What is the EIN of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?

The employer identification number (EIN) of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN is 74-6000772.

Is EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1938.

Are donations to EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN tax-deductible?

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

When is the next return of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending April 30, 2026) is due September 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN last file with the IRS?

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

Who is the principal officer of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?

The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 names RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON.

Who are the officers and directors of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?

The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 lists 27 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $105,081 (RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON, EPSOA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN have?

On its 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,818,952, expenses of $1,795,733 and total assets of $1,849,874 at year end.

Nonprofit · EIN 74-6000772

EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN

Tax-exempt · EL PASO, TX 79942

Financials

Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end

Financials of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN by year, from its e-filed returns
Year ended	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Net income	Total assets	Liabilities	Net assets
April 30, 2025	990	$1,818,952	$1,795,733	$23,219	$1,849,874	$715,888	$1,133,986
April 30, 2024	990	$1,984,683	$1,964,844	$19,839	$1,575,942	$465,175	$1,110,767
April 30, 2023	990	$1,901,328	$1,887,007	$14,321	$2,178,967	$1,075,662	$1,103,305

Financial details: 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants: $776,641
of which government grants: $91,770
Program service revenue: $557,239
Investment income: $89,616
Net income from fundraising events: $279,985
Other revenue: $395,456

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid: $65,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees: $105,081
Other salaries and wages: $1,171,989
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total): $1,277,070
Professional fundraising fees: $0
Occupancy: $125,463
Depreciation: $15,962
Program services (functional): $1,517,854
Management and general (functional): $264,036
Fundraising (functional): $13,843

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year: $1,575,942
Total assets, end of year: $1,849,874
Total liabilities, end of year: $715,888
Net assets, end of year: $1,133,986
Land, buildings and equipment: $66,283
Net assets without donor restrictions: $609,243
Net assets with donor restrictions: $524,743
Gross unrelated business income: $15,965
Gross receipts: $1,850,645
Employees: 99
Year formed: 1964
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 April 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON	EPSOA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$105,081
DEBBIE HAND	EPSOA- PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MARISE TEXTOR	EPSOA - CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JEFFREY T WEIKERT	EPSOA - CO-VP AUDIENCE DEVELOP Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
ANDRES SANDOVAL	EPSOA - VP ARTISTIC ADVISEMENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MAX VILLARONGA	EPSOA - CHAIR ELECT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
CARMEN BYERS	EPSOA - VP EDUCATION & COMMUNI Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JOANN LONGORIA	EPSOA - CO-VP MARKETING Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
VICTORIA PANETTA	EPSOA - CO-VP MARKETING Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
GARY MCCRORY	EPSOA - VP FINANCIAL DEVELOPME Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
CB BURNS	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
RUBEN HERNANDEZ	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
ARLENE CARROLL	EPSOA- TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
MICHAEL A MONTES	EPSOA- VP FINANCIAL & ADMINIST Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JESSICA CHRISTIANSON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0

12 more people on this return

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
JOE CONZELMAN	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
TOMAS B DELEON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SECRET FENTON WHERRETT	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
SCOTT FELIX	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
MRS MARLENE STEWART	EPSOA - HONORARY TRUSTEES Trustee or director	2	$0
KERRY ELLISON	EPSOA - EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
JOY ZALKIND	ORCHESTRA COM. REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director	2	$0
JENIFFER WOO	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
ADOLFO TORRES JR	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
LISA ELBJORN	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
MICHELLE MILLER	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SUE WOO	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0

990 for the year ended April 30, 2024: 24 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON	EPSOA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$106,809
DEBBIE HAND	EPSOA- PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MARISE TEXTOR	EPSOA - CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MICHAEL A MONTES	EPSOA - CO-VP AUDIENCE DEVELOP Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
ANDRES SANDOVAL	EPSOA - VP ARTISTIC ADVISEMENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MAX VILLARONGA	EPSOA - CHAIR ELECT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
CARMEN BYERS	EPSOA - VP EDUCATION & COMMUNI Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JOANN LONGORIA	EPSOA - CO-VP MARKETING Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
VICTORIA PANETTA	EPSOA - CO-VP MARKETING Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JEFFREY T WEIKERT	EPSOA - CO-VP AUDIENCE DEVELOP Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
CB BURNS	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
RUBEN HERNANDEZ	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
ARLENE CARROLL	EPSOA- TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
NORA I HERRERA	EPSOA- VP FINANCIAL DEVELOPMEN Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JESSICA CHRISTIANSON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
GARY MCCRORY	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
JOE CONZELMAN	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
TOMAS B DELEON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SECRET FENTON WHERRETT	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SCOTT FELIX	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
MRS MARLENE STEWART	EPSOA - HONORARY TRUSTEES Trustee or director	2	$0
KERRY ELLISON	EPSOA - EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
JOY ZALKIND	ORCHESTRA COM. REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director	2	$0
JENIFFER WOO	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0

990 for the year ended April 30, 2023: 30 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON	EPSOA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$106,060
DEBBIE HAND	EPSOA- CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MARISE TEXTOR	EPSOA - CHAIRMAN-ELECT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MICHAEL A MONTES	EPSOA - VP AUDIENCE DEVELOPMEN Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
ANDRES SANDOVAL	EPSOA - VP ARTISTIC ADVISEMENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MAX VILLARONGA	EPSOA - VP FINANCIAL DEVELOPME Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
CARMEN BYERS	EPSOA - VP EDUCATION & COMMUNI Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
GEORGINA CONTRERAS	EPSOA - VP FINANCE & ADMINISTR Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
JOANN LONGORIA	EPSOA - VP MARKETING Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
VICTORIA PANETTA	EPSOA - SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
ANITA WERNER	EPSOA - PAST CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0
MONICA SALAIZ-NARVAEZ	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
HECTOR VILLEGAS	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
JEFFREY T WEIKERT	EPSOA - MEMBER AT LARGE Trustee or director	2	$0
CB BURNS	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
RUBEN HERNANDEZ	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
ARLENE CARROLL	EPSOA- TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
NORA I HERRERA	EPSOA- TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
JESSICA CHRISTIANSON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
GARY MCCRORY	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
JOE CONZELMAN	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
ALEXANDRA RODARTE	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
TOMAS B DELEON	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SECRET FENTON WHERRETT	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
SCOTT FELIX	EPSOA - TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
MRS ROBERT M GRAHAM SR	EPSOA- HONORARY TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
MRS MARLENE STEWART	EPSOA - HONORARY TRUSTEES Trustee or director	2	$0
KERRY ELLISON	EPSOA - EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
LORRAINE HUIT	EPSOA - EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Trustee or director	2	$0
JOY ZALKIND	ORCHESTRA COM. REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director	2	$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file): PO BOX 180, EL PASO, TX 79942-0180
In care of: % LINDA FISHER
Principal officer (990 for 2024): RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON, PO BOX 180, EL PASO, TX 79942
Signed the 990: RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone: (915) 532-8707
Website: WWW.EPSO.ORG
Return prepared by: PENA BRIONES MCDANIEL & CO PC

Mission

EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION, INC. (ASSOCIATION) IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO SPONSOR A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WHILE PERFORMING PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS, AND TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE. THE EL PASO SYMPHONY GUILD (GUILD) IS AN AUXILIARY ACTIVITY OF THE EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION WHICH PROVIDES THE ASSOCIATION WITH VOLUNTEER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH COMMUNITY FUND RAISING PROJECTS. THE EL PASO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA (EPSYO) WAS STARTED DURING 2006 AS ANOTHER AUXILIARY ACTIVITY OF THE EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION. THE EPSYO PROVIDES YOUNG MUSICIANS IN THE EL PASO AREA WITH AN ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE MARKED BY EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. EL PASO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION IS A SEPARATE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES THE ASSOCIATION WITH CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT.
990 for the year ended April 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

Classical Performance
Expenses $824,266
Special Performance
Expenses $208,782
Education and Outreach
Expenses $419,806
GRANT TO EPSOA FOUNDATION
Expenses $65,000 · grants $65,000

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 April, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax year	Year ended	Due	IRS public records
2025	April 30, 2026	September 15, 2026	Not on file
2024	April 30, 2025	September 15, 2025	990 on file
2023	April 30, 2024	September 16, 2024	990 on file

IRS record

EIN: 74-6000772
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: 1938
Accounting year ends: April
Files: Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE): Arts, culture and humanities (A690)
Assets (IRS master file): $1,849,874
Income (IRS master file): $1,850,645

Filing history

Form	Year ended	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Return
990	April 2025	$1,818,952	$1,795,733	$1,849,874	XML
990-T	April 2025	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2024	$1,984,683	$1,964,844	$1,575,942	XML
990-T	April 2024	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2023	$1,901,328	$1,887,007	$2,178,967	XML
990-T	April 2023	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2022	$1,540,640	$1,483,841	$1,877,584	IRS
990-T	April 2022	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990-T	April 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2020	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 2019	–	–	–	IRS
990	April 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 74-6000772).

Questions about EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN

What is the EIN of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?: The employer identification number (EIN) of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN is 74-6000772.
Is EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN tax-exempt?: Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1938.
Are donations to EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN tax-deductible?: Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN 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 EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN due?: The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending April 30, 2026) is due September 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN last file with the IRS?: The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended April 2025.
Who is the principal officer of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?: The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 names RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON.
Who are the officers and directors of EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN?: The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 lists 27 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $105,081 (RUTH ELLEN JACOBSON, EPSOA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSN have?: On its 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,818,952, expenses of $1,795,733 and total assets of $1,849,874 at year end.

Other nonprofits in EL PASO

EPC MUSEUM
EIN 81-1822589 · last filed 990 for 2024
THE TOM LEA INSTITUTE
EIN 27-0223160 · last filed 990 for 2025
KIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC
EIN 20-1783383 · last filed 990 for 2025
TECH FRONTIER DBA FAB LAB EL PASO
EIN 46-3572259 · last filed 990 for 2025
BORDER PATROL MUSEUM & MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION
EIN 74-2128819 · last filed 990 for 2024
EL PASO HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER
EIN 74-2667556 · last filed 990 for 2025
THE OPERA COMPANY INC
EIN 74-2648245 · last filed 990 for 2025
EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION
EIN 74-2889827 · last filed 990 for 2025

All nonprofits in EL PASO · Texas · Arts, culture and humanities