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← THE WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $21,550

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $286,146

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Performance Revenues

    total $187,501 · related or exempt $187,501

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Tuition and Competitio

    total $47,968 · related or exempt $47,968

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,246 · excluded $19,246

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,598

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

    $21,550

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $25,438

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,160 · excluded $7,160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $113,875 · program services $50,000 · management and general $63,875

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $136,193 · program services $58,168 · management and general $6,636 · fundraising $71,389

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,926 · management and general $10,769 · fundraising $10,157

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,431 · program services $8,450 · management and general $5,386 · fundraising $5,595

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,600 · management and general $15,600

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,065 · management and general $6,065

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,338 · program services $12,338

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,164 · program services $1,110 · management and general $15,555 · fundraising $499

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,397 · management and general $6,397

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,170 · management and general $31,170

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,228 · program services $4,228

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,757 · management and general $1,760 · fundraising $2,997

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,262 · management and general $11,262

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,480 · program services $3,173 · management and general $307

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,850 · management and general $1,850

  • 24a · Other expenses: Concert Expenses

    total $278,166 · program services $278,166

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and Reproducti

    total $13,026 · program services $9,945 · management and general $149 · fundraising $2,932

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $6,752 · management and general $6,118 · fundraising $634

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges

    total $4,996 · management and general $4,996

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,770 · program services $226 · management and general $3,507 · fundraising $1,037

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $31,213 · end of year $17,021

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $76,046 · end of year $39,523

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $56,152 · end of year $97,711

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,529 · end of year $3,222

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

    $59,875

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

    $49,220

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,712 · end of year $10,655

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $418,917 · end of year $463,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $105,259 · end of year $3,978

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,650

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,383 · end of year $68,105

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $146,568 · end of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,413 · end of year $6,432

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $393,176 · end of year $357,148

  • 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.

  • 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

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

    Expenses $10,321 · Revenue $47,960

  • 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

  • Kathy Meyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coleman Burgess

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Stike

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Murrell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Carol Ellis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Meinhold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Leathers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Scanlon

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $63,875
    From this org
    $63,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert Roer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Elsbree

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Primer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Amato

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Zimmerman

    Past-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Hiliard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Trubia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Drescher

    2nd Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Austin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Stevenson-Stohl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ivy Bela

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Newton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Smith

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Whitfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marion Dalgleish

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronna Zimmer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Autumn Morris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Birnback

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justine Lerch

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marva Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Browning

    1st Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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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