Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,524,643
- Total expenses
- $2,762,551
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,573,517
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $945,067
- Investment income
- $45,728
- Other revenue
- -$39,669
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,972,621
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $232,329
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,740,292
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,836,699
- Management and general expenses
- $500,769
- Fundraising expenses
- $425,083
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,836,699
Program services were 66.5% 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
$221,231
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$347,235
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,005,051
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$21,493
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2a · Program service revenue: TICKETS & CONTRACTS
total $443,875 · related or exempt $443,875
-
2b · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES
total $501,192 · related or exempt $501,192
-
3 · Investment income
total $45,728 · excluded $45,728
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$27,417
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$221,231
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$67,086
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$39,669 · excluded -$39,669
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $150,033 · program services $37,508 · management and general $60,013 · fundraising $52,512
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,763,093 · program services $1,373,481 · management and general $150,530 · fundraising $239,082
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $42,952 · program services $8,151 · management and general $13,224 · fundraising $21,577
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $147,118 · program services $108,504 · management and general $16,191 · fundraising $22,423
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $18,974 · program services $10,769 · management and general $990 · fundraising $7,215
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $290,603 · program services $74,300 · management and general $164,641 · fundraising $51,662
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $92,854 · program services $48,113 · management and general $20,721 · fundraising $24,020
-
17 · Travel
total $20,889 · program services $12,216 · management and general $5,103 · fundraising $3,570
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $26,935 · program services $10,495 · management and general $16,080 · fundraising $360
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,275 · program services $8,333 · management and general $2,942
-
23 · Insurance
total $26,791 · management and general $26,791
-
24a · Other expenses: ROYALTIES, RIGHTS & REPRODUCT
total $68,418 · program services $66,792 · management and general $175 · fundraising $1,451
-
24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION & EVENT COSTS
total $39,857 · program services $39,360 · management and general $449 · fundraising $48
-
24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS
total $31,220 · program services $23,360 · management and general $7,400 · fundraising $460
-
24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $15,325 · program services $1,219 · management and general $13,403 · fundraising $703
-
24e · All other expenses
total $16,214 · program services $14,098 · management and general $2,116
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $78,723 · end of year $43,736
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $121,574 · end of year $2,195
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $286,538 · end of year $150,486
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $44,318 · end of year $293,839
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $32,749 · end of year $23,235
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$513,448
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$484,659
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $36,043 · end of year $28,789
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,015,645 · end of year $1,990,437
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,395,739 · end of year $1,439,904
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $109,337 · end of year $150,890
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $50,135 · end of year $25,289
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $102,114 · end of year $56,150
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,371,564 · end of year $1,448,593
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,378,179 · end of year $2,291,699
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
For nearly 80 years, San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (SDYS), dba KeyNote, has served as a catalyst for investing in the future of thousands of young San Diegans through the study and performance of music. Through KeyNotes flagship youth orchestra program in Balboa Park (SDYS), its community engagement projects across San Diego (The Opus Project), and its early childhood music curriculum (ChIMES and Music Discovery), KeyNote is becoming San Diegos most comprehensive provider of cradle-to-college music education programs, and is a national leader in innovative community engagement, serving thousands of young musicians and their families each year. At SDYS and KeyNote, we believe that music is a vehicle for giving young people the social, emotional, and academic skills that transcend traditional educational models and prepare them to enter a 21st century workforce. We respect every young person who takes part in our programs, and celebrate their accomplishments as musicians, as
Activities or mission (Part I)
Instill excellence in musical achievement and personal growth through rigorous and inspiring music education experiences.
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San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS)San Diego Youth Symphony is the flagship of KeyNotes music education programs and, for nearly eighty years, has offered its youth orchestra programs in Balboa Park for young musicians, from beginning through advanced levels. Built on four levels of instruction in twelve ensembles, SDYS features weekly rehearsals and annual performance opportunities. To focus on the whole musician, SDYS extension programs also offer opportunities to participate in chamber music, concerto competitions, music theory and composition programs, individual and group lessons, student mentoring opportunities, and more. In 2025, SDYS reintroduced the SDYS Jazz program, offering two ensembles for intermediate and advanced level jazz students. In 2026, SDYS will complete its curriculum with beginning wind, brass and percussion programs that will better bridge our early childhood curriculum to the ensemble program. Community Engagement: The Opus ProjectWe are committed to giving every young person across San Diego the opportunity to receive quality in-school music education. As such, we collaborate with local schools, feeder patterns, and school districts to restore, enhance, and strengthen in-school music programs and arts-rich environments. With on-site access for every student as the ultimate goal, we launched The Opus Project in 2010 in partnership with the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD). In 2015, the success of this program resulted in a landmark $15M commitment to bringing arts teachers to every campus. Today, The Opus Project continues to thrive and we are now replicating, adapting and expanding this program with the San Diego Unified and Santee school districts. In addition to The Opus Project, we also offer limited assistance to schools through community partnership projects, through a program known as Opus Connect, to support music education efforts in elementary, middle and high schools across the county.Early Childhood: ChIMES and Music DiscoverySDYS supports the critical first phase of childrens growth from birth to age seven with programs that promote extended learning at home, support family bonding, and pave the way for future musical instruction and achievement. ChIMES is the first step of this curriculum. By encouraging ensemble-based learning from ages 0-5, we promote stronger pro-social skills, improved speech and language development, school preparation, and ensure that children from all backgrounds have access to quality music programs. The next program in our curriculum, Music Discovery, for children ages 5-7, turns the play-based learning of ChIMES into ensemble-based music literacy classes where children are introduced to the instrument families of the orchestra and, over the course of the two-year program, select the instrument they will ultimately pursue in an SDYS ensemble. Advocacy, Outreach and ServiceKeyNote continues to work throughout San Diego County to ensure quality access to music education, and to educate our audiences about classical music. Our students participate in a variety of community performances, as well as numerous events in Balboa Park. We also collaborate with multiple partners to gather and analyze data with regard to student learning and achievement through music. We partner with schools and school districts across the county to explore the effects of music on children.
Expenses $1,836,699 · Revenue $945,067
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Michael RemsonMICHAEL REMSON
CEO
- Total calculated
- $157,513
- From this org
- $143,757
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,756
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $143,757
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,756
- Filer's total
- $157,513
-
Sameer PatelSAMEER PATEL
MUSIC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $125,021
- From this org
- $104,991
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,030
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Bruce KornfeldBRUCE KORNFELD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark HennenfentMARK HENNENFENT
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ed FranquiED FRANQUI
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Phil BickleyPHIL BICKLEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Regina BuckleyREGINA BUCKLEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Sue GreenwaySUE GREENWAY
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Diane LawDIANE LAW
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Julien WillardJULIEN WILLARD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Marilyn LindbergMARILYN LINDBERG
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Madoka NadaharaMADOKA NADAHARA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Stacie YoungSTACIE YOUNG
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
David SarkariaDAVID SARKARIA
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg StarmackGREG STARMACK
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John LipseyJOHN LIPSEY
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Angelo AriasANGELO ARIAS
Vice Chair
- 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. 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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511339349307941
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