Nonprofit · EIN 54-6019736
ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Tax-exempt · ROANOKE, VA 24016
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,480,526 | $1,756,418 | -$275,892 | $1,847,630 | $349,447 | $1,498,183 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,475,360 | $1,633,768 | -$158,408 | $2,076,497 | $370,630 | $1,705,867 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,332,611 | $1,600,625 | -$268,014 | $2,233,359 | $410,950 | $1,822,409 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $677,462
- of which government grants
- $87,255
- Program service revenue
- $744,393
- Investment income
- $57,021
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $4,380
- Net income from fundraising events
- $1,650
- Other revenue
- $1,650
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $126,200
- Other salaries and wages
- $726,066
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $932,216
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $29,959
- Travel
- $86,263
- Depreciation
- $5,131
- Program services (functional)
- $1,446,366
- Management and general (functional)
- $232,982
- Fundraising (functional)
- $77,070
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,076,497
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,847,630
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $349,447
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,498,183
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $13,905
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,384,510
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $971,005
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $527,178
- Gross receipts
- $2,316,881
- Employees
- 159
- Volunteers
- 50
- Year formed
- 1953
- State of legal domicile
- VA
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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID WILEY | Music Director | 30 | $141,125 | $10,466 |
| DAVID CRANE | Executive Dir. Officer | 52 | $125,034 | $1,166 |
| CHRIS HEAD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JEANNE FISHWICK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM HURT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLIE HAMMER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL ECONOMY | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN CHISHOLM | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SAMUEL OAKEY IV | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDA CHAPMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MONICA MONDAY | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS VOGADO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| DR LEE LEARMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MAXEY | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HELENE DREILING | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDRA SMITH | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RICHARD GARBEE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| SAM LIONBERGER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID WILEY | Music Director | 30 | $136,561 | $8,916 |
| DAVID CRANE | Executive Dir. Officer | 52 | $137,534 | $1,166 |
| CHRIS HEAD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM HURT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLIE HAMMER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL ECONOMY | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN CHISHOLM | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS CONTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDA CHAPMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HELEN DEAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MONICA MONDAY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS VOGADO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| DR LEE LEARMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MAXEY | Vice President Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HELENE DREILING | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA SMITH | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD GARBEE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM LIONBERGER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM McADEN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID WILEY | Music Director | 30 | $139,493 | $8,455 |
| DAVID CRANE | Executive Dir. Officer | 52 | $120,234 | $8,466 |
| CHRIS HEAD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SYDNEY NORDT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM HURT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLIE HAMMER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL ECONOMY | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN CHISHOLM | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS CONTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDA CHAPMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HELEN DEAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BRETT MARSTON | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY OLIVER GRAY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| DR LEE LEARMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MAXEY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HELENE DREILING | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA SMITH | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD GARBEE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM LIONBERGER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM McADEN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT SANDEL EDD | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1125 1ST ST SW, ROANOKE, VA 24016-4701
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID CRANE, 1125 1ST STREET SW, ROANOKE, VA 24016
- Signed the 990
- DAVID CRANE, EXEC DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (540) 343-6221
- Website
- WWW.RSO.COM
- Return prepared by
- FOTI FLYNN LOWEN & CO PC
Mission
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and choral music.
Program accomplishments
- Entertain and enrich lives through musical arts in Western Virginia by providing orchestral concerts, wellness arts, and community engagement services.Expenses $1,330,743 · revenue $680,315
- Provide music education services and development through classes, our youth symphony, and musical performances to students across Western VirginiaExpenses $115,623 · revenue $64,078
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
- 54-6019736
- 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
- 1956
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A690)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,847,630
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,316,881
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,480,526 | $1,756,418 | $1,847,630 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,475,360 | $1,633,768 | $2,076,497 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,332,611 | $1,600,625 | $2,233,359 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,284,824 | $1,416,390 | $2,287,008 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 54-6019736).
Questions about ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- What is the EIN of ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA is 54-6019736.
- Is ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1956.
- Are donations to ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ROANOKE 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 ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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 ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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 ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DAVID CRANE.
- Who are the officers and directors of ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 18 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $141,125 (DAVID WILEY, Music Director).
- How much revenue does ROANOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,480,526, expenses of $1,756,418 and total assets of $1,847,630 at year end.
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