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← THE DESERT SYMPHONY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE DESERT SYMPHONY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$691,263
Total expenses
$892,502
Contributions and grants received
$22,200
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$582,564
Investment income
$12,042
Other revenue
$74,457
Total assets, end of year
$472,534
Total liabilities, end of year
$149,900
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$322,634
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$813,839
Management and general expenses
$78,663
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$813,839

Program services were 91.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,200

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERTS AND TICKET SALES

    total $582,564 · related or exempt $582,564

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,042 · excluded $12,042

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $220,839

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $146,382

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $74,457

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,051 · program services $30,000 · management and general $34,051

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $77,924 · program services $77,924

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,988 · program services $22,994 · management and general $22,994

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $122,876 · program services $115,176 · management and general $7,700

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,004 · program services $7,002 · management and general $7,002

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $319 · program services $319

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,286 · program services $3,286

  • 24a · Other expenses: MUSICIANS

    total $257,010 · program services $257,010

  • 24b · Other expenses: GUEST ARTISTS

    total $143,585 · program services $143,585

  • 24c · Other expenses: THEATER

    total $116,441 · program services $116,441

  • 24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY

    total $15,134 · program services $15,134

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,884 · program services $24,968 · management and general $6,916

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $239,275 · end of year $25,136

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $433,049 · end of year $445,618

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

    $28,956

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

    $28,476

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $799 · end of year $480

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $650 · end of year $1,300

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $523,873 · end of year $322,634

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA COMMITTED TO ENHANCING AND ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DESERT CITIES.

  • THE DESERT SYMPHONY ORGANIZES A SERIES OF CONCERTS, RECITALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS WITH PROGRAMS OF MUSICAL, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE THAT ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE.

    Expenses $813,839 · Revenue $582,564

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debbie Shapiro

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $64,051
    From this org
    $64,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rod Hendry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nancy Tapick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Hal Asher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Knighten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Raju Mehta

    DIRECTOR

    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
30 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202620139349302312

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