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← THE WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$681,317
Total expenses
$719,244
Contributions and grants received
$415,438
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$208,674
Investment income
$15,902
Other revenue
$41,303
Total assets, end of year
$678,415
Total liabilities, end of year
$227,718
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$450,697
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$414,852
Management and general expenses
$225,430
Fundraising expenses
$78,962
Program service expenses (Part III)
$414,852

Program services were 57.7% 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

    $28,230

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $80,680

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $306,528

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Performance Revenues

    total $171,169 · related or exempt $171,169

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Tuition and Competitio

    total $37,505 · related or exempt $37,505

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,902 · excluded $15,902

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,849

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

    $28,230

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,546

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $41,303 · excluded $41,303

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $65,613 · management and general $65,613

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $169,416 · program services $95,039 · management and general $8,377 · fundraising $66,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,116 · management and general $24,116

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,334 · program services $7,423 · management and general $5,797 · fundraising $5,114

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,010 · program services $2,010

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,860 · management and general $1,860

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $18,610 · management and general $18,610

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,597 · program services $7,597

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,565 · program services $5,114 · management and general $7,371 · fundraising $80

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,792 · management and general $31,792

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,580 · program services $1,580

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,263 · program services $394 · management and general $20,683 · fundraising $1,186

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,547 · program services $2,495 · management and general $52

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,863 · management and general $5,863

  • 24a · Other expenses: Concert Expenses

    total $282,405 · program services $282,405

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $13,179 · program services $2,324 · management and general $9,395 · fundraising $1,460

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing and Reproducti

    total $10,434 · program services $8,349 · management and general $378 · fundraising $1,707

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $6,823 · management and general $6,823

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,237 · program services $122 · management and general $6,700 · fundraising $3,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $17,021 · end of year $19,087

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $39,523 · end of year $62,790

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $97,711 · end of year $56,679

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,222 · end of year $2,363

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

    $59,875

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

    $51,767

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,655 · end of year $8,108

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $463,225 · end of year $525,393

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,978 · end of year $3,995

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,650 · end of year $2,730

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,105 · end of year $77,145

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $140,308

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,432 · end of year $7,535

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $357,148 · end of year $400,697

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $50,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (WSO) provides symphonic music at the highest degree of excellance through performance opportunities for regaional musicians and educational and community outreach programs for our community's youth.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (WSO) provides symphonic music at the highest degree of excellance through performance opportunities for regional musicians and educational and community outreach programs for our community's youth.

  • Wilmington Symphony Orchestra held a series of performances for the local community, providing performance opportunities for area musicians and providing the region the cultural benefits of a symphony. WSO's orchestra members are drawn from the local community, although some specialty players are attracted from the wider region.

    Expenses $291,971 · Revenue $160,232

  • WSO hosts a youth orchestra which provides school-age performers with concert performance opportunities

    Expenses $13,093 · Revenue $48,442

  • WSO hosts various community and school outreach programs designed to bring symphonic music to students and the community at large

    Expenses $109,788

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amato Joseph

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Austin Robert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bela Ivy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Birnbach Jane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Browning Patricia

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Burgess Coleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dalgleish Marion

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Drescher Robert

    2nd Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellis Patricia Carol

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elsbree David

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Errante Steven

    Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hilliard Matthew

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leathers Aaron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lerch Justine

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Meinhold Stephen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Meyer Kathy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morris Autumn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Murrell Joy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Newton Joanne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Primer Howard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robinson Marva

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roer Robert

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Scanlon Elizabeth

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $66,083
    From this org
    $66,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Smith Karen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stevenson-Stohl Anne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stike John

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Trubia Richard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Whitfield Kim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wicks Robinson Robin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Zimmer Ronna

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zimmerman Larry

    Past President

    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
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349313036

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