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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$730,131
Total expenses
$829,780
Contributions and grants received
$403,121
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$185,977
Investment income
$137,424
Other revenue
$3,609
Total assets, end of year
$2,153,995
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,544
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,145,451
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$603,628
Management and general expenses
$226,152
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$603,628

Program services were 72.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $394,023

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,098

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE SALES

    total $102,507 · related or exempt $102,507

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERIES SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $61,720 · related or exempt $61,720

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $21,750 · related or exempt $21,750

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53,286 · related or exempt $53,286

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $327,783

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

    securities $243,645

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $84,138

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $84,138 · related or exempt $84,138

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $3,609 · related or exempt $3,609

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,609

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,792 · management and general $119,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $633,784 · program services $562,013 · management and general $71,771

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,164 · program services $9,164

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,000 · management and general $10,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,424 · program services $23,424

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,995 · management and general $18,995

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECORDINGS

    total $8,532 · program services $8,532 · management and general $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $6,089 · program services $495 · management and general $5,594

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $175,843 · end of year $54,656

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,729 · end of year $4,818

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,992,797 · end of year $2,094,521

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,094 · end of year $8,544

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,155,275 · end of year $2,145,451

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC TO A BROAD COMMUNITY AUDIENCE, PROVIDES INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, AND CULTIVATES NEW WORKS, ARTISTS, AND AUDIENCES.THE GSO'S EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS, HAVE INSPIRED OVER 3,000 BUDDING MUSICIANS EACH YEAR, FOSTERING A LIFE-LONG INTEREST IN MUSIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESENT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

  • PRODUCTION OF 5 PAIRS OF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IS 400 PER PERFORMANCE; INCLUDES PROGRAM PRODUCTION COSTS, INSURANCE AND PUBLICITY.

    Expenses $556,238 · Revenue $327,010

  • PRODUCTION OF ONE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT, CONSISTING OF 2 PERFORMANCES, EACH OFFERED FREE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AS PART OF THEIR MUSIC CURRICULUM; TOTAL ATTENDANCE EXCEEDS 1,700.

    Expenses $34,538

  • GSO IN GREENWICH - GRAMMAR SCHOOLS: PRODUCTION OF 2 OR 3 MUSICIANS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS TO THE STUDENTS.MIDDLE SCHOOL: SIDE BY SIDE CONCERTS.HIGH SCHOOL: MASTER CLASSES.

    Expenses $12,852

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stuart Adelberg

    CHARIMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lenore De Csepel

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Suzanne Lio

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,792
    From this org
    $119,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Frederick Wu

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Judy Soto

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joseph Williamson Jr

    OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Leslie Tarkington

    GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erin Flynn

    DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523469349300717

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