Nonprofit · EIN 38-6092131
WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY
Tax-exempt · MUSKEGON, MI 49440
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,953,840 | $1,630,555 | $323,285 | $2,760,962 | $537,911 | $2,223,051 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,837,877 | $1,545,214 | $292,663 | $2,524,521 | $624,755 | $1,899,766 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,210,155
- Program service revenue
- $462,556
- Investment income
- $52,113
- Net income from fundraising events
- $189,361
- Other revenue
- $229,016
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $111,190
- Other salaries and wages
- $536,676
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $767,862
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $14,762
- Occupancy
- $70,416
- Depreciation
- $36,526
- Program services (functional)
- $1,229,055
- Management and general (functional)
- $245,740
- Fundraising (functional)
- $155,760
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,524,521
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,760,962
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $537,911
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,223,051
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $507,517
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,386,518
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $836,533
- Gross receipts
- $2,009,557
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 78
- Year formed
- 1939
- State of legal domicile
- MI
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT SPECK | MUSIC DIRECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,737 |
| ANDREW BUELOW | PRESIDENT AN Officer | 40 | $111,190 |
| MELISA BAKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN CLOUTIER CRAIN | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MERICA DOBRY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY FIFE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB GARRETSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HOSFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONNA JOYCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STACY MELLEMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON OLTHOFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMMA PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE KESTELOOT SCARBROUGH | VICE CHAIRPE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN STERKENBURG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOM TRZASKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW BUELOW | PRESIDENT AN Officer | 40 | $118,210 |
| SCOTT SPECK | MUSIC DIRECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,895 |
| MELISA BAKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN CLOUTIER CRAIN | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MERICA DOBRY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY FIFE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB GARRETSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HOSFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONNA JOYCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STACY MELLEMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON OLTHOFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMMA PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER ROSS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE KESTELOOT SCARBROUGH | VICE CHAIRPE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN STERKENBURG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM TRZASKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 360 W WESTERN AVE STE 200, MUSKEGON, MI 49440-1268
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ANDREW BUELOW, 360 W WESTERN AVENUE, SUITE 200, MUSKEGON, MI 49440
- Signed the 990
- ANDREW BUELOW, PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Phone
- (231) 726-3231
- Website
- WWW.WESTMICHIGANSYMPHONY.ORG
- Return prepared by
- H&S COMPANIES PC
Mission
WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY CONNECTS AND ENRICHES OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC, INCLUDING LIVE SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCES IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT; SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES IN AN IMMERSIVE LISTENING ROOM; AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
Program accomplishments
- AN ANCHOR CULTURAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN MUSKEGON, WMS IS A RESIDENT PERFORMING GROUP AT THE FRAUENTHAL CENTER, WHERE ITS EIGHT-CONCERT SEASON IS THE MOST VISIBLE PART OF A LARGER ARTISTIC ENTERPRISE OF FAR- REACHING COMMUNITY BENEFIT. AT ITS LIVE LISTENING ROOM THE BLOCK, JUST DOWN THE STREET, IT MOUNTS 15 PERFORMANCE EVENTS ANNUALLY FEATURING JAZZ, CLASSICAL, FOLK, AMBIENT AND OTHER OFFERINGS. WMS CONCERTS AND EDUCATION EVENTS BRING 16,500 PEOPLE-MORE THAN 30% OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN AND STUDENTS-DOWNTOWN ANNUALLY, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION ON THE WEST SHORE.Expenses $1,056,560 · revenue $1,583,315
- COMMUNITY MUSIC ENCOUNTERS: WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY REACHES DEEPLY INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSIC LOVERS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE CLICK CLACK MOOSIC, A LIVE MUSICAL STORY TIME PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 3-8; LINK UP BEGINNER MUSIC PROGRAM, IMPACTING 4,000 3RD-5TH GRADERS IN 50 AREA SCHOOLS; WMS CHILDREN'S CHOIR, AN AUDITION-BASED GROUP FOR AGES 8-13 PERFORMING ITS OWN CONCERTS AND APPEARING WITH THE ORCHESTRA ANNUALLY; TUNE UP, A FREE BEGINNING STRING PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN MUSKEGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DEBUT STRINGS, AN AUDITION AND PERFORMANCE-BASED GROUP FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL STRING STUDENTS; AND PREMIER STRINGS, WMS'S SHOWCASE YOUTH ENSEMBLE FOR ADVANCED STRING STUDENTS, ACTING AS MENTORS FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS AND PERFORMING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS A FULL STRING ORCHESTRA AND IN SMALLER CHAMBER GROUPS.Expenses $172,495 · revenue $181,164
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-6092131
- 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
- 1944
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A690)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,760,962
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,009,557
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,953,840 | $1,630,555 | $2,760,962 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,837,877 | $1,545,214 | $2,524,521 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,510,425 | $1,466,226 | $2,298,759 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,691,459 | $1,313,724 | $1,923,176 | 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 38-6092131).
Questions about WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY
- What is the EIN of WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY is 38-6092131.
- Is WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1944.
- Are donations to WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY 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 WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY 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 WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY 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 WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ANDREW BUELOW.
- Who are the officers and directors of WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $114,737 (SCOTT SPECK, MUSIC DIRECT).
- How much revenue does WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,953,840, expenses of $1,630,555 and total assets of $2,760,962 at year end.
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