chopivsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Churchill

    Emeritus Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nigel Clarke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Coles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lizette Corro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Felipe Antonio Custer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge de la Guardia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Isabel Ernst

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ricardo Ernst

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabriela Febres-Cordero

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonor Gonzalez-Luft

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambassador Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Luciana Miro de Gonzalez-Revill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Goodman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Grefenstette Bates

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Haseltine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Herrera de Garza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grace Koh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Kulback

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carlos Lacayo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Lacayo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Lauderdale

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonardo Lawson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Lawson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Veronica Lopez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mariana Martinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JoAnn Mason

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Mason

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Masso

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rolf Meijer-Werner

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margarita Mitrov

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge Montoya

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Nalywajko

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pilar O'Leary

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ricardo Obert Martinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Olding

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Orbes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gaston Ormazabal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Benilde Ortiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nelson Ortiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Antonio Ortiz Mena

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan Emilio Posada

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew C Quale

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drina Rendic

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nuria Malla Robles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marisol Rodriguez Copello

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Javier Sancho

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cecilia Schultz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guillermo Schultz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David M Schwarz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pepita Serrano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Shabot

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Simnick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Siskel

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jody Steiger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barron M Tenny

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Enrique Valdez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ezequiel Vazquez-Ger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Waterston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alyson Wood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Gillespie

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $229,549
    From this org
    $212,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,037
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,908
    Filer's total
    $229,549

  • Cayla Inserra

    COO

    Total calculated
    $105,935
    From this org
    $95,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,194
    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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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)

Part I, Line 3
The Board of Directors approves the CEO's salary.

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

  • Brillembourg Ochoa Family Foundation

    $9,514

    The scholarships support participants in the Global Leaders Program. Ongoing monitoring happens while the student participates in the program.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541289349302229

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