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Screen a listWinston-Salem Symphony Association
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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)
$3.2Mrevenue
FY2025 · −7% in 3 yrs117staff
5 of 5years filed
’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.6%
Months of reserve1.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.1%
Middle half of peersMedianWinston-Salem Symphony Association
Where the money goes FY2025 · $3.4M spent
Programs$2.1M61%Management and general$956k28%Fundraising$371k11%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$282k in FY2023, −$116k in FY2024 and −$182k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.2 months, under the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor3
Strong governance
34 of 34 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 10% a year since FY2021, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 3 of its 3 returns, 2% of revenue in FY2025. $15k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending28funders
$597ka year, last 3 years
36%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Arts Council IncSince FY2020$61k$75k$83k$83kAmerican Symphony Orchestra League D/B/A League of American OrchestrasSince FY2022$25k$25kWake Forest University Health SciencesOn and off$40kNorth Carolina Baptist HospitalOn and off$40kRichard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill FoundationOn and off$5k$15k$15kForsyth Memorial Hospital IncStopped after FY2018$15k$15k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$262k$280k$472k$511k$590k$309k$533k10 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$20k$6k$21k$17k$3k$19k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped