Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by THE WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $569,571
- Total expenses
- $712,446
- Contributions and grants received
- $307,696
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $235,469
- Investment income
- $19,246
- Other revenue
- $7,160
- Total assets, end of year
- $635,335
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $228,187
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $407,148
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $425,804
- Management and general expenses
- $191,402
- Fundraising expenses
- $95,240
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $425,804
Program services were 59.8% 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
$21,550
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$286,146
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2a · Program service revenue: Performance Revenues
total $187,501 · related or exempt $187,501
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2b · Program service revenue: Tuition and Competitio
total $47,968 · related or exempt $47,968
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3 · Investment income
total $19,246 · excluded $19,246
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$32,598
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$21,550
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$25,438
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $7,160 · excluded $7,160
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $113,875 · program services $50,000 · management and general $63,875
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $136,193 · program services $58,168 · management and general $6,636 · fundraising $71,389
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $20,926 · management and general $10,769 · fundraising $10,157
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $19,431 · program services $8,450 · management and general $5,386 · fundraising $5,595
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,600 · management and general $15,600
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $6,065 · management and general $6,065
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $12,338 · program services $12,338
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13 · Office expenses
total $17,164 · program services $1,110 · management and general $15,555 · fundraising $499
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14 · Information technology
total $6,397 · management and general $6,397
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16 · Occupancy
total $31,170 · management and general $31,170
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17 · Travel
total $4,228 · program services $4,228
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $4,757 · management and general $1,760 · fundraising $2,997
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20 · Interest
total $11,262 · management and general $11,262
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,480 · program services $3,173 · management and general $307
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23 · Insurance
total $1,850 · management and general $1,850
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24a · Other expenses: Concert Expenses
total $278,166 · program services $278,166
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24b · Other expenses: Printing and Reproducti
total $13,026 · program services $9,945 · management and general $149 · fundraising $2,932
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24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $6,752 · management and general $6,118 · fundraising $634
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24d · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges
total $4,996 · management and general $4,996
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,770 · program services $226 · management and general $3,507 · fundraising $1,037
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $31,213 · end of year $17,021
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $76,046 · end of year $39,523
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $56,152 · end of year $97,711
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $3,529 · end of year $3,222
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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
$49,220
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $11,712 · end of year $10,655
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $418,917 · end of year $463,225
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $105,259 · end of year $3,978
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,650
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $37,383 · end of year $68,105
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $146,568 · end of year $150,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $22,413 · end of year $6,432
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $393,176 · end of year $357,148
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $50,000
Mission and programs · 2023
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.
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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 $350,294 · Revenue $167,823
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WSO hosts a youth orchestra which provides school-age performers with concert performance opportunities
Expenses $10,321 · Revenue $47,960
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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 $65,189 · Revenue $19,686
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kathy Meyer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Coleman Burgess
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Stike
Member-at-Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joy Murrell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patricia Carol Ellis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephen Meinhold
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robin Robinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Aaron Leathers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Scanlon
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $63,875
- From this org
- $63,875
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Robert Roer
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Elsbree
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Howard Primer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph Amato
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Larry Zimmerman
Past-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew Hiliard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard Trubia
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert Drescher
2nd Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert Austin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anne Stevenson-Stohl
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Ivy Bela
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joanne Newton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karen Smith
Member-at-Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kim Whitfield
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marion Dalgleish
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ronna Zimmer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Autumn Morris
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jane Birnback
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Justine Lerch
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marva Robinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patricia Browning
1st Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steven Errante
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $50,000
- From this org
- $50,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $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
- 2023
- Filed
- 10 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202512119349301811
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