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← SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Totals

Total revenue
$52,207,291
Total expenses
$32,253,444
Contributions and grants received
$41,308,628
Grants paid
$139,000
Program service revenue
$7,166,080
Investment income
$2,428,886
Other revenue
$1,303,697
Total assets, end of year
$186,709,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,996,394
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$130,712,970
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,047,493
Management and general expenses
$5,173,387
Fundraising expenses
$2,032,564
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,047,493

Program services were 77.7% 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

    $198,440

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $17,324,320

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,295,847

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,490,021

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,560,448

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT REVENUE

    total $6,872,048 · related or exempt $6,872,048

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE HALL RENTAL

    total $243,107 · related or exempt $243,107

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $50,925 · related or exempt $50,925

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,391,756 · excluded $2,391,756

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,298 · excluded $1,298

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14,998,459

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

    securities $14,961,329

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $37,130

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $37,130 · excluded $37,130

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $184,034

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

    $198,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $121,974

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $62,060 · excluded $62,060

  • 11a · Other revenue: FOOD & BEVERAGE SALES

    total $429,080 · excluded $429,080

  • 11b · Other revenue: PARKING FEES

    total $237,823 · excluded $237,823

  • 11c · Other revenue: HANDLING FEES

    total $200,241 · excluded $200,241

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $373,195 · excluded $373,195

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,240,339

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $139,000 · program services $139,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,200,550 · program services $319,753 · management and general $880,797

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,301,273 · program services $13,398,415 · management and general $1,706,226 · fundraising $1,196,632

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,122,441 · program services $974,607 · management and general $89,149 · fundraising $58,685

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,480,583 · program services $2,176,141 · management and general $171,768 · fundraising $132,674

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,236,917 · program services $1,046,681 · management and general $128,468 · fundraising $61,768

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $98,166 · program services $69,861 · management and general $25,747 · fundraising $2,558

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $81,646 · management and general $81,646

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $82,500 · management and general $82,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $164,319 · fundraising $164,319

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,604 · management and general $5,604

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $522,350 · program services $134,791 · management and general $272,334 · fundraising $115,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $912,419 · program services $68,879 · management and general $835,916 · fundraising $7,624

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $909,977 · program services $322,293 · management and general $470,991 · fundraising $116,693

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,574,222 · program services $1,237,634 · management and general $242,607 · fundraising $93,981

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,286,451 · program services $1,132,489 · management and general $93,541 · fundraising $60,421

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,660 · management and general $14,660

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $406,445 · program services $361,736 · management and general $40,645 · fundraising $4,064

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $307,850 · program services $283,184 · management and general $22,424 · fundraising $2,242

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $2,351,752 · program services $2,351,752

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER CONCERT COSTS

    total $1,054,319 · program services $1,030,277 · management and general $8,364 · fundraising $15,678

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,736,000 · end of year $28,954,271

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $39,074,525 · end of year $44,487,598

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,110,407 · end of year $23,105

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $77,394 · end of year $95,564

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,669,331 · end of year $1,714,863

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,442

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $228,365 · end of year $573,369

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

    $41,269,454

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

    $12,859,460

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,586,651 · end of year $28,409,994

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,869,679 · end of year $45,209,588

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,330,014 · end of year $37,241,012

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,625,442 · end of year $3,628,124

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,716,767 · end of year $2,206,559

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $49,604,160

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,040,373 · end of year $557,551

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,654,537 · end of year $27,034,735

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $91,651,689 · end of year $103,678,235

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SLSO) IS TO ENRICH LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. THE SLSO PROVIDES ORCHESTRA CONCERTS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.MUSIC PROGRAMS: THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SLSO) IS CELEBRATED AS A LEADING AMERICAN ORCHESTRA, KNOWN FOR ITS WARM AND ENGAGING SOUND, PROLIFIC AND ACCLAIMED RECORDING HISTORY, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURING ACTIVITIES, AND DISTINCTIVE COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS. THE SLSO REACHES CLOSE TO 400,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR THROUGH LIVE CONCERTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PLUS 430,000 THROUGH PUBLIC MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AND MILLIONS MORE ONLINE. THE SLSO MUSICAL FAMILY ALSO INCLUDES TWO RESIDENT CHORUSES: THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY CHORUS PERFORMS CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY IN UNISON CHORUS FOCUSES ON MUSIC OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN TRADITIONS. COMPOSERS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW ARE A VALUED PART OF THE SLSO'S ARTISTIC MISSION, WITH THE ORCHESTRA INTRODUCING DOZENS OF NEW WORKS INTO THE REPERTOIRE THROUGH COMMISSIONS AND CO-COMMISSIONS. THE SLSO IS COMMITTED TO ITS HOMETOWN, PERFORMING DOZENS OF CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE ST. LOUIS REGION EACH SEASON AND FORMING MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER AREA ARTS AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS. FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THE SLSO HAS SUPPORTED STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS IN ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN THE REGION'S PREMIERE TRAINING ORCHESTRA FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. THE ORCHESTRA ALSO PROVIDES PERFORMANCES AND RESOURCES FOR MORE THAN 1,000 SCHOOLS EACH YEAR, WITH 250,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITH THE SLSO.

    Expenses $25,047,493 · Grants $139,000 · Revenue $7,166,080

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marie-Helene Bernard

    PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $525,820
    From this org
    $464,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,839
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,000
    Deferred
    $19,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,241
    Filer's total
    $525,820
  • Alan Stewart

    TRUSTEE / MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $162,685
    From this org
    $114,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,443
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,482
    Filer's total
    $162,685
  • Bjorn Ranheim

    TRUSTEE / MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $150,478
    From this org
    $109,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,395
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,833
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,885
    Filer's total
    $150,478
  • Steve Finerty

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Galvin

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noemi Neidorff

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen T Osborn

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David L Steward

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emily Rauh Pulitzer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Donald M Suggs

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Tvrdik

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence P Katzenstein

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Bhavani Amirthalingam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Steven Baldwin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry H Beracha

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Spencer Burke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irasa Downing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Eickhoff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Graham Farrell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn F Henges

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Molly Hyland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marjorie M Ivey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Nicholas Kouchoukos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Kenneth M Ludmerer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Mackin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcela Manjarrez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Mannen Berges

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kent McNeil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew O'Brien

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr David Piston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Ragone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bella Sanevich

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephen M Savis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Seward

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rex A Sinquefield

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherry Sissac

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thelma E Steward

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Van Cleve

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan M Veidt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Warne Riggs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Phoebe Dent Weil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Wessel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Winski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Rosenzweig

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $284,911
    From this org
    $225,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,581
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,963
    Bonus
    $20,367
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,963
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,618
    Filer's total
    $284,911
  • David Halen

    CONCERTMASTER

    Total calculated
    $326,294
    From this org
    $279,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,249
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,285
    Filer's total
    $326,294
  • Roger Kaza

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $243,644
    From this org
    $192,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,372
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,022
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,862
    Filer's total
    $243,644
  • Scott D Andrews

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $240,953
    From this org
    $191,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,211
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,982
    Filer's total
    $240,953
  • Julie Gibbs

    VP & CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,013
    From this org
    $182,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,459
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,554
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,459
    Filer's total
    $225,013
  • Erik Finley

    VP & GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $213,115
    From this org
    $190,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,643
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,472
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,429
    Filer's total
    $213,115

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE - THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN ST. LOUIS FOR THE MUSIC DIRECTOR PER WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES OR INITIATION FEES - LUNCHEON CLUB MEMBERSHIP USED ENTIRELY FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES BY THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
PART I, LINE 3
THE MULTI-YEAR COMPENSATION OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL (PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) WAS DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DISCUSSED WITH MEMBERS OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN DEVELOPING THE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION. DATA FROM COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WAS CONSIDERED BY THE CHAIR. AN ANNUAL DISCRETIONARY COMPONENT OF THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BASED UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ESTABLISHED GOALS AND DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE.
PART I, LINE 7
AN ANNUAL DISCRETIONARY COMPONENT OF THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BASED UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ESTABLISHED GOALS AND DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE.

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

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
2022
Filed
19 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421379349302602

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