PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 250, PRINCETON, NJ 08542-0250

In care of

% MARC UYS

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

Marc Uys, PO Box 250, Princeton, NJ 08542

Signed the 990

Marc Uys, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(609) 497-0020

Website

www.princetonsymphony.org

Return prepared by

WITHUM SMITH BROWN PC

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC TO UPLIFT THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

Program accomplishments

• PERFORMING CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS - A FULL SEASON OF 7 PAIRS OF CONCERTS WAS PRESENTED AT RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM. A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 10,073 WAS REACHED. 23 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS WERE PRESENTED TO A TOTAL OF 2,091 PEOPLE. WHETHER PERFORMING CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS, INTRODUCING MUSIC BY LIVING COMPOSERS, OR HOSTING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AT THEIR FIRST SYMPHONY PERFORMANCE, THE PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. (PSO) IS A CULTURAL CENTERPIECE OF THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY AND ONE OF NEW JERSEY'S FINEST MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS. LED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ROSSEN MILANOV, THE PSO OFFERS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ORCHESTRAL, POPS, AND CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAMS AS WELL AS LECTURES AND EVENTS DESIGNED TO CONNECT THE PUBLIC TO MUSIC. THROUGH PSO BRAVO!, THE ORCHESTRA PRODUCES WIDE-REACHING AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CARRIED OUT IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. A FIVE-TIME GRANTEE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE PSO IS ALSO A MULTIPLE-YEAR RECIPIENT OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS' HIGHEST HONORS - A CITATION OF EXCELLENCE AND DESIGNATION AS A MAJOR ARTS INSTITUTION. THE PSO HAS ALSO EARNED AWARDS FROM ASCAP FOR ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMMING AND FROM THE AARON COPLAND FUND. THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA TO MAKE ITS HOME IN PRINCETON, THE PSO PERFORMS AT HISTORIC RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM ON THE CAMPUS OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS AT OTHER VENUES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
  Expenses $1,401,421 · revenue $580,237
• THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL WAS ONCE AGAIN PRESENTED UNDER A LARGE (11,000SQF) CLEARSPAN PERFORMANCE PAVILLION ON THE GROUNDS OF MORVEN MUSEUM & GARDEN. IN TOTAL, 10 PERFORMANCES IN THE PAVILLION AND 3 PERFORMANCES IN TRINITY CHURCH ACROSS THE ROAD AS WELL AS ACCOMPANYING EDUCATIONAL LECTURES AND ANCILLARY EVENTS. PERFORMANCES INCLUDED A GALA PERFORMANCES WITH RENEE FLEMING, A FULLY STAGED PRODUCTION OF PUCCINI'S TOSCA, ORCHESTRAL POPS, BAROQUE, CHAMBER, DANCE, AND BROADWAY. A TOTAL LIVE AUDIENCE OF 6,898 WAS SERVED. FOUNDED IN 2004, THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL QUICKLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. EVERY YEAR IN JUNE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND BEYOND COME TO THE FESTIVAL TO ENJOY THE QUALITY AND VARIETY OF ITS PROGRAMS. OFFERINGS INCLUDE OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATER AND A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING SELECTION OF OTHER GENRES, INCLUDING DANCE, WORLD MUSIC, ORCHESTRAL POPS, CHORAL CONCERTS, COUNTRY MUSIC, AND CHAMBER RECITALS. THE FESTIVAL HAS LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND LOCAL CHURCHES, AND PROMOTES LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN THE ARTS THROUGH FREE EDUCATIONAL LECTURES PRESENTED TO A WIDE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY. FOLLOWING ITS MERGER WITH THE PSO IN 2021, THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL HAS BEEN PRESENTED UNDER AN ENORMOUS PERFORMANCE PAVILLION ON THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OF MORVEN MUSEUM & GARDEN, FURTHERING THE LONG-HELD VISION TO DEVELOP THE FESTIVAL AS A DESTINATION EVENT, AND TO ENGAGE MORE FULLY WITH PRINCETON'S DOWNTOWN AREA.
  Expenses $1,770,401 · revenue $479,284
• EDUCATION - ACTIVITIES INCLUDED 68 CLASSROOM VISITS, A "LISTEN-UP" WORKSHOP, AND 2 "SCHOOLDAY" CONCERTS. PSO'S PARTNERSHIP WITH YOCJ CONTINUED, WITH IN-PERSON REHEARSALS WITH PSO'S ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR. PSO MUSICIANS RAN SECTIONALS AND MASTERCLASSES. THESE COACHINGS WERE ALSO OFFERED TO GPYO FOR THE FIRST TIME. ACTIVITIES WITH THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL INCLUDED AN INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO AND A SERIES OF OPERA WORKSHOPS TITLED "MUSIC THAT TELLS A STORY" TOTAL LIVE AUDIENCE: 11,537. PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (PSO) HAS A DYNAMIC IMPACT ON THE LIVES AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE ACCLAIMED EDUCATION PROGRAM BRAVO! IS A MAINSTAY OF PSO ACTIVITIES, REACHING MORE THAN 10,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY. NOW IN ITS 30TH YEAR, BRAVO!'S TOURING SMALL-ENSEMBLE PROGRAM ESTABLISHES PSO MUSICIANS IN TEACHING PARTNERSHIPS AT MORE THAN 30 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND SPECIAL-NEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. FULL-ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE HELD EACH SPRING. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, BRAVO! OFFERS LISTEN UP!, A PROGRAM WHICH BRINGS STUDENTS TO CLASSICAL SERIES CONCERTS AND INVITES THEM TO CREATE VISUAL ART IN RESPONSE TO THE MUSIC THEY HEAR. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INSTRUMENTALISTS GAIN INVALUABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THROUGH BRAVO! MASTERCLASSES, TAUGHT BY WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS. SINCE FY21, THE PSO HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CENTRAL JERSEY (YOCJ) IN WHICH THE PSO'S ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR LEADS YOCJ'S TOP ENSEMBLE, AND PSO MUSICIANS WORK CLOSELY WITH STUDENTS AS PROFESSIONAL MENTORS. MENTORSHIP BY PSO MUSICIANS WAS EXTENDED TO STUDENTS OF THE GREATER PRINCETON YOUTH ORCHESTRA (GPYO) FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FY25. FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH COLLEGE, BRAVO! INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCES. PSO SOUNDTRACKS IS A LECTURE SERIES WHICH OFFERS INSIGHTS ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO ORCHESTRATING A CONCERT BY A PROFESSIONAL SYMPHONY. THE SERIES DELVES INTO DIVERSE TOPICS RELATED TO THE MUSIC THAT THE PSO PERFORMS AND WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES: EVERYTHING FROM WHO CHOOSES THE MUSIC, TO HOW INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS AND SECTIONS SHAPE THE SOUND OF THE ORCHESTRA, TO THE STORIES BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL AND OFTEN RARE INSTRUMENTS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY MEMBERS OF THE PSO. LECTURES ARE HELD AT THE PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
  Expenses $424,727 · revenue $27,500

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

22-2327766

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1980

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A69Z)

Assets (IRS master file)

$12,092,985

Income (IRS master file)

$5,435,144

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 22-2327766).

Questions about PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

What is the EIN of PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC is 22-2327766.

Is PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.

Are donations to PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Marc Uys.

Who are the officers and directors of PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 27 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $225,576 (Marc Uys, Executive Director).

How much revenue does PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,801,679, expenses of $4,330,875 and total assets of $12,092,985 at year end.

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