- Revenue 2024
- $3,241,321
- Expenses 2024
- $3,423,244
Program services were 61.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A690
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 301 N MAIN ST STE 1901
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
Mission
TO BRING MUSIC TO LIFE: BELIEVING THAT MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO INSPIRE, THE WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY WILL FULFILL THIS MISSION BY ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY WITH LIVE MUSIC. THE SYMPHONY BRINGS PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND DESIRES FOR AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE MUSIC IN A WAY THAT IS RELEVANT AND MEANINGFUL TO THEIR OWN LIVES. THROUGH MUSIC, THE WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY ASPIRES TO CREATE SHARED EXPERIENCES AND CONNECTIONS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WINSTON-SALEM AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO BRING MUSIC TO LIFE - PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR MORE DETAIL.
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PERFORMANCES: 46 IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES (CLASSICS, POPS, FAMILY, AND CHORUS) AND EDUCATIONAL/FAMILY PROGRAMS SERVING 25,432 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
Expenses $1,536,997 · Revenue $749,379
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PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION: SUMMER PLAY MUSIC CAMP SERVED 38 STUDENTS OVER 4 WEEKS AND SUMMER YOUTH ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL SERVED 54 STUDENTS OVER A ONE- WEEK CAMP. PROVIDED 690 IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR 375 STUDENTS FOR OUR PLAY MUSIC PROGRAM (PIEDMONT LEARNING ACADEMY FOR YOUTH). PROVIDED 120 IN-PERSON REHEARSALS FOR 199 YOUTH ORCHESTRA STUDENTS OF VARYING LEVELS OVER FOUR ENSEMBLES (CHAMBER SINFONIA/PREMIERE STRINGS, YOUTH PHILHARMONIC, AND YOUTH SYMPHONY). PROVIDED 83 IN-SCHOOL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES AT EVERY FORSYTH COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 15,136 4TH AND 5TH GRADE STUDENT INTERACTIONS.
Expenses $559,338 · Revenue $80,907
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.
-
E Merritt ValeE MERRITT VALE
PRESIDENT &
- Total calculated
- $161,162
- From this org
- $149,172
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,990
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,172
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,990
- Filer's total
- $161,162
-
Michelle MerrillMICHELLE MERRILL
SYMPHONY DIR
- Total calculated
- $126,780
- From this org
- $126,780
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Amanda NormanAMANDA NORMAN
VP/COO
- Total calculated
- $115,256
- From this org
- $109,803
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,453
- Hours/week
- 45
-
Amanda LabrecqueAMANDA LABRECQUE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $5,582
- From this org
- $5,582
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan AllenJONATHAN ALLEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alice AndersonALICE ANDERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sandra BroadwaySANDRA BROADWAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eileen MajorEILEEN MAJOR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer LydayJENNIFER LYDAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher GyvesCHRISTOPHER GYVES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edward Hanes JrEDWARD HANES JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David LevyDAVID LEVY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Debbie Wesley-FarringtonDEBBIE WESLEY-FARRINGTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Denise RobinsonDENISE ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lew SapharLEW SAPHAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Malcolm BrownMALCOLM BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael LischkeMICHAEL LISCHKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephen KramerSTEPHEN KRAMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve KarrSTEVE KARR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sue HendersonSUE HENDERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William F Clingman IIIWILLIAM F CLINGMAN III
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol PolkCAROL POLK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Derek HicksDEREK HICKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kenneth FordKENNETH FORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joshua PoindexterJOSHUA POINDEXTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $3,241,321
- Expenses
- $3,423,244
- Contributions
- $2,127,498
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $3,136,645
- Expenses
- $3,252,947
- Contributions
- $1,920,317
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,755,041
- Expenses
- $3,037,148
- Contributions
- $1,640,950
- 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
-
2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,471,563
- Expenses
- $2,934,853
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,175,789
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,203,922
- Expenses
- $1,691,560
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,421,079
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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
-
2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$210,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
$192,815
2023 73 grant(s) for varying purposes
-
$187,406
2022 65 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES
-
$181,503
2024 71 grant(s) for varying purposes
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
2022 OPERATING ASSISTANCE
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$56,650
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$53,500
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.