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← MOBILE SYMPHONY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOBILE SYMPHONY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,585,306
Total expenses
$2,448,727
Contributions and grants received
$1,121,285
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,449,066
Investment income
$14,955
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,414,989
Total liabilities, end of year
$512,203
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$902,786
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,768,490
Management and general expenses
$564,320
Fundraising expenses
$115,917
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,768,490

Program services were 72.2% 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)

    $241,188

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $880,097

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,376

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Concert ticket sales

    total $1,119,214 · related or exempt $1,119,214

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other programs

    total $265,589 · related or exempt $265,589

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Contracted services

    total $59,052 · related or exempt $59,052

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Other

    total $5,211 · related or exempt $5,211

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,509 · related or exempt $15,509

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

    other assets $554

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$554

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$554 · related or exempt -$554

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,500 · management and general $92,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $694,129 · program services $486,753 · management and general $147,376 · fundraising $60,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,877 · program services $13,724 · management and general $953 · fundraising $1,200

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,721 · program services $51,711 · management and general $3,010

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,533 · program services $40,541 · management and general $15,402 · fundraising $4,590

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,600 · management and general $5,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,099 · program services $66,099

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $188,107 · program services $11,146 · management and general $134,636 · fundraising $42,325

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,690 · management and general $43,888 · fundraising $7,802

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,923 · management and general $21,923

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,514 · management and general $21,514

  • 17 · Travel

    total $526 · management and general $526

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,948 · management and general $1,948

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,965 · management and general $1,965

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,537 · management and general $33,537

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,928 · management and general $26,928

  • 24a · Other expenses: Hall rental

    total $109,690 · program services $109,690

  • 24b · Other expenses: Education programs

    total $126,840 · program services $126,840

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other production costs

    total $274,663 · program services $274,663

  • 24d · Other expenses: Orchestra and artists fees

    total $587,323 · program services $587,323

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,614 · management and general $12,614

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $225,789 · end of year $238,755

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $43,912 · end of year $66,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,281 · end of year $14,713

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,694 · end of year $3,959

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,421 · end of year $24,376

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

    $1,167,269

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

    $814,032

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $371,950 · end of year $353,237

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $94,551 · end of year $141,341

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $541,088 · end of year $572,208

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,252 · end of year $10,431

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $560,114 · end of year $479,697

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $31,352 · end of year $22,075

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,374 · end of year $160,918

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $649,594 · end of year $741,868

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The purpose of the organization is to make lives better through music by producing and promoting symphonic music and delivering music education programs throughout Alabama and the Gulf Coast region.

  • To promote and produce symphonic music in the Mobile, Alabama area including concerts, educational programs in schools, and seasonal family concerts (Symphony served over 100,000 attendees).

    Expenses $1,768,490 · Revenue $1,449,066

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Celia Mann Baehr

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $95,275
    From this org
    $92,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,775
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andra Bohnet

    Director

    Total calculated
    $7,046
    From this org
    $7,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jennifer Ervin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Maxey Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Claire McCarron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RaShawn Figures

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Archnique Kidd

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Holly Gibney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Amanda Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jimmie Hatcher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Karen Outlaw Atchison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Burton Sonenstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Klotz

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David Quittmeyer

    Vice Chair Artistic Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Richard Otts Sr

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Fred Granade

    Chair Development Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Byron Dawes

    Vice Chair Education

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
29 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442549349301129

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