SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A690

Classification

1000

Street

200 E SAINT JULIAN ST STE 601

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

• ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY: ESTABLISHED 2008, THE SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (SPO) A 501 (C) 3 HAS GROWN TO A NEARLY 1.7 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET, WITH 5 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, 60 CONTRACT-AND FEE-BASED MUSICIANS, 50 VOLUNTEER CHORISTERS, AND 19-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SPO HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAVANNAH- METROPOLITAN AREA FOR NEARLY A DECADE THROUGH ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES RANGING FROM CLASSICS TO POPULAR SHOW TUNES. SPO HAS PERFORMED IN A MULTITUDE OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SAVANNAH INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LUCAS THEATRE, CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, TYBEE POST THEATRE, JOHNNY MERCER THEATRE, THE BAND SHELL IN HISTORIC FORSYTH PARK, AND AREA NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTERS. AT ITS LARGEST CAPACITY, SPO HAS PLAYED FOR OVER 20,000 INDIVIDUALS CATERING TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE AUDIENCE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION NEARLY 13 YEARS AGO, SPO HAS STRENGTHENED THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE SAVANNAH-METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH CONTINUAL WORK TO EXPAND PROGRAMS OFFERED AND ADAPT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. OUTSIDE THE CONCERT HALL, SPO OFFERS A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, PHIL THE PARK, AND PHIL THE SQUARES. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OFFERING A FUN, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE. SPO ALSO TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAVANNAH CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. MISSION STATEMENT: SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC, AN INNOVATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATION, WILL ENTERTAIN, INSPIRE AND BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. COMMUNITY: THE SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC "SOUNDTRACK OF SAVANNAH" IS MORE THAN SIMPLY CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC. IT'S AN OPEN INVITATION TO ENJOY MUSIC WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHILE EXPLORING THE UNIQUE PLACES, FLAVORS, AND EVENTS OF OUR REGION. IN FY20 THE SPO WAS ONE OF FEW ORCHESTRAS TO PERFORM IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH CREATIVE COLLABORATION, VENUES, AND PROGRAMMING THE SPO PROVIDED CONCERTS EACH MONTH FOR SOCIALLY DISTANCED AUDIENCES. IN ADDITION THE SPO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH IT LIVES AND BUILD A 3 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PLAN SETS GOALS FOR FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ARTISTIC INTEGRITY SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE SPO TO BE A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. SPO CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SAVANNAH TO PRODUCE AND PRESENT PICNIC IN THE PARK - CREATIVELY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WTOC THE CONCERT WAS BROADCAST WITH A VIEWERSHIP OF OVER 20,000.

  Expenses $1,718,717

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

  $2,561,852

  Expenses

  $2,135,499

  Contributions

  $2,039,683

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,859,460

  Expenses

  $2,152,138

  Contributions

  $1,374,879

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,509,172

  Expenses

  $1,876,586

  Contributions

  $1,169,025

  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

  $1,404,691

  Expenses

  $1,256,644

  Assets (EOY)

  $547,898

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,024,362

  Expenses

  $838,224

  Assets (EOY)

  $392,203

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $959,342

  Expenses

  $1,398,109

  Assets (EOY)

  $356,493

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,499,838

  Expenses

  $1,711,260

  Assets (EOY)

  $592,941

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,530,140

  Expenses

  $1,365,603

  Assets (EOY)

  $839,801

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,379,064

  Expenses

  $1,369,726

  Assets (EOY)

  $702,334

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,284,862

  Expenses

  $1,287,841

  Assets (EOY)

  $716,655

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,354,069

  Expenses

  $1,334,119

  Assets (EOY)

  $656,343

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,250,345

  Expenses

  $1,090,368

  Assets (EOY)

  $617,920

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $854,281

  Assets (EOY)

  $429,072

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

• THE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $167,350

  2024 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• THE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $101,950

  2023 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $72,500

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $60,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $58,150

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $52,881

  2022 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $50,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $40,050

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $31,975

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $31,500

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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

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