OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A690

Classification

2000

Street

851 SW 6TH AVE STE 385

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Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 385). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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• OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION IN SALEM

  EIN 93-6031819

• OREGON SYMPHONY FOUNDATION

  EIN 93-1225609

Mission and programs · 2024

• CONCERT SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: THE HARMONY, RHYTHM, AND POWER OF NATURE TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE OREGON SYMPHONY'S 2024/25 SEASON, THE NATURE OF MUSIC. LED BY JEAN VOLLUM MUSIC DIRECTOR DAVID DANZMAYR AND PERFORMED BY THE SYMPHONY'S 77 FULL-TIME MUSICIANS, THE ORCHESTRA EMBARKED ON A THRILLING EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANITY AND THE NATURAL WORLD, FROM CLASSICAL FAVORITES LIKE VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS AND COPLAND'S APPALACHIAN SPRING TO CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY COMPOSERS SUCH AS DERRICK SKYE AND KATHERINE BALCH. SPANNING WONDER, AWE, AND TERROR ALIKE, THE SEASON OFFERED A PROFOUND MEDITATION ON OUR DEEP BOND WITH NATURE. IN TOTAL, THE OREGON SYMPHONY PRESENTED 118 PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.THE SYMPHONY CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTATION AND ARTISTIC EQUITY: 83% OF CLASSICAL CONCERTS FEATURED WORKS BY WOMEN OR COMPOSERS OF COLOR, REFLECTING ONGOING EFFORTS TO BROADEN THE ORCHESTRAL CANON. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CHAMPIONED NEW MUSIC THROUGH THREE COMMISSIONED WORKS, FURTHER ADVANCING THE CREATIVITY AND VIBRANCY OF TODAY'S ORCHESTRAL LANDSCAPE.BEYOND OUR CLASSICAL SERIES, WE CONTINUED TO INNOVATE AND PUSH THE BOUNDS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. WE WELCOMED SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD TO THE ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL, INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY ITZHAK PERLMAN, RAPPER AND ACTIVIST KILLER MIKE, GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY, FUNK FAVORITES TOWER OF POWER, AND THE GENRE-SMASHING VIRTUOSO LINDSEY STIRLING. OUR EVER-POPULAR FILM SERIES TRAVELED BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHILE OUR ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SPECIALS PAID A VISIT TO TWIN PEAKS AND FUSED BEYONCE'S GREATEST HITS WITH BEETHOVEN'S SEVENTH. FROM THE YOUNGEST CONCERTGOERS TO LONGTIME SUBSCRIBERS, THE SEASON OFFERED MUSIC TO RESONATE WITH EVERYONE.

  Expenses $18,509,542 · Grants $10,000 · Revenue $9,556,808

• AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: THE OREGON SYMPHONY CONTINUED TO ADAPT TO EVOLVING AUDIENCE PREFERENCES IN THE 2024/25 SEASON, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN ATTENDANCE, ENGAGEMENT, AND OVERALL REACH. THROUGH DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND TARGETED OUTREACH, WE SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED WITH NEW AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHILE DEEPENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LONGTIME PATRONS.THE SEASON WELCOMED NEARLY 200,000 CONCERT ATTENDEES ACROSS 118 PERFORMANCES, REFLECTING THE STRONG AND GROWING DEMAND FOR LIVE ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCES. OF THESE, 24,622 WERE FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES, DEMONSTRATING THE SUCCESS OF OUR EFFORTS TO BROADEN ACCESS AND INVITE NEW COMMUNITIES INTO THE HALL.IN ADDITION TO FIRST-TIME ATTENDANCE GROWTH, WE SAW A REMARKABLE 134% INCREASE IN CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES, INDICATING GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN HOW AUDIENCES WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE SYMPHONY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CELEBRATED 993 FIRST-TIME SUBSCRIBERS. DIVERSE PROGRAM OFFERINGS, SPANNING CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS, FILM SCORES, CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, GENRE-BLENDING SPECIALS, AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS, CONTINUED TO DRAW NEW AND RETURNING PATRONS. STRATEGIC MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, INNOVATIVE DIGITAL CONTENT, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH GUEST ARTISTS FURTHER AMPLIFIED OUR VISIBILITY AND IMPACT.

  Expenses $2,103,357

• EDUCATION & ACCESS: AT THE OREGON SYMPHONY, WE'RE COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO MUSIC THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, FROM THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. BECAUSE WE KNOW A MUSICAL CITY IS A STRONGER CITY. LAST YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH 334 SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE TO BRING FREE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES TO MORE THAN 35,000 ADULTS AND CHILDREN. THIS INCLUDED 22,731 K12 STUDENTS, 77% OF WHOM CAME FROM LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS, ENSURING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS OUR REGION HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF LIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE SYMPHONY DELIVERED 231 FREE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, REACHING AUDIENCES IN CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SHELTERS, AND PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT OREGON.WE HELD THE EIGHTH ANNUAL LULLABY PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PATH HOME FAMILY VILLAGE, ALLOWING PARENTS EXPERIENCING HOUSELESSNESS TO WRITE AND RECORD ORIGINAL LULLABIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WE WELCOMED MORE THAN 7,000 FOURTH GRADERS TO THE SCHNITZ FOR OUR SPRING LINK UP CONCERT, WHERE THEY SANG, CLAPPED, AND PLAYED ALONG WITH THE ORCHESTRA ON RECORDERS. AND WE PROVIDED FREE CONCERT TICKETS TO HUNDREDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, HONORING THEIR SERVICE THROUGH MUSIC.

  Expenses $420,671

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

  $19,431,069

  Expenses

  $25,654,324

  Contributions

  $9,452,492

  Grants paid

  $10,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $26,312,526

  Expenses

  $22,990,647

  Contributions

  $15,478,617

  Grants paid

  $10,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $16,899,193

  Expenses

  $21,859,289

  Contributions

  $7,913,809

  Grants paid

  $10,000

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

  $26,183,954

  Expenses

  $20,940,068

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,423,833

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,773,397

  Expenses

  $11,474,260

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,740,551

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,520,879

  Expenses

  $20,319,995

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,520,375

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,867,678

  Expenses

  $19,855,371

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,725,331

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,440,541

  Expenses

  $19,702,964

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,323,667

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,692,249

  Expenses

  $18,547,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,270,925

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,220,462

  Expenses

  $16,493,555

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,199,796

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,698,232

  Expenses

  $16,014,735

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,300,775

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,296,198

  Expenses

  $14,416,370

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,606,300

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $13,716,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,468,266

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

• FEAR NO MUSIC

  $10,000

  2023 · 2024 WONDER AWARD

• OUTSIDE THE FRAME

  $10,000

  2022 · 2023 WONDER AWARD

• ALL CLASSICAL RADIO

  $10,000

  2024 · 2025 WONDER AWARD

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $2,041,501

  2024 · Music

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,021,994

  2023 · Music

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $995,397

  2022 · Music

• REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL

  $357,400

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $210,250

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $209,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL

  $191,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $162,900

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $119,490

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $116,000

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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