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DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

EIN 42-6058830 DES MOINES, IA

Revenue 2023
$3,572,179
Expenses 2023
$4,051,749

Program services were 79.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A690
Classification
1000
Street
1011 LOCUST ST STE 200

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 · 2023

Mission

THE DES MOINES SYMPHONY IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA FORMED IN 1937 TO ENRICH, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE THE COMMUNITY BY PERFORMING GREAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. THE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION, GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OPERATING ON AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF MORE THAN 4.2 MILLION, SUPPORTS THE SYMPHONY ACADEMY AND ITS NUMEROUS MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING FOUR YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND A YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE DES MOINES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WHICH PERFORMS SEVEN PAIRS OF MASTERWORKS CONCERTS, A SUMMER SEASON OF FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS AT THE LAURIDSEN AMPHITHEATER IN WATER WORKS PARK, A REGULAR SEASON POPS SERIES INCLUDING THE TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR'S EVE POPS, AND EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND FAMILY CONCERTS. THE DES MOINES SYMPHONY ALSO PRODUCES AND PERFORMS THE ANNUAL YANKEE DOODLE POPS CONCERT IN JULY ON THE GROUND OF THE IOWA STATE CAPITAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE DES MOINES SYMPHONY IS TO ENRICH, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE THE COMMUNITY BY PERFORMING GREAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC.

  • CONCERT PERFORMANCESTHE DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION PERFORMS SEVEN PAIRS OF MASTERWORKS CONCERTS, AS WELL AS EDUCATION AND FAMILY CONCERTS, AND BOTH A REGULAR SEASON AND SUMMER SEASON POPS SERIES WHICH DRAWS AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM THROUGHOUT IOWA.

    Expenses $2,811,312 · Revenue $880,991

  • MUSIC EDUCATIONTHE DES MOINES SYMPHONY ACADEMY PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES.

    Expenses $414,929 · Revenue $281,424

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • RICHARD L EARLY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $183,427
    From this org
    $150,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,979
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,994
    Bonus
    $1,454
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,019
    Filer's total
    $183,427

  • JOSEPH GIUNTA

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $287,469
    From this org
    $255,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,969
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,229
    Filer's total
    $287,469

  • SCOTT WYCKOFF

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $127,931
    From this org
    $105,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,050
    Hours/week
    40

  • BARBARA BEATTY MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS B DORNER MD

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA L YOUNG

    VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LYNNE FLATER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT H WOOTTEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL J BITTERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BRICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZZY NEUGENT DIXON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY EDRINGTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHRYN GREENFIELD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE HIGHTSHOE-LAMBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR YULIA JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAYLEIGH KOESTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RON MAAHS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN MAGRUDER PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN MYERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACY POLYDORAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID SAGULA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY STORK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURIE WOLF PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN COLLINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PROCTOR LUREMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,572,179
    Expenses
    $4,051,749
    Contributions
    $2,414,037
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,165,158
    Expenses
    $3,947,064
    Contributions
    $1,982,439
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,286,185
    Expenses
    $3,499,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,278,487

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,653,432
    Expenses
    $2,441,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,208,795

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,171,142
    Expenses
    $3,561,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,095,559

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,682,472
    Expenses
    $3,688,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,811,777

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,354,502
    Expenses
    $3,387,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,582,364

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,168,103
    Expenses
    $3,233,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,710,025

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.

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

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.