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AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE

EIN 23-7300636 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$8,258,126
Expenses 2024
$6,934,935

Program services were 65.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A030
Classification
2000
Street
520 8TH 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CREATE IT, AND CHAMPION THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO THE HEALTH AND VIBRANCY OF COMMUNITIES.

  • LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: THE LEAGUE DELIVERS A RANGE OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING SEMINARS AND WEBINARS, CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS, MENTORING PROGRAMS, AND COHORT-BASED PROGRAMS. IT ALSO OPERATES GRANT-MAKING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IN INNOVATION AND IN EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, ORCHESTRA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, MUSICIANS, AND VOLUNTEERS CAN ACQUIRE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND NETWORKS THAT ARE VITAL TO THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD. THE ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND MID WINTER MANAGERS MEETING OFFER ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHILE PROVIDING A FORUM TO DISCUSS EMERGING ISSUES AND TRENDS, EXCHANGE IDEAS, AND MODEL POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO FIELD-WIDE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,196,304 · Revenue $485,733

  • MEMBER SERVICES: THE LEAGUE PROVIDES SOME 2,000 MEMBERS WITH EXTENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIELD, INCLUDING TRENDS, OPEN POSITIONS, NEW APPOINTMENTS, AND THE MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE NATION'S ORCHESTRAS. SERVICES TO MEMBERS INCLUDE SPECIALIZED GUIDANCE ON OPERATIONS, ARTISTIC, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOPICS THAT SUPPORT THE CAPACITY OF ORCHESTRAS TO DELIVER ON MISSION. MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY, A CONFIDENTIAL SPACE WHERE THEY CAN SHARE THEIR EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND LEARN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE FIELD.

    Expenses $677,850

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: THE LEAGUE PROVIDES ORCHESTRAS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH UPDATES AND NEWS ABOUT THE FIELD; DEVELOPS STRATEGIC MESSAGING ABOUT THE PUBLIC VALUE OF ORCHESTRAS FOR USE NATIONALLY AND BY ORCHESTRAS LOCALLY; FURNISHES FIELD-WIDE DATA AND CONTEXT TO JOURNALISTS; AND PROVIDES MEDIA RELATIONS GUIDANCE TO ORCHESTRAS NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $648,152

  • ADVOCACY: THE LEAGUE REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE ORCHESTRA FIELD; DISTRIBUTES UPDATES ON PENDING LEGISLATION, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOCAL ACTION; AND PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ORCHESTRAS TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY FOR LOCAL AND STATE ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $482,460

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE LEAGUE EQUIPS ORCHESTRAS WITH INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TO FUEL INNOVATION AND PROVIDES THE DATA AND INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE KEY DECISIONS. THE LEAGUE ALSO CONDUCTS, ANALYZES, AND DISSEMINATES A RANGE OF SURVEYS-FROM QUICK QUESTIONS FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC ISSUES, TO ANNUAL, IN-DEPTH STUDIES.

    Expenses $540,210

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.

  • AARON FLAGG

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AFA S DWORKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALAN MASON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALAN PIERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALAN VALENTINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOB WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BURTON ALTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE C MOYE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLES DICKERSON III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLES SCHWEIZER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS DOERR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL SONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ALAN MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ROTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUGLAS M HAGERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH BROWN-ELLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH WATSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY GINSTLING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HELEN SHAFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HENRY PEYREBRUNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ISAAC THOMPSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMEI HASWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES ROE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANET CABOT

    DIRECTOR

    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, 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
    $8,258,126
    Expenses
    $6,934,935
    Contributions
    $7,409,233
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,226,869
    Expenses
    $7,250,076
    Contributions
    $5,013,579
    Grants paid
    $545,443
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,165,913
    Expenses
    $6,771,911
    Contributions
    $5,136,627
    Grants paid
    $622,450

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,956,381
    Expenses
    $6,773,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,866,825

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,931,089
    Expenses
    $7,240,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,789,942

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,931,089
    Expenses
    $7,240,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,789,942

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,846,726
    Expenses
    $8,067,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,342,143

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,953,080
    Expenses
    $8,248,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,934,684

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.