West Suburban Symphony

Legal name: West Suburban Symphony Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363776307
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hinsdale, Illinois, US
Phone
630.887.7464
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,000
Expenses
$123,295
Assets
$77,563
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Lukes (President)
  • Kathryn Macal (Vice President/Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Bobis (Director)
  • Philip Jacobs (Director)
  • Karen Campbell (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Delight audiences by offering enjoyable and affordable musical programs in the Chicago area; inspire, educate and foster the musical talent of children and young adults; enrich the musical lives of our members and the communities where we perform.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program Service Accomplishments: The Society's musical groups presented 6 public concerts during the period July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Those concerts were as follows: On 8-3-2024: Cinema Classics, outdoors at Cantigny Park, Wheaton, audience of 1000. On 10-26-204, Illusions, at Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, audience of 147. On 12-8-2024, Merry, at Hinsdale Central High School, audience of 594. On 3-8-2025, Ode to Joy, at Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, audience of 500. On 5-4-2025. May the Fourth (and the Force) Be with Us All, Hinsdale Central High School, audience of 567. On 6-22-2025, Legendary Opera, at Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, audience of 350.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 17 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.