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← FARGO-MOORHEAD ORCHESTRAL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FARGO-MOORHEAD ORCHESTRAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$832,572
Total expenses
$923,551
Contributions and grants received
$451,413
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$289,631
Investment income
$555
Other revenue
$90,973
Total assets, end of year
$124,917
Total liabilities, end of year
$85,904
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,013
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$632,577
Management and general expenses
$240,379
Fundraising expenses
$50,595
Program service expenses (Part III)
$632,577

Program services were 68.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $451,413

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $705

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES AND EVENT

    total $273,291 · related or exempt $273,291

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION INCOME

    total $10,550 · related or exempt $10,550

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SPONSORSHIPS

    total $5,790 · related or exempt $5,790

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $555 · excluded $555

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,700

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,700

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,700 · excluded $2,700

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $122,035

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,762

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $88,273 · excluded $88,273

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,694 · program services $15,685 · management and general $68,973 · fundraising $26,036

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $75,765 · program services $10,735 · management and general $47,210 · fundraising $17,820

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,354 · program services $11,745 · management and general $6,406 · fundraising $3,203

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,468 · program services $2,560 · management and general $10,667 · fundraising $3,241

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,648 · management and general $42,648

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,628 · management and general $18,628

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,968 · program services $27,968

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,765 · management and general $10,586 · fundraising $179

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,055 · management and general $9,055

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,137 · management and general $14,137

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44 · program services $44

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,763 · management and general $7,763

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONCERT PRODUCTION COST

    total $162,707 · program services $162,707

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MUSICIANS

    total $148,329 · program services $148,329

  • 24c · Other expenses: MASTERWORKS SERIES MUSI

    total $117,402 · program services $117,402

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONDUCTOR/CONCERTMASTER

    total $90,773 · program services $90,773

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,051 · program services $44,629 · management and general $4,306 · fundraising $116

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $32,355 · end of year $40,057

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $92,459 · end of year $34,366

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,001 · end of year $2,001

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,242 · end of year $2,334

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,292 · end of year $4,242

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

    $83,847

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

    $41,930

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,638 · end of year $41,917

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,770 · end of year $38,876

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $41,225 · end of year $47,028

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $129,992 · end of year $39,013

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC THAT EDUCATES, ENTERTAINS, AND INSPIRES. OUR GOALS SPAN EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, BEING A STRONG VOICE FOR THE ARTS THROUGH OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS, FOCUSING ON THE ARTISTIC QUALITY OF THE ORCHESTRA, AND STRENGTHENING OUR FISCAL GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.

  • MASTERWORKS CONCERTS ACHIEVES PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF TRADITIONAL AND NEW ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE TO THE COMMUNITY. CHAMBER CONCERT SERIES PROVIDES SHORTER, LESS FORMAL PERFORMANCES BY SMALL ENSEMBLES OF FMSO MUSICIANS. YOUNG ARTISTS SOLO COMPETITION HELPS US ACHIEVE THE EDUCATIONAL PORTION OF OUR MISSION BY ENCOURAGING AND REWARDING EXCELLENCE IN YOUNG MUSICIANS.

    Expenses $632,577 · Revenue $289,631

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Margie Bailly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josie Danz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Thoreson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Steinmetz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Kaese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debora Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Garden-Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Brekke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Astrup

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Linde Capistran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Zietz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Adams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Johnson

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Moses

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Siri Thaden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Lambert

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (6/1-10/31)

    Total calculated
    $39,235
    From this org
    $34,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,509
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mindy Heitkamp

    INTERIM EXE DIRECTOR (STARTED 10/31)

    Total calculated
    $70,028
    From this org
    $63,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,605
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540529349300709

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