Nonprofit · EIN 34-1573397
THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Tax-exempt · HURON, OH 44839
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $668,834 | $839,916 | -$171,082 | $774,962 | $146,966 | $627,996 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $665,486 | $849,784 | -$184,298 | $948,043 | $180,941 | $767,102 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $597,436 | $654,931 | -$57,495 | $1,076,933 | $163,926 | $913,007 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $397,614
- of which government grants
- $47,216
- Program service revenue
- $163,175
- Investment income
- $17,400
- Other revenue
- $90,645
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $126,003
- Other salaries and wages
- $108,108
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $273,909
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,080
- Occupancy
- $3,979
- Travel
- $38,452
- Depreciation
- $26,734
- Program services (functional)
- $721,205
- Management and general (functional)
- $83,521
- Fundraising (functional)
- $35,190
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $948,043
- Total assets, end of year
- $774,962
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $146,966
- Net assets, end of year
- $627,996
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $24,211
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $539,860
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $88,136
- Gross unrelated business income
- $5,048
- Gross receipts
- $668,834
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 107
- Year formed
- 1988
- State of legal domicile
- OH
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 May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RON BROOKER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $66,923 |
| CARL TOPILOW | MUSICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $59,077 |
| ALEXANDRIA BALDUFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ALICE SPRINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANN VOIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHARLES DOYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY FLETCHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY MCCORMACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LATA STEFANO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA FELTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| NIKE MENDENHALL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| BRIAN SHIFFLET | MUSICIAN'S REP Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| RYAN GARMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| STACEY HARTLEY | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| ELISABETH BRAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCIA BRAUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE ANDZEJEWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KACIE GERETZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ZACHARY MEYERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARL TOPILOW | MUSICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $64,000 |
| RON BROOKER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $58,558 |
| ALEXANDRIA BALDUFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ALICE SPRINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANN VOIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHARLIE DOYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY FLETCHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY MCCORMACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LATA STEFANO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA FELTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| NIKE MENDENHALL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| BRIAN SHIFFLET | MUSICIAN'S REP Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| RYAN GARMAN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STACEY HARTLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| TESSA STEINEMANN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| THOMAS TUCKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE ANDZEJEWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MARILYN FORSTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANITA JOLLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN MEEHAN-DE LA CRUZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ZACHARY MEYERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARL TOPILOW | MUSICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $66,305 |
| TRICIA CALVER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $9,087 |
| ALEXANDRIA ESPOSITO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ALICE SPRINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANN VOIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHARLIE DOYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JIM STOUFFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JOHN FRANKEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY FLETCHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LARRY MCCORMACK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LATA STEFANO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA FELTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| NIKE MENDENHALL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| PAUL ELLI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| RON BROOKER | MUSICIAN'S REP Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| RYAN GARMAN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STACEY HARTLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| TESSA STEINEMANN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| THOMAS TUCKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1 UNIVERSITY DR, HURON, OH 44839-9719
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RON BROOKER, 1 UNIVERSITY DR, HURON, OH 44839
- Signed the 990
- RON BROOKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (419) 621-4800
- Website
- WWW.FIRELANDSSYMPHONY.COM
- Return prepared by
- BARNES WENDLING CPAS LLC
Mission
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC.
Program accomplishments
- DURING THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2025, THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTED LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING FREE ORCHESTRA CONCERTS AND FREE ENSEMBLE CONCERTS.Expenses $721,205 · revenue $248,772
- DURING THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2025, THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROVIDED PRIVATE MUSIC INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS ON VARYING INSTRUMENTS.
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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Check at the IRS |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 34-1573397
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1992
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $807,570
- Income (IRS master file)
- $914,966
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $668,834 | $839,916 | $774,962 | XML |
| 990-T | May 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $665,486 | $849,784 | $948,043 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $597,436 | $654,931 | $1,076,933 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $728,766 | $620,151 | $1,214,706 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 34-1573397).
Questions about THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- What is the EIN of THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA is 34-1573397.
- Is THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1992.
- Are donations to THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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 THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending May 31, 2027) is due October 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names RON BROOKER.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $66,923 (RON BROOKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does THE FIRELANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $668,834, expenses of $839,916 and total assets of $774,962 at year end.
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