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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$28,230
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$80,680
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$306,528
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2a · Program service revenue: Performance Revenues
total $171,169 · related or exempt $171,169
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2b · Program service revenue: Tuition and Competitio
total $37,505 · related or exempt $37,505
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3 · Investment income
total $15,902 · excluded $15,902
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$62,849
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$28,230
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$21,546
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $41,303 · excluded $41,303
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $65,613 · management and general $65,613
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $169,416 · program services $95,039 · management and general $8,377 · fundraising $66,000
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $24,116 · management and general $24,116
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $18,334 · program services $7,423 · management and general $5,797 · fundraising $5,114
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,010 · program services $2,010
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,860 · management and general $1,860
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $18,610 · management and general $18,610
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11g · Fees: other
total $12,000 · management and general $12,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $7,597 · program services $7,597
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,565 · program services $5,114 · management and general $7,371 · fundraising $80
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16 · Occupancy
total $31,792 · management and general $31,792
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17 · Travel
total $1,580 · program services $1,580
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $22,263 · program services $394 · management and general $20,683 · fundraising $1,186
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,547 · program services $2,495 · management and general $52
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23 · Insurance
total $5,863 · management and general $5,863
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24a · Other expenses: Concert Expenses
total $282,405 · program services $282,405
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $13,179 · program services $2,324 · management and general $9,395 · fundraising $1,460
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Reproducti
total $10,434 · program services $8,349 · management and general $378 · fundraising $1,707
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24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $6,823 · management and general $6,823
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,237 · program services $122 · management and general $6,700 · fundraising $3,415
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $17,021 · end of year $19,087
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $39,523 · end of year $62,790
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $97,711 · end of year $56,679
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $3,222 · end of year $2,363
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$59,875
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$51,767
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,655 · end of year $8,108
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $463,225 · end of year $525,393
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,978 · end of year $3,995
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $3,650 · end of year $2,730
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $68,105 · end of year $77,145
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $140,308
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $6,432 · end of year $7,535
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $357,148 · end of year $400,697
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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.
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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
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WSO hosts a youth orchestra which provides school-age performers with concert performance opportunities
Expenses $13,093 · Revenue $48,442
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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
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Amato Joseph
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Austin Robert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Bela Ivy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Birnbach Jane
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Browning Patricia
director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Burgess Coleman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dalgleish Marion
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Drescher Robert
2nd Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Ellis Patricia Carol
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elsbree David
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Errante Steven
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hilliard Matthew
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Leathers Aaron
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lerch Justine
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Meinhold Stephen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Meyer Kathy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Morris Autumn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Murrell Joy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Newton Joanne
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Primer Howard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robinson Marva
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Roer Robert
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Scanlon Elizabeth
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $66,083
- From this org
- $66,083
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Smith Karen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Stevenson-Stohl Anne
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stike John
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Trubia Richard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Whitfield Kim
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wicks Robinson Robin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Zimmer Ronna
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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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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