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FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

EIN 54-6052893 MERRIFIELD, VA

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Revenue 2024
$1,480,090
Expenses 2024
$1,377,344

Program services were 77.5% 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
PO BOX 2019

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

The mission of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra is to explore and present the symphonic repertoire, both traditional and modern, for the diverse audiences of the Northern Virginia region while building the musicians and audiences of the future through education and outreach programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Building the musicians and audiences of the future through education and outreach programs.

  • The Orchestra presents a series of public symphonic concerts during its season to approximately 13,000 patrons. These concerts range from Masterworks to pops and family concerts. Each concert is preceded by a pre-concert discussion educational opportunity.

    Expenses $897,487 · Revenue $855,670

  • The Orchestra presents educational programs, assemblies, workshops, and concerts in many locations and for all ages throughout the season. It performs in public and private schools, Fairfax County parks, and other corporate and public locations throughout Northern Virginia, serving approximately 35,000 residents and students each season.

    Expenses $169,766

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.

  • Jose Figueroa

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Black

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Brownell

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Moore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leland Schwartz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valarie Ney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Murphy

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Kerr

    Ex-Officio & Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $123,293
    From this org
    $118,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,298
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christopher Zimmerman

    Ex-Officio & Music Director

    Total calculated
    $88,725
    From this org
    $84,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,865
    Hours/week
    30

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
    $1,480,090
    Expenses
    $1,377,344
    Contributions
    $585,265
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,186,802
    Expenses
    $1,105,866
    Contributions
    $510,127
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $709,598
    Expenses
    $847,034
    Contributions
    $475,831
    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
    $1,015,396
    Expenses
    $744,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $491,585

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $434,147
    Expenses
    $399,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $398,547

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $721,491
    Expenses
    $623,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $311,215

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $788,091
    Expenses
    $760,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,289

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,723
    Expenses
    $750,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,135

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,609
    Expenses
    $675,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,591

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $680,542
    Expenses
    $655,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $163,744

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $729,212
    Expenses
    $727,923
    Assets (EOY)
    $199,475

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $829,883
    Expenses
    $818,096
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,045

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $941,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,125

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

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.

Declared on its 2023 return

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.