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← NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,045,277
Total expenses
$32,671,348
Contributions and grants received
$16,769,735
Grants paid
$40,809
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,008,058
Management and general expenses
$3,683,825
Fundraising expenses
$1,979,465
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,008,058

Program services were 82.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alan D Valentine

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $403,816
    From this org
    $381,636
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,180
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $375,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,600
    Deferred
    $7,698
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,482
    Filer's total
    $403,816

  • Dr Mark D Peacock

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Cavarra

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Orrin Henry Ingram III

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela L Carter

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Mosley Sebastian

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Neff MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Giarratana

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Folds

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betsy Wills

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn S Wenzel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christian Teather

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Clark Matthews

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Kenneth Sands

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Humphreys

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Cook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fredrik Antoine Savage

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gail Carr Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George R Lee III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grace Awh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Ingram

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James M Rooney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Todd

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanie Rittenberry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeremie Papin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Reist

    Director/Musician (See Schedule O)

    Total calculated
    $102,456
    From this org
    $84,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,845
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Huie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan McNabb

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karl Sprules

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lana Skelo Gardner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Covington Kimbrell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Ross

    Director/Musician (See Schedule O)

    Total calculated
    $81,564
    From this org
    $67,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,933
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marielena Ramos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Lopez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Tillinger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Sposato

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael W Hayes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Krugman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Deidiker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peri Widener

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phylanice Nashe JD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rhonda Mulroy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard L Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Lipman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shirley Zeitlin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Starling Davis Clark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Travis Vincent Dunn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vanessa Jackson

    Director/Chorus President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vicki Horne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Pao

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Winston Justice

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yuri Cunza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenneen Reed

    CFO (Begin 11/20/2023)

    Total calculated
    $34,579
    From this org
    $34,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Melinda Phillips

    CDO (Begin 12/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $16,667
    From this org
    $16,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tonya Robles

    COO (Through 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $233,396
    From this org
    $232,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,038
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,858
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $896
    Nontaxable benefits
    $142
    Filer's total
    $233,396

  • Giancarlo Guerrero

    Conductor/Music Director

    Total calculated
    $602,939
    From this org
    $568,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $518,706
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,635
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,598
    Filer's total
    $602,939

  • Dan Grossman

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $227,422
    From this org
    $190,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,019
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,403
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,385
    Filer's total
    $227,422

  • Enrico Lopez-Yanez

    PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,193
    From this org
    $146,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,298
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,773
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $158,193

  • Eric Swartz

    VP OF VENUE MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $127,500
    From this org
    $122,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,063
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erik Gratton

    Musician

    Total calculated
    $134,372
    From this org
    $120,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,931
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erin Hall

    Musician

    Total calculated
    $151,626
    From this org
    $137,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,402
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,224
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,298
    Filer's total
    $151,626

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 — 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 · 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
The VP of marketing receives a non fixed commission payment that is based upon meeting and exceeding ticket sales goals.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531649349301123

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