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Screen a listThe Norwalk Symphony Society Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$529krevenue
FY2025 · −2% in 3 yrs155staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−9.6%
Months of reserve1.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+12.3%
Middle half of peersMedianNorwalk Symphony Society
Where the money goes FY2025 · $579k spent
Programs$545k94%Management and general$34k6%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$24k in FY2023, −$59k in FY2024 and −$51k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.0 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor3
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 12% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
6 of the 10 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 5 of its 8 returns, 13% of revenue in FY2025. $10k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending23funders
$75ka year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Walter & Merle Baum Foundation IncOn and off$75kThe Scripps Family Fund for Education and the ArtsOn and off$21k$20k$10kConnecticut Humanities Council IncSince FY2022$25k$14kMaurice Goodman Foundation Inc TrStopped after FY2022$7k$7k$7k–Bucks Creek FoundationOn and off$4k$4k$4k$4k$4kSayles & Maddocks Family FoundationOn and off$2k$2k$2k$3k$6k$3kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$15k$42k$28k$21k$31k$22k11 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$2k$4k$4k$5k$17k$13k$22k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped