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← SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,327,905
Total expenses
$1,370,573
Contributions and grants received
$810,181
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$481,741
Investment income
$21,610
Other revenue
$14,373
Total assets, end of year
$1,791,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,038,150
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$753,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$931,702
Management and general expenses
$438,871
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$931,702

Program services were 68.0% 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)

    $271,725

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $538,456

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT INCOME

    total $472,866 · related or exempt $472,866

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM ADVERTISING

    total $8,875 · unrelated business $8,875

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,748 · excluded $14,748

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,862

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,862

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,862 · excluded $6,862

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $14,373 · related or exempt $14,373

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,373

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $955,356 · program services $683,223 · management and general $272,133

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,052 · management and general $36,052

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $59,534 · management and general $59,534

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,306 · program services $7,513 · management and general $4,793

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,167 · management and general $9,167

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,585 · program services $88,736 · management and general $7,849

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,825 · program services $4,636 · management and general $5,189

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,209 · management and general $12,209

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $77,570 · program services $77,570

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONCERT PRODUCTION

    total $58,666 · program services $58,666

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING, POSTAGE AND D

    total $21,164 · program services $8,700 · management and general $12,464

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $14,730 · program services $2,658 · management and general $12,072

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,409 · management and general $7,409

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $491,188 · end of year $1,235,153

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,966 · end of year $135,434

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,110 · end of year $9,575

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,609 · end of year $7,514

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

    $141,255

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

    $110,081

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,999 · end of year $31,174

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $349,729 · end of year $372,608

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,360 · end of year $20,980

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $128,309 · end of year $104,470

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $912,700

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $426,203 · end of year $193,684

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $344,729 · end of year $559,624

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY, INC. IS TO PROVIDE CLASSICAL MUSIC TO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES.THE SYMPHONY OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES IN A SERIES OF 8 SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS AND 4 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MANY IN-DEPTH PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING CONCERTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND LARGER FORMAT CONCERTS AT CENTRAL LOCATIONS. THE SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY BROADCASTS ITS MASTER SERIES AND OTHER SELECT CONCERTS ON PUBLIC RADIO VIA THE RED RIVER RADIO NETWORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY, INC. IS TO PROVIDE CLASSICAL MUSIC TO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES.

  • THE SYMPHONY OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES IN A SERIES OF SIX MASTER WORKS CONCERTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MANY IN-DEPTH PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE REGION, INCLUDING CONCERTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND LARGER FORMAT CONCERTS AT CENTRAL LOCATIONS. THE SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY BROADCASTS ITS MASTER SERIES AND OTHER SELECT CONCERTS ON PUBLIC RADIO VIA THE RED RIVER RADIO NETWORK.

    Expenses $931,702 · Revenue $487,239

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Charlton Lyons IV

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Chris Farrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Roca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jazmin Jernigan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Elliott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerard Martin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Rice

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Knox Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura McLemore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Leigh Anne Chambers

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Radford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sherry Pendley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendell Riley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Sale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stanley Hancock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorraine Krajewski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connor Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dalila Salazar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nell Shehee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Paul Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510649349301801

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