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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SYMPHONY TACOMA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,766,789
Total expenses
$1,535,727
Contributions and grants received
$1,420,870
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$306,314
Investment income
$23,182
Other revenue
$16,423
Total assets, end of year
$1,919,271
Total liabilities, end of year
$102,794
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,816,477
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$825,108
Management and general expenses
$422,434
Fundraising expenses
$288,185
Program service expenses (Part III)
$825,108

Program services were 53.7% 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

    $102,838

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $574,561

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $743,471

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $29,679

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $249,258 · related or exempt $249,258

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $57,020 · related or exempt $57,020

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROJECT MERCHANDISE SA

    total $36 · related or exempt $36

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,182 · excluded $23,182

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $144,843

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

    $102,838

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $128,420

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $16,423 · excluded $16,423

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $283,050 · program services $177,698 · management and general $44,091 · fundraising $61,261

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $591,658 · program services $378,694 · management and general $212,964

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $74,739 · program services $8,945 · management and general $54,399 · fundraising $11,395

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,450 · program services $47,836 · management and general $21,492 · fundraising $5,122

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,725 · program services $1,725

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,150 · management and general $14,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $134,156 · program services $110,052 · management and general $75 · fundraising $24,029

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $120,721 · program services $8,030 · fundraising $112,691

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,011 · program services $19,592 · management and general $24,823 · fundraising $7,596

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,232 · program services $38,009 · management and general $12,573 · fundraising $2,650

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,287 · management and general $2,287

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,836 · program services $20 · management and general $1,812 · fundraising $4

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,195 · program services $959 · management and general $1,236

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,026 · management and general $13,026

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $54,005 · fundraising $54,005

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTIO

    total $14,027 · program services $9,878 · management and general $721 · fundraising $3,428

  • 24c · Other expenses: MUSIC

    total $12,055 · program services $12,055

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $11,668 · program services $7,960 · management and general $3,708

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,736 · program services $3,655 · management and general $15,077 · fundraising $6,004

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $135,589 · end of year $19,142

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $81,438 · end of year $41,691

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $157,984 · end of year $275,549

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $16,219 · end of year $16,147

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $39,456 · end of year $68,960

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

    $128,554

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

    $122,982

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,767 · end of year $5,572

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,100,924 · end of year $1,441,907

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $48,208 · end of year $50,303

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,402 · end of year $10,685

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $82,657 · end of year $92,108

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $664,516 · end of year $964,467

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $827,010 · end of year $852,010

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SYMPHONY TACOMA'S MISSION IS " BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC"

Activities or mission (Part I)

SYMPHONY TACOMA'S MISSSION IS "BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC."

  • SYMPHONY TACOMA ENGAGED IN MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE TO CHAMPION DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ACCESS AND BELONGING IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS. OUR SUBSCRIPTION SERIES FEATURED A DIVERSE ARRAY OF GUEST ARTIST AND REPERTOIRE. AS A CHAMPION OF NEW MUSIC, MUSIC DIRECTOR SARAH IOANNIDES HAS PREMIERED SEVERAL WORKS BY LIVING COMPOSERS, A RARITY IN OUR INDUSTRY. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS RETURNED TO IN-PERSON LAST YEAR. OUR SYMPHONY2U PROGRAM SUPPORTING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STRING PROGRAMS WAS EXPANDED AND DELIVERED IN-PERSON TO SEVEN SCHOOLS AND PROVIDED CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF INTENSIVE COACHING AND PERFORMANCES. WE WERE ONE OF JUST A FEW ORGANIZATIONS IN TACOMA TO HAVE PERFORMANCES THAT WERE USED AS A FIELD TRIP (OUR SIMPLY SYMPHONIC SERIES). IN ADDITION, SYMPHONY TACOMA CREATED OPPOTUNITIES TO HAVE FREE

    Expenses $825,108 · Revenue $306,314

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bil Moss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharon Freeman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharon Bourne-Leader

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Abby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nathan Rosenbaum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dianne K Conway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Dubnar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Troy Bailey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tracy Doyle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rick Meeder

    PREIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Wooster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kit Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Hammond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Connie Bacon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karina Busch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alecia Cunningham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Max Thayer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J Alan Goddard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liesl Santkuyl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Doyle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paula Simon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karina Bharne

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bill Ryberg

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,385
    From this org
    $44,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jenni Warrens

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,716
    From this org
    $7,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Ioannides

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,644
    From this org
    $113,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349305459

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