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← PORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,272,536
Total expenses
$4,317,015
Contributions and grants received
$2,068,548
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,656,894
Investment income
$460,908
Other revenue
$86,186
Total assets, end of year
$15,577,911
Total liabilities, end of year
$803,649
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,774,262
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,662,888
Management and general expenses
$1,309,141
Fundraising expenses
$344,986
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,662,888

Program services were 61.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $48,530

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,020,018

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $229,446

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERTS

    total $1,616,960 · related or exempt $1,616,960

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM ADVERTISING UBI

    total $39,934 · unrelated business $39,934

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $353,302 · excluded $353,302

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $824,489

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

    securities $716,883

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $107,606

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $107,606 · excluded $107,606

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $30,021

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

    $48,530

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,490

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$469 · excluded -$469

  • 11a · Other revenue: PORTTIX, LLC

    total $36,838 · unrelated business $36,838

  • 11b · Other revenue: PORTTIX, LLC

    total $18,292 · related or exempt $18,292

  • 11c · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $13,364 · unrelated business $13,364

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $18,161 · related or exempt $8,557 · excluded $9,604

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $86,655

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,343 · program services $93,044 · management and general $32,746 · fundraising $19,553

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,937,342 · program services $1,301,728 · management and general $394,860 · fundraising $240,754

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,664 · program services $6,317 · management and general $1,621 · fundraising $726

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,848 · program services $42,537 · management and general $47,502 · fundraising $25,809

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $163,849 · program services $117,018 · management and general $28,505 · fundraising $18,326

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,632 · management and general $34,632

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,000 · management and general $22,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $35,175 · management and general $35,175

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $89,124 · management and general $77,095 · fundraising $12,029

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $337,617 · management and general $337,617

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $106,066 · program services $8,382 · management and general $88,137 · fundraising $9,547

  • 17 · Travel

    total $292,189 · program services $292,189

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,007 · program services $8,007

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,542 · program services $23,747 · management and general $19,795

  • 24a · Other expenses: GUEST ARTISTS

    total $273,228 · program services $273,228

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAGING & PRODUCTION COST

    total $243,134 · program services $243,134

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTALS

    total $201,983 · program services $109,494 · management and general $92,489

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $63,187 · management and general $51,373 · fundraising $11,814

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $196,085 · program services $144,063 · management and general $45,594 · fundraising $6,428

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $273,923 · end of year $373,376

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,102,489 · end of year $1,879,778

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,723 · end of year $558,778

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $82,067 · end of year $1,536

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $130,116 · end of year $137,550

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

    $353,896

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

    $322,806

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,097 · end of year $31,090

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,958,247 · end of year $11,883,013

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $70,086 · end of year $83,191

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $629,599

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $158,646 · end of year $152,238

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,512 · end of year $21,512

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $349 · end of year $629,899

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,468,771 · end of year $5,358,319

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,095,470 · end of year $9,415,943

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (PSO) SERVES OUR COMMUNITY BY ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC. THE PSO STRIVES FOR THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF ARTISTIC QUALITY; INSPIRES CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGES LIFELONG MUSICAL LEARNING; DEVELOPS AND NURTURES COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL; AND PROMOTES A CULTURE OF MUTUAL RESPECT THAT BUILDS SHARED COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION.

  • THE PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CHARTERED IN 1932, IS MAINE'S LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF 4.3 MILLION . DURING THE 2022-2023 SEASON, THE SYMPHONY REMAINED CONNECTED TO AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC BY BOTH OFFERING LIVE PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS DIGITALLY OFFERING CONCERTS RECORDED AT MERRILL AUDITORIUM. PERFORMANCES INCLUDE 11 CLASSICAL, 5 POPS, 3 DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERTS, THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS, MULTIPLE SCHOOL LESSONS, KINDERKONZERTS, AND A 3-CONCERT SUMMER SERIES IN OLD ORCHARD PAVILION.

    Expenses $2,662,888 · Revenue $1,638,726

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Carolyn Nishon

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $139,664
    From this org
    $127,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,455
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eckart Preu

    MUSIC DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $172,999
    From this org
    $161,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,694
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $172,999
  • Wendy Suehrstedt Thru 731

    BOARD PRESID

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Lucas Desmond

    TREASURER &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Rick Abbondanza

    VP ANNUAL FU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Stephanie Bowe

    VP CELL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Vicki Gordan

    VP ORCHESTRA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Mary B Neal

    VP ARTISTIC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Daniel Crewe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Victoria Devlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Nicolas Dosman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Talya Edlund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Janice Gerry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Elizabeth Mitchell Hunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Gretchen Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Michael Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • James Karen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Richard Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Colleen Khoury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Nina Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Nicola Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Jennifer Segal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Lendall L Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • April Tardiff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Oliver Te Boekhorst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • William C Thornton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Seth Webber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Breda White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

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 partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • PORTTIX LLC

    UNRELATED · BOX OFFICE · ME · 50% owned · share of income $64,734 · share of assets $1,643,559

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333469349301108

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