Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,953,840
- Total expenses
- $1,630,555
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,210,155
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $462,556
- Investment income
- $52,113
- Other revenue
- $229,016
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,760,962
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $537,911
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,223,051
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,229,055
- Management and general expenses
- $245,740
- Fundraising expenses
- $155,760
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,229,055
Program services were 75.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,210,155
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2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS
total $445,006 · related or exempt $445,006
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2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND TICKET ADV
total $17,550 · related or exempt $17,550
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3 · Investment income
total $52,113 · related or exempt $52,113
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$245,078
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$55,717
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $189,361
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER
total $39,655 · related or exempt $39,655
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11e · Other revenue, total
$39,655
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $111,190 · program services $77,833 · management and general $22,238 · fundraising $11,119
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $536,676 · program services $375,673 · management and general $107,335 · fundraising $53,668
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $77,406 · program services $55,437 · management and general $14,646 · fundraising $7,323
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $42,590 · program services $29,813 · management and general $8,518 · fundraising $4,259
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,762 · management and general $14,762
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11g · Fees: other
total $15,917 · program services $15,917
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $115,498 · program services $115,498
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13 · Office expenses
total $39,156 · program services $4,245 · management and general $28,733 · fundraising $6,178
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16 · Occupancy
total $70,416 · program services $15,976 · management and general $1,187 · fundraising $53,253
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20 · Interest
total $1,397 · management and general $1,397
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $36,526 · program services $5,479 · management and general $31,047
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23 · Insurance
total $9,138 · management and general $9,138
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24a · Other expenses: GUEST ARTIST AND MUSICIAN
total $367,795 · program services $367,795
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24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $150,228 · program services $149,740 · fundraising $488
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24c · Other expenses: TICKETING AND CC FEES
total $31,298 · program services $15,649 · fundraising $15,649
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $6,739 · management and general $6,739
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,823 · fundraising $3,823
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,634,949 · end of year $1,712,648
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $18,585 · end of year $64,015
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $181,042 · end of year $311,679
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $1,803 · end of year $2,120
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $9,717 · end of year $10,017
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$899,222
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$391,705
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $506,795 · end of year $507,517
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $171,630 · end of year $152,966
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $50,510 · end of year $6,465
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $324,754 · end of year $293,388
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $10,796 · end of year $5,395
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $238,695 · end of year $232,663
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,184,775 · end of year $1,386,518
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $714,991 · end of year $836,533
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY CONNECTS AND ENRICHES OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC, INCLUDING LIVE SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCES IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT; SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES IN AN IMMERSIVE LISTENING ROOM; AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
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AN ANCHOR CULTURAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN MUSKEGON, WMS IS A RESIDENT PERFORMING GROUP AT THE FRAUENTHAL CENTER, WHERE ITS EIGHT-CONCERT SEASON IS THE MOST VISIBLE PART OF A LARGER ARTISTIC ENTERPRISE OF FAR- REACHING COMMUNITY BENEFIT. AT ITS LIVE LISTENING ROOM THE BLOCK, JUST DOWN THE STREET, IT MOUNTS 15 PERFORMANCE EVENTS ANNUALLY FEATURING JAZZ, CLASSICAL, FOLK, AMBIENT AND OTHER OFFERINGS. WMS CONCERTS AND EDUCATION EVENTS BRING 16,500 PEOPLE-MORE THAN 30% OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN AND STUDENTS-DOWNTOWN ANNUALLY, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION ON THE WEST SHORE.
Expenses $1,056,560 · Revenue $1,583,315
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COMMUNITY MUSIC ENCOUNTERS: WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY REACHES DEEPLY INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSIC LOVERS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE CLICK CLACK MOOSIC, A LIVE MUSICAL STORY TIME PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 3-8; LINK UP BEGINNER MUSIC PROGRAM, IMPACTING 4,000 3RD-5TH GRADERS IN 50 AREA SCHOOLS; WMS CHILDREN'S CHOIR, AN AUDITION-BASED GROUP FOR AGES 8-13 PERFORMING ITS OWN CONCERTS AND APPEARING WITH THE ORCHESTRA ANNUALLY; TUNE UP, A FREE BEGINNING STRING PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN MUSKEGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DEBUT STRINGS, AN AUDITION AND PERFORMANCE-BASED GROUP FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL STRING STUDENTS; AND PREMIER STRINGS, WMS'S SHOWCASE YOUTH ENSEMBLE FOR ADVANCED STRING STUDENTS, ACTING AS MENTORS FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS AND PERFORMING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS A FULL STRING ORCHESTRA AND IN SMALLER CHAMBER GROUPS.
Expenses $172,495 · Revenue $181,164
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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SCOTT SPECK
MUSIC DIRECT
- Total calculated
- $114,737
- From this org
- $114,737
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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ANDREW BUELOW
PRESIDENT AN
- Total calculated
- $111,190
- From this org
- $111,190
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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MELISA BAKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SUSAN CLOUTIER CRAIN
CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MERICA DOBRY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LARRY FIFE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BOB GARRETSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
AMY HOSFORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DONNA JOYCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STACY MELLEMA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JASON OLTHOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EMMA PETERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JENNIFER ROSS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATE KESTELOOT SCARBROUGH
VICE CHAIRPE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RYAN STERKENBURG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM TRZASKA
DIRECTOR
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202610139349302326
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