ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A690

Classification

1200

Street

23 25 N 6TH ST

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OPERATES THE REGION'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, OWNS/OPERATES HISTORIC MILLER SYMPHONY HALL IN DOWNTOWN ALLENTOWN, PA, AND HAS A TRADITION OF BRINGING INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED GUEST ARTISTS AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGION. THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, WHOSE 74 CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIANS ARE DRAWN FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND FOUR SURROUNDING STATES HAS RISEN TO HIGH STANDARDS OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE UNDER MUSIC DIRECTOR DIANE WITTRY DURING 30 SEASONS TO-DATE. THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST BUDGET ORCHESTRAS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT OWNS AND OPERATES ITS OWN PERFORMANCE VENUE, HISTORIC MILLER SYMPHONY HALL. SINCE THE EARLY 2000'S THE SYMPHONY HAS FUNDED A SERIES OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AT A COST OF MORE THAN 12 MILLION, BEGINNING WITH THE FOWLER EDUCATION WING, WHICH PROVIDED THE 1899 -ERA THEATER WITH MUCH NEEDED BACKSTAGE SPACE AND RENOVATED EXISTING SPACES IN THE BUILDING. MILLER SYMPHONY HALL OFFERS THREE PERFORMANCE SPACES AND FACILITIES THAT CAN BE RENTED TO THE PUBLIC FOR MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SEASON, THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION PRESENTED 18 ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (ASO) CLASSICAL AND POPS CONCERTS, FIVE ASO YOUTH & FAMILY PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, 12 JAZZ UPSTAIRS PERFORMANCES; EIGHT MET IN HD BROADCASTS; AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TWO NEW CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERTS AS PART OF ITS COMPOSER- IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. IT ALSO RENTED MILLER SYMPHONY HALL TO EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR MEETINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND PRIVATE EVENTS. THIS INCLUDED TWO PERFORMANCES OF REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE'S NUTCRACKER WHO FEATURED THE ASO IN THEIR PRESENTATION. THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE VITAL TO ITS MISSION. EL SISTEMA LEHIGH VALLEY, THE DAILY AFTERSCHOOL STRING INSTRUMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM, SERVES ABOUT 130 STUDENTS ANNUALLY WHO HAIL FROM MORE THAN 20 LEHIGH VALLEY SCHOOLS. GROUP LESSONS WERE HELD AFTER SCHOOL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAM'S STUDENTS AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHILE STUDENTS ATTENDING RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD LESSONS 1-2 DAYS PER WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THE SYMPHONY'S YOUTH AND FAMILY CONCERTS AND YOUNG MUSICIANS STRING FESTIVAL WELCOMED THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO MILLER SYMPHONY HALL. THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH TWO NEW CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERTS HELD AT MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY AND THE RODALE ROOM AT MILLER SYMPHONY HALL. THE SYMPHONY BALL, WHICH RAISES FUNDING FOR THESE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WAS HELD IN SEPTEMBER 2024 AND RAISED A NEW RECORD AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

  Expenses $3,692,025 · Revenue $730,461

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $4,669,793

  Expenses

  $4,351,617

  Contributions

  $3,435,919

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,326,486

  Expenses

  $4,606,001

  Contributions

  $2,767,348

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,482,479

  Expenses

  $3,795,510

  Contributions

  $2,361,294

  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

  $4,344,837

  Expenses

  $3,493,239

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,214,374

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,408,487

  Expenses

  $2,253,133

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,521,853

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,454,463

  Expenses

  $3,152,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,046,225

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,454,463

  Expenses

  $3,152,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,046,225

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,527,163

  Expenses

  $3,243,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,055,592

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,595,886

  Expenses

  $3,619,870

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,986,869

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,915,593

  Expenses

  $3,462,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,397,209

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,069,360

  Expenses

  $3,519,566

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,411,750

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,591,773

  Expenses

  $3,541,875

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,562,194

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.

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

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $662,000

  2024 · RELIGION

• UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

  $424,265

  2024 · DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $299,910

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE

• LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $287,180

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE, CREATIVE ECONOMY

• LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $278,550

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE, CREATIVE ECONOMY

• UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

  $153,012

  2023 · DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY

  $149,892

  2022 · DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $102,000

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $55,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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