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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

EIN 04-2103550 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024
$155,422,276
Expenses 2024
$127,925,000

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A690
Classification
1230
Street
301 MASS AVENUE

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).

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.

  • Chad Smith

    President & Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $1,371,354
    From this org
    $1,318,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,255
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,097,476
    Bonus
    $210,000
    Other
    $10,623
    Deferred
    $2,588
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,667
    Filer's total
    $1,371,354

  • Tamara Smirnova

    First Violin

    Total calculated
    $607,314
    From this org
    $594,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,099
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,535
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $401,680
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,009
    Filer's total
    $607,224

  • Maureen Flores

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $538,658
    From this org
    $518,514
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,144
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,756
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $248,758
    Deferred
    $5,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,619
    Filer's total
    $538,658

  • Alexander Velinzon

    Associate Concertmaster

    Total calculated
    $518,232
    From this org
    $467,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $447,478
    Bonus
    $19,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,954
    Filer's total
    $518,232

  • Timothy Genis

    Timpani

    Total calculated
    $419,187
    From this org
    $419,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $419,187
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $419,187

  • John A Ferrillo Jr

    Principal Oboe

    Total calculated
    $412,303
    From this org
    $377,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,444
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,859
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,444
    Filer's total
    $412,303

  • Thomas Rolfs Jr

    Principal Trumpet

    Total calculated
    $404,809
    From this org
    $372,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $372,495
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,314
    Filer's total
    $404,809

  • Paul Eric Krauss

    Chief Financial Officer, thru July 2025

    Total calculated
    $362,808
    From this org
    $314,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,252
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,547
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,009
    Deferred
    $9,517
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,735
    Filer's total
    $362,808

  • Katherine Decelles

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $238,190
    From this org
    $218,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,317
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,805
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,067
    Deferred
    $6,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,947
    Filer's total
    $238,190

  • Joseph Kamay

    Clerk

    Total calculated
    $100,160
    From this org
    $89,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,165
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Noubar Afeyan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Altshuler

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Holly Ambler

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ted Berk

    Trustee, ex-officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William N Booth

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregory E Bulger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ronald G Casty

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Bredhoff Cohen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard F Connolly Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angela Q Crispi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Curry MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynn A Dale

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Phillip J Edmundson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas E Faust Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Todd R Golub

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 — 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
    $155,422,276
    Expenses
    $127,925,000
    Contributions
    $59,254,623
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $117,090,967
    Expenses
    $123,724,110
    Contributions
    $37,094,136
    Grants paid
    $40,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $93,229,092
    Expenses
    $110,636,685
    Contributions
    $35,595,865
    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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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

  • Project STEP

    $40,000

    2023 To support high-quality music education and training programs.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.