Nonprofit · EIN 74-1157373
HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · HOUSTON, TX 77002
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $45,248,050 | $40,571,725 | $4,676,325 | $6,792,521 | $12,294,978 | -$5,502,457 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $38,784,878 | $36,945,285 | $1,839,593 | $13,065,626 | $23,244,408 | -$10,178,782 |
| May 31, 2023 | 990 | $33,373,525 | $34,437,464 | -$1,063,939 | $7,742,932 | $19,761,307 | -$12,018,375 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $30,835,960
- of which government grants
- $237,443
- Program service revenue
- $14,543,101
- Investment income
- $10,882
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$37,163
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$253,523
- Other revenue
- -$141,893
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,482,080
- Other salaries and wages
- $19,141,720
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $26,189,634
- Professional fundraising fees
- $50,366
- Legal fees
- $75,837
- Accounting fees
- $60,754
- Occupancy
- $1,201,086
- Travel
- $790,449
- Depreciation
- $211,450
- Program services (functional)
- $33,488,906
- Management and general (functional)
- $2,549,861
- Fundraising (functional)
- $4,532,958
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $13,065,626
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,792,521
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,294,978
- Net assets, end of year
- -$5,502,457
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,210,861
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$8,859,084
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,356,627
- Gross unrelated business income
- $98,216
- Gross receipts
- $46,544,193
- Employees
- 678
- Volunteers
- 675
- Year formed
- 1913
- State of legal domicile
- TX
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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Valcuha | Music Director Key employee | 40 | $658,856 | $9,823 |
| John Mangum | Executive Director/CEO (thru 09/24) Officer | 40 | $432,679 | $39,824 |
| Yoonshin Song | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $362,011 | $8,377 |
| Elizabeth Condic | CFO, Interim CEO Officer | 40 | $281,712 | $30,989 |
| Victoria Dominguez | Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 40 | $233,301 | $20,275 |
| Mark Nuccio | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $232,752 | $19,928 |
| Bill Vermeulen | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $207,605 | $27,479 |
| Brinton Smith | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $209,004 | $23,081 |
| Jonathan Fischer | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $213,929 | $8,546 |
| Barbara Burger | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Janet Clark | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| John Rydman | Immediate Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Stude | Chairman Emeritus Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Morico | General Counsel Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara McCelvey | Secretary, Chair-Development Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
104 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ayre | Chair, Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Brad Corson | Chair, Governance & Leadership Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Evan Glick | Chair, Popular Programming Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Mary Lynn Marks | Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Sippi Khurana | Chair, Ed. & Communication Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Robert Orr | Chair, Strategic Planning Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Carey Kirkpatrick | Chair, Marketing & Communications Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Ed Schneider | Chair, Community Patnerships Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Jesse Tutor | Chair, Audit Committee Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Christopher Armstrong | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Gary Beauchamp | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| David J Beck | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| James M Bell Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Nancy Shelton Bratic | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Terry Ann Brown | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Eric Brueggeman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Lindsay Buchanan | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Bill Bullock | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ralph Burch | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Mary Kathryn Campion | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| John Cassidy | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| John T Cater | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Robert Chanon | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Heaven Chee | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Michael H Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Virginia Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Aoife Cunningham | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Andrew Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Denise Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Manuel Delgado | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Allen Deutsch | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Tracy Dieterich | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Joan Duff | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Connie Dyer | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Kelli Cohen Fein | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jeffrey B Firestone | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Eugene Fong | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Aggie Foster | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Julia Anderson Frankel | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ronald G Franklin | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Carolyn Gaidos | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Lidiya Gold | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Claudio Gutierrez | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Lorri Harrington | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jeff Hiller | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Grace Ho | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Gary L Hollingsworth | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Brian James | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Dawn James | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Rick Jaramillo | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| David J M Key | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| I Ray Kirk | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| David Krieger | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Kenny Kurtzman | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Cindy Levit | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Matthew Loden | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Isabel Stude Lummis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Cora Sue Mach | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Steven Mach | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Michael Mann | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Rodney Margolis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Elissa Martin | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Nancy Martin | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jack Matzer | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jackie Wolens Mazow | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Aprill Nelson | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Leslie Nossaman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Tim Ong | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Edward C Osterberg Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Zeljko Pavlovic | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Chris Powers | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Gloria Pryzant | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Heidi Rockecharlie | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Miwa Sakashita | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Britney Sakowitz | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ted Sarosdy | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Andrew Schwaitzberg | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Helen P Shaffer | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Becky Shaw | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ryan Silverman | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Robert B Sloan | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jim R Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Miles O Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Quentin Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Tad Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Anthony Speier | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Justin Stenberg | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Tina Raham Stewart | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Nanako Tingleaf | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| William J Toomey II | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Betty Tutor | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Bobby Tudor | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Margaret Waisman | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Gretchen Watkins | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Frederic A Weber | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Robert Weiner | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Vicki West | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Margaret Alkek Williams | Governing Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Steven J Williams | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| David J Wuthrich | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ellen A Yarrell | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Robert Yekovich | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Gary Ginstling | Executive Director/CEO (as of 02/25) Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 110 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Valcuha | Music Director Key employee | 40 | $638,894 | $9,630 |
| John Mangum | Executive Director/CEO Officer | 40 | $446,207 | $48,646 |
| Yoonshin Song | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $348,740 | $15,730 |
| Nancy Giles | Chief Development Officer Key employee | 40 | $247,489 | $22,450 |
| Elizabeth Condic | Chief Financial Officer Officer | 40 | $232,469 | $30,733 |
| Mark Nuccio | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $223,382 | $29,524 |
| Gwen Watkins | Marketing Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $228,395 | $11,420 |
| Bill Vermeulen | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $198,035 | $38,804 |
| Victoria Dominguez | Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 40 | $215,164 | $19,288 |
| Brinton Smith | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $200,360 | $33,832 |
| Barbara Burger | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Janet Clark | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| John Rydman | Immediate Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Stude | Chairman Emeritus Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Morico | General Counsel Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara McCelvey | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lidiya Gold | Chair, Development Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Jonathan Ayre | Chair, Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Brad Corson | Chair, Governance & Leadership Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Evan Glick | Chair, Popular Programming Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Lynn Marks | Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sippi Khurana | Chair, Education Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Orr | Chair, Strategic Planning Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Manuel Delgado | Chair, Marketing & Communication Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Ed Schneider | Chair, Community Partnerships Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse Tutor | Chair, Audit Committee Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Mach | Immediate Past Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Bobby Tudor | At-Large Executive Comm. Member Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Beachamp | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David J Beck | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| James M Bell Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Shelton Bratic | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Ann Brown | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Eric Brueggeman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lindsay Buchanan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Bullock | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ralph Burch | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dougal Cameron | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Kathryn Campion | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John Cassidy | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John T Cater | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Chanon | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Heaven Chee | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael H Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Virginia Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Denise Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Allen Deutsch | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tracy Dieterich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joan Duff | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Conner Dyer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey B Firestone | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Eugene Fong | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Aggie Foster | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Julia Anderson Frankel | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald G Franklin | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carolyn Gaidos | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Hiller | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Grace Ho | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary L Hollingsworth | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| William D Hunt | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian James | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dawn James | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rick Jaramillo | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David J M Key | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| I Ray Kirk | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carey Kirkpatrick | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Krieger | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kenny Kurtzman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Levit | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mathew Loden | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Isabel Stude Lummis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Cora Sue Mach | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Mann | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Margolis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jay Marks | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elissa Martin | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jack Matzer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jackie Wolens Mazow | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander K McLanahan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn Miles | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Aprill Nelson | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tammy Tran Nguyen | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Leslie Nossaman | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Edward C Osterberg Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Zeljko Pavlovic | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Powers | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gloria Pryzant | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Miwa Sakashita | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Schwaitzberg | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Helen P Shaffer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert B Sloan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim R Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Miles O Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Quentin Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anthony Speier | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Raham Stewart | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ishwaria M Subbiah | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| William J Toomey II | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Shirley Toomim | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Waisman | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gretchen Watkins | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederic A Weber | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki West | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Alkek Williams | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven J Williams | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David J Wuthrich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ellen A Yarrell | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Yekovich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2023: 124 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mangum | Executive Director/CEO Officer | 40 | $471,656 | $48,366 |
| Yoonshin Song | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $327,155 | $15,459 |
| Juraj Valcuha | Music Director Key employee | 40 | $271,500 | $5,284 |
| Nancy Giles | Chief Development Officer Key employee | 40 | $251,370 | $22,236 |
| Elizabeth Condic | Chief Financial Officer Officer | 40 | $211,426 | $34,342 |
| Mark Nuccio | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $205,322 | $31,002 |
| Victoria Dominguez | Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 40 | $210,466 | $18,104 |
| Brinton Smith | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $189,048 | $31,912 |
| Eric Halen | Musician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $183,480 | $23,373 |
| Gwen Watkins | Marketing Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $194,362 | $8,974 |
| John Rydman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Janet Clark | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara McCelvey | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Burger | President-Elect Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Mach | Immediate Past Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Jonathan Ayre | Chair, Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Brad Corson | Chair, Governance & Leadership Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Manuel Delgado | Chair, Marketing & Communication Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Evan Glick | Chair, Popular Programming Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lidiya Gold | Chair, Development Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sippi Khurana | Chair, Education Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Lynn Marks | Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Morico | General Counsel Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Orr | Chair, Strategic Planning Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Ed Schneider | Chair, Community Partnerships Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Miles Smith | Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Stude | Chairman Emeritus Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse Tutor | Chair, Audit Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Bobby Tudor | Governing Director Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Maria Backus | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Janice Barrow | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Beauchamp | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Beck | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| James Bell Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Devinder Bhatia | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tony Bradfield | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Shelton Bratic | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Ann Brown | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Eric Brueggeman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lindsay Buchanan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Bullock | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ralph Burch | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Cheryl Byington | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dougal Cameron | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John Cater | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Chanon | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Juan Zane Crawford | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Virginia Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Clark | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John Steven Cisneros | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Evan Collins | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Denise Davis | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tracy Dieterich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Duff | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joan Duff | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Connie Dyer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Firestone | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Eugene Fong | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Aggie Foster | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Julia Anderson Frankel | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald Franklin | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carolyn Gaidos | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudio Gutierrez | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Hollingsworth | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| William Hunt | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephen Incavo | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian James | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rick Jaramillo | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ray Kirk | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carey Kirkpatrick | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Krieger | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kenny Kurtzman | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ulyesse LeGrange | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Go Lee | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| James Lee | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Levit | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Loden | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Isabel Stude Lummis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Cora Sue Mach | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Mann | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Margolis | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jay Marks | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elissa Martin | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jack Matzer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jackie Wolens Mazow | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander McLanahan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn Miles | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Shane Miller | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Aprill Nelson | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tammy Tran Nguyen | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Leslie Nossaman | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Scott Nyquist | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Edward Osterberg Jr | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kusum Patel | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Zeljko Pavlovic | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Powers | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Pruner | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gloria Pryzant | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Miwa Sakashita | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Schwaitzberg | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Helen Shaffer | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Sloan | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Quentin Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Smith Sr | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anthony Speier | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ishwaria Subbiah | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| William Toomey II | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Shirley Toomim | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Betty Tutor | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Judith Vincent | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Waisman | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Gretchen Watkins | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Fredric Weber | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Diana Weil | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Weiner | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki West | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Alkek Williams | Governing Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Williams | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Frank Wilson IV | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Wuthrich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ellen Yarrell | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Yekovich | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 615 LOUISIANA ST STE 102, HOUSTON, TX 77002-2715
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Gary Ginstling, 615 Louisiana St 102, Houston, TX 77002
- Signed the 990
- Elizabeth Condic, CFO
- Phone
- (713) 224-4240
- Website
- www.houstonsymphony.org
- Return prepared by
- Blazek & Vetterling
Mission
The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.
Program accomplishments
- Artistic Endeavors: Under Music Director Juraj Valcuha, the Houston Symphony continues its second century inspiring and engaging a large and diverse audience in Houston and beyond through exceptional musical performances and creating enduring impact in the Houston community. Today, with an operating budget of $42 million, the full-time ensemble of professional musicians presents more than 150 concerts annually, making it the largest performing arts organization in Houston. Continued on Schedule O Artistic Endeavors (continued): After the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Symphony remains committed to livestreaming its 2025-26 Season to a broad audience in over 45 countries and all 50 states, one of few American orchestras dedicated to transmitting live performances to a sizeable audience outside its home city through this technology.Highlights of the 2024-2025 classical season began with Juraj Valcuha opening his third season as Music Director conducting the first of three mini-festivals of the season, entitled Bohemian Rhapsody, featuring Bohuslav Martinu's Czech Rhapsody, and Dvorak's iconic Symphony No. 9, From the New World. Other Valcuha highlights included the Vienna Calling and Fairytales mini-festivals, a concert performance of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, and Mahler's Third Symphony. Memorable returning guest artists this season included conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Matthias Pintscher, Jason Seber, and Michael Tilson Thomas; pianists Yefim Bronfman, Kirill Gerstein, and Daniil Trifonov; violinists James Ehnes, Hilary Hahn, Leila Josefowicz, Simone Lamsma, and Yoonshin Song; violist Joan DerHovsepian; cellists Brinton Averil Smith and Yo-Yo Ma; oboists Jonathan Fischer and Colin Gatwood; clarinetists Mark Nuccio and Christian Schubert; bassoonists Rian Craypo and Elise Wagner; trumpet Byron Stripling, horns Ian Mayton and William VerMeulen; mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaya; and vocalists Mandy Gonzalez, Capathia Jenkins, Isabel Marie Sanchez, and Ryan Shaw; and vocal ensembles Pink Martini and Rajaton.Making Houston Symphony subscription concert debuts in the 2024-25 Season were conductors Tabita Berglund, Jonathan Cohen, Domingo Hindoyan, Sir Donald Runnicles, and Dalia Stasevska; pianists Bruce Liu and Cedric Tiberghien; trumpet Pacho Flores; mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova; baritones Gabor Bretz and Svatopluk Sem; and vocalists Carmen Bradshaw, Dan Domenech, Lena Hall, Chloe Lowery, Leo Manzari, and Jessica Vosk.Steven Reineke launched his eighth season as the Houston Symphony's Principal POPS Conductor with special guest vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw, performing the greatest hits of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, and more in Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Music of Motown. Triple threat Byron Stripling (conductor, trumpet, and vocals) led the orchestra, vocalist Carmen Bradford, and vocalist/tap dancer Leo Manzari in jazz hits from the era of The Cotton Club, in It Don't Mean a Thing: Swingin' Uptown Classics. Steven Reineke returned to lead the orchestra in traditional carols and holiday favorites in the great Houston holiday tradition: Very Merry POPS, with the Houston Symphony Chorus, and special guest, Broadway's Jessica Vosk. Pink Martini with China Forbes: 30th Anniversary Season rang in the new year, and Reineke returned with guest vocalist Lena Hall for a performance of great Bond themes from Sean Connery through Daniel Craig. Mandy Gonzalez joined Reineke and the orchestra in Showstoppers! Celebrating the Iconic Women of Broadway. Cirque de la Symphonie returned to Jones Hall for Cirque Rocks!, and Steven Reineke led the orchestra and special guest ensemble Rajaton in music from the storied career of the Brothers Gibb in Stayin' Alive: The Bee Gees & Beyond, before closing the POPS season with John Williams & Steven Spielberg: Movie Magic.Expenses $28,693,746 · revenue $14,334,640
- Education and Community Engagement: The Houston Symphony is committed to increasing the quality of life in Houston by addressing priority community issues including education, healthcare, building community between disparate populations, and improving the welfare of underserved populations. The Symphony accomplishes this by presenting an extraordinary range of music education and community engagement programs both inside Jones Hall and in community venues throughout the Greater Houston area. Continued on Schedule OEducation and Community Engagement (continued): Through nearly 1,000 events with Houston Symphony musicians and community-embedded musicians, the Society serves a wide range of Houstonians that reflects the diversity of the city in partnership with schools, community centers, hospitals, and other non-profits. Whether they are students, cancer patients, refugees, or homeless families, we put the people we serve first, asking how music can best meet their needs. Our goal is to remove economic and geographical barriers to music so that Houstonians from all walks of life can benefit from the art form. Traditionally, Houston Symphony Education and Community Engagement programs serve nearly 150,000 Houstonians of all ages and backgrounds each season, and these activities represented an investment of $5.0 million, or more than 13% of the annual organization budget, during the 2024-25 Season.Expenses $4,795,160 · revenue $110,245
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 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-1157373
- 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
- 1941
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A690)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $6,792,521
- Income (IRS master file)
- $46,544,193
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $45,248,050 | $40,571,725 | $6,792,521 | XML |
| 990-T | May 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2024 | $38,784,878 | $36,945,285 | $13,065,626 | XML |
| 990-T | May 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2023 | $33,373,525 | $34,437,464 | $7,742,932 | XML |
| 990 | May 2022 | $35,994,603 | $30,071,128 | $6,917,238 | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 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 74-1157373).
Questions about HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY is 74-1157373.
- Is HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1941.
- Are donations to HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY 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 HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY 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 HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names Gary Ginstling.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 119 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $658,856 (Juraj Valcuha, Music Director).
- How much revenue does HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $45,248,050, expenses of $40,571,725 and total assets of $6,792,521 at year end.
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