IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile
Boston Symphony Orchestra INC
Overview
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s mission is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to the making of music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performance and providing educational and training programs at the highest level of excellence. Contact Boston Symphony Hall. One of the world’s most beloved music festivals, Tanglewood is the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its training academy, the Tanglewood Music Center, as well as the Boston Pops. It’s also the year-round home of the Tanglewood Learning Institute. In a typical summer, Tanglewood welcomes more than 350,000 visitors to performances, recitals, and seminars across 500 acres nestled between Lenox and Stockbridge. Musicians Get to know the players, singers, conductors, and librarians of the BSO and Boston Pops. Symphony Hall exterior view of Huntington Ave entrance...
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
- Faith identity / affiliation
- {'basis': [], 'value': None, 'evidence': [], 'confidence': 0.2, 'serves_all_regardless_of_religion': None}
- Official website
- https://www.bso.org
- Public contact
- 617-266-1200 · [email protected]
Places of Operation
Public sources identify operations or appeals in 1 place.
Boston, Ma
Official Sources and Evidence
This profile summarizes 6 official source pages and 60 evidence items alongside IRS Form 990 data.
Financials
- Filing year
- 2023
- Total revenue
- $117.1M
- Total expenses
- $123.7M
- Total assets
- $680.3M
- Program expenses
- $99.1M
- Administration
- $17.4M
- Fundraising
- $7.2M
- Program share of expenses
- 80%
- EIN
- 42103550
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
- Location
- Boston, MA
Leadership and Compensation
- Gail Samuel - Former President and CEO
- $1.7M
- Jeffrey Dunn - Former President & CEO
- $601K
- Maureen Flores - Chief Development Officer
- $452K
- Chad Smith - President & Chief Executive Officer
- $375K
- John A Ferrillo Jr - Principal Oboe
- $372K
- Alexander Velinzon - Associate Concertmaster
- $370K
- Toby Oft - Principal Trombone
- $361K
- Richard Sebring - Principal Horn
- $354K
- Timothy Genis - Timpani
- $348K
- Katherine Decelles - Clerk of the Board (until April 2024)
- $232K
Officers, directors and key employees with total reported compensation, from Form 990 Part VII.
Governance
- Voting board members
- 43
- Independent members
- 43
Grants
- Grants to U.S. organizations and individuals
- $40K
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