The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training programs at the highest level of excellence.
In care of Evelyn Barnes
Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
949
Volunteers
1,043
Financial Snapshot
FY ending 2024-08-31
Revenue
$117.1M
Expenses
$123.7M
Assets
$680.3M
Liabilities
$61.9M
Financial history
$123.7M$61.9M$0
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RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $117.1M · Avg: $100.4M
Foreign activity (Schedule F)
Total spent abroad$209.6M
Foreign employees0
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestYes
Foreign trust interestNo
Region
Activity
Spent
Central America and the Caribbean
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Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)
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501(h) election
This 501(c)(3) has NOT elected 501(h) — lobbying is permitted but limited under the vaguer "no substantial part of activities" test.
Political & Grant Activity
Campaign Spending
—
Lobbying
$97K
Grants Given
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
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Address
301 MASS Avenue
Boston, MA, 02115-455
Governance
Voting board members43
Independent members43
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes
Compensation practices
Severance paymentsYes
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionYes
Financial detail (Schedule D)
Board-designated %11.0%
Permanent endowment %42.0%
Endowment held by related orgYes
Fundraising activity (Schedule G)
Uses professional fundraisersYes
Gross fundraising receipts$3.3M
Net to org$2.9M
Retained by contractors$373K
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