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SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 35-6042189 SOUTH BEND, IN

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Revenue 2024
$2,555,198
Expenses 2024
$2,612,398

Program services were 62.5% 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
127 NORTH MICHIGAN 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

Mission

WE INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN, AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. AS MICHIANA'S PREMIERE PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA, THE SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY IN THE EXPLORATION OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS.

  • IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA REACHED NEW HEIGHTS, WITH ONE OF THE MOST WELL-ATTENDED SEASONS IN ITS HISTORY, ISSUING ALMOST 26,000 TICKETS. THE SYMPHONY PERFORMED IN A PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER, HIGHLIGHTING THE COMMUNITY'S GROWING CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. KEY EVENTS INCLUDED NATHAN GUNN SINGS BROADWAY AND A PERFORMANCE OF COPELAND'S APPALACHIAN SPRING + SILK ROAD. THE SYMPHONY'S EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS CONNECTED WITH OVER 5,600 STUDENTS ATTENDING YOUTH DISCOVERY CONCERTS, AND THE THIRD DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION DREW 1,500 ATTENDEES. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FURTHER ENHANCED THE SYMPHONY'S MISSION TO INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN, AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC.

    Expenses $1,633,571 · Revenue $579,972

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.

  • Justus Zimmerman

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $142,142
    From this org
    $127,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,218
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alastair Willis

    MUSIC DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $137,765
    From this org
    $123,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,090
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rachel Goff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,401
    From this org
    $10,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helene Dauerty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,152
    From this org
    $6,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Bondurant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Coleman PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Everett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Farabaugh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Finlay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Gretschmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Kary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Lamberti CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cordell Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheron Merten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristyne Porile

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Sawdon CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cari Shein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Thompson MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bianca Tirado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marvin V Curtis EdD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Ohmer PhD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Ross PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Breighan M Boeskool PhD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Haines

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $2,555,198
    Expenses
    $2,612,398
    Contributions
    $1,389,071
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,850,284
    Expenses
    $2,526,286
    Contributions
    $1,625,525
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,133,538
    Expenses
    $2,345,623
    Contributions
    $1,129,676
    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
    $2,188,431
    Expenses
    $1,813,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,276,810
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,644,862
    Expenses
    $1,397,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,758,390
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,764,045
    Expenses
    $1,670,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,036,668
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,848,596
    Expenses
    $1,645,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,664,243
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,313,137
    Expenses
    $1,593,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,484,437
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,717,742
    Expenses
    $1,503,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,546,139
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,607,971
    Expenses
    $1,489,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,818,861
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,545,767
    Expenses
    $1,453,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,111,507
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,602,629
    Expenses
    $1,433,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,267,454
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,528,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,494,993

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 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.