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← CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,175,276
Total expenses
$3,725,142
Contributions and grants received
$2,370,083
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$572,718
Investment income
$1,186,315
Other revenue
$46,160
Total assets, end of year
$29,154,613
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,493
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,991,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,034,913
Management and general expenses
$457,381
Fundraising expenses
$232,848
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,034,913

Program services were 81.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $428,234

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,941,849

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $557,937

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT REVENUE

    total $572,718 · related or exempt $572,718

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $863,753 · excluded $863,753

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,089,153

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

    securities $766,591

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $322,562

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $322,562 · excluded $322,562

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $151

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $151 · related or exempt $151

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $21,282 · excluded $21,282

  • 11b · Other revenue: FACILITY MAINTENANCE FEE

    total $9,872 · excluded $9,872

  • 11c · Other revenue: PARKING REVENUE

    total $9,295 · excluded $9,295

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,560 · excluded $5,560

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46,009

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $366,784 · program services $220,070 · management and general $102,700 · fundraising $44,014

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $783,948 · program services $470,683 · management and general $219,128 · fundraising $94,137

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $524 · management and general $524

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,500 · management and general $26,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $40,869 · management and general $40,869

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,861,535 · program services $1,861,535

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $183,613 · program services $183,613

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,991 · program services $35,054 · management and general $21,937

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,800 · program services $17,800

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $68,398 · program services $62,118 · management and general $6,280

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,958 · management and general $22,958

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,498 · management and general $9,498

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

    total $178,355 · program services $178,355

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $94,697 · fundraising $94,697

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $12,672 · program services $5,685 · management and general $6,987

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $197,902 · end of year $347,915

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,058,403 · end of year $928,661

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $322,956 · end of year $196,495

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $77,395 · end of year $27,602

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $199,879 · end of year $9,418

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

    $421,427

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

    $320,317

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $124,068 · end of year $101,110

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $22,151,979 · end of year $25,451,820

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,020,388 · end of year $2,091,592

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $134,487 · end of year $161,733

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $89,026 · end of year $1,760

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,057,187 · end of year $6,476,840

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,872,270 · end of year $22,514,280

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE EXIST TO ENGAGE, ENERGIZE AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF GREAT CHORAL MUSIC. OUR VISION IS TO BE THE MOST EXCITING FORCE IN THE CHORAL WORLD AND TO BE A LEADER AND CATALYST IN THE PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES IN OUR REGION AND AROUND THE GLOBE. WE BELIEVE IN FOSTERING CHORAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC STANDARDS; PRESERVING THE HISTORY, ENHANCING THE PRESENT AND EMBRACING THE FUTURE OF CHORAL MUSIC; CULTIVATING DIVERSE AUDIENCES, CHOIRS AND SINGERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CHORAL MUSIC; AND OPERATING IN A FINANCIALLY SOUND MANNER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE EXIST TO ENGAGE, ENERGIZE AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF GREAT CHORAL MUSIC.

  • THE MAY FESTIVAL PROVIDED FIVE CONCERTS WITH PAID ATTENDANCE OF 6,518 PATRONS. THE MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS ALSO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL CHORUS OF THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY AND POPS ORCHESTRA PERFORMING WITH THE ORCHESTRA FOR NUMEROUS CONCERTS THROUGHOUT CSO/POPS SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY SEASON.

    Expenses $2,853,438 · Revenue $566,090

  • THE MAY FESTIVAL PROVIDED ONE VAULTED VOICES CONCERT WITH ATTENDANCE OF 505 PATRONS. THE PERFORMANCE IS A CHORAL CONCERT AT HYDE PARK COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

    Expenses $54,145 · Revenue $6,013

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $127,330 · Revenue $615

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Sunderman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,729
    From this org
    $118,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,387
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,342
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,734
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,653
    Filer's total
    $140,729
  • Jonathan Martin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $36,233
    From this org
    $33,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,506
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $33,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $756
    Filer's total
    $36,233
  • Robert McGrath

    COO

    Total calculated
    $30,582
    From this org
    $27,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,333
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,249
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,360
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,973
    Filer's total
    $30,582
  • Rich Freshwater

    VP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $17,163
    From this org
    $15,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,025
    Hours/week
    7.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,138
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $862
    Filer's total
    $17,163
  • Catherine Dixon

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT & ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $142,077
    From this org
    $115,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,832
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,612
    Filer's total
    $142,077
  • Helene Bentley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Boyles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Canarie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Henry Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie M Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa F Ernst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Feldmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Monahan Gimpel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Holcomb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David A Huelsman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isaiah Hyman Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Kirkpatrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert K Lomax

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rene McPhedran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Misrach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Manisha Patel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Rambo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruthann Sammarco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eileen Stanisic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Willbrandt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeannine Winkelmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelby Wood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christy Horan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Curran

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anthony Lazzeri

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary H Stucky

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric K Combs

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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 III, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
THE NAME OF THE UNRELATED ORGANIZATION IS THE CINCINNTI SYMPHONY 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
2023
Filed
15 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422049349301157

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