READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A690

Classification

2000

Street

100 N 5TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES:THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO EXCEPTIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC TO THE CITIZENS OF BERKS COUNTY AND BEYOND. SINCE 1913, THE RSO IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SYMPHONIES, THE ASSOCIATION HAS PERFORMED MASTERWORKS FROM BACH TO BEETHOVEN, AND MANY MORE, AND HAS BEEN JOINED BY ILLUSTRIOUS GUEST SOLOISTS. THE ORCHESTRA TYPICALLY PERFORMS SIX CONCERTS ANNUALLY ON ITS CLASSICS SERIES WITH ADDITIONAL POPS PERFORMANCES AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $1,142,394 · Revenue $385,806

• ORCHESTRA EDUCATION:ORCHESTRA EDUCATION EXTENDS TO SCHOOL-DAY CONCERTS FOR THOUSANDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS. WE CONDUCTED AN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING WILSON, READING, OLEY VALLEY AND EXETER FOR THIRD & FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS. THERE WERE 2 PERFORMANCES FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,600 STUDENTS.SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O.THE ASSOCIATION'S NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. AMONG OTHERS, THE READING SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND JUNIOR STRINGS PROGRAM GIVES MORE THAN 100 TALENTED AREA MUSIC STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ADVANCED ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SKILLED ARTISTIC STAFF; THE ORCHESTRA ZONE PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE PRIVATE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN THE READING SCHOOL DISTRICT; ADVANCED MUSIC STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT BERKS COUNTY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN PRE-CONCERT LOBBY PERFORMANCES PRIOR TO READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS.

  Expenses $138,509 · Revenue $23,226

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,942,230

  Expenses

  $1,664,860

  Contributions

  $1,019,550

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,625,865

  Expenses

  $1,707,984

  Contributions

  $1,067,532

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,247,835

  Expenses

  $1,454,708

  Contributions

  $851,436

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,809,021

  Expenses

  $1,624,416

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,131,744

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,045,145

  Expenses

  $937,538

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,225,635

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,256,996

  Expenses

  $1,272,071

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,856,738

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,753,164

  Expenses

  $1,463,992

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,936,663

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,171,693

  Expenses

  $1,152,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,744,531

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,249,176

  Expenses

  $1,338,914

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,772,722

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,239,893

  Expenses

  $1,252,842

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,651,120

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,205,408

  Expenses

  $1,203,917

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,637,506

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,190,897

  Expenses

  $1,239,030

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,688,907

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,223,930

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,638,146

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $128,630

  2022 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR CONCERT, EDUCATION AND CONCERT PROGRAM EXPENSES

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $126,620

  2023 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR CONCERT, EDUCATION AND CONCERT PROGRAM EXPENSES

• READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

  $118,395

  2024 · RESTRICTED GRANT FOR CONCERT AND OUTREACH EXPENSES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $22,450

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $19,159

  2024 · FOR A VISUAL & MUSICAL MOSAIC: WHAT BERKS COUNTY MEANS TO MESTUDENT PHOTOS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $18,100

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $16,850

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $15,000

  2025 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $14,000

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $12,000

  2023 · FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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