Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra

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Evansville, IN501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 35-0965634Revenue $1.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSevansvillephilharmonic.orgPo Box 84, 47701-0084 · Evansville, INTax-exempt since Oct 1937Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To provide performances of quality orchestral and choral music to the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
51¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 205 volunteers and 99 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $179K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
51%
of spending
Worth a look: 51% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$198K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 68% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $56K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$458K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
51%
Net assets
$4.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▼ -30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025-0.3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$4.9M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$4.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1937.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 51% · $1.0M Management & general 34% · $693K Fundraising 15% · $296K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $198K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Music Direct
$99,851Pt VII · Sec A
$97,824Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Roger Kalia’s $100K as Music Direct is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alfred Savia—————$100,359
Roger Kalia$99,851$85,994$81,033$80,204$75,000—
Kimberly Bredemeier$97,824$91,018$88,933$85,626$80,340$79,810

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Presents quality orchestral and choral music performances for the community.

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2 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Artistic program services encompass all income and expenses related to putting on concerts throughout the season, with a focus on artistic personnel. On the revenue side this includes all funding that supports the guest artists, artists, artistic personnel, and sponsorship and grants for the concerts themselves.

$705Kprogram expense
02

Production program services encompass all income and expenses related to put on on concerts through the season, with the focus on operations. On the revenue side this includes ticket sales, other performance income and support with our guild.

$310Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$56K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$522K
Investment incomeLn 3$147K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$693K
Fundraisingcol D$296K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$974K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$458K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$42K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$50K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$522K
Investment incomeLn 3$147K
Other incomeLn 4–11$48K
Gains on assetsLn 7$28K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$974K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$974K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$221K
Other assetsLn 15$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$458K
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 599
VolunteersI 6205
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$974K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.3M$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$216K$221K
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$367K$458K
Net assetsLn 32$4.7M$4.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$249K$99K$150K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$663K$413K$143K$107K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$61K$61K
Payroll taxesLn 10$147K$82K$47K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$36K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$62K$622$43$61K
Office expensesLn 13$72K$5K$30K$36K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$637$5K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$64K$64K
TravelLn 17$78K$72K$286$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$282
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$31K$160$31K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$363K$293K$25K$45K
All other expensesLn 24e$170K$55K$95K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.0M$693K$296K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$2.0M−$89K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.7M$2.0M$725K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$1.8M$336K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.6M$258K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$1.4M$37K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.6M−$192K$3.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,921,372 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,071,122$1,203,840
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $689,673$522,368
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $936,508$146,721
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $45,094$48,443
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,742,397$1,921,372
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,163,305$1,118,949
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $854,244$891,539
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,017,549$2,010,488
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $724,848−$89,116
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members23
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,921,372 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$41,683
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,162,157
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$49,984
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,203,840
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $522,368$522,368
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $118,464$118,464
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $28,257$28,257
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$46,903
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,540$1,540
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $670,629$1,921,372
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,010,488 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $98,838 · Management $149,844$248,682
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $412,650 · Management $143,208 · Fundraising $106,800$662,658
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $60,788$60,788
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $82,403 · Management $47,212 · Fundraising $17,206$146,821
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $35,834 · Fundraising $1,551$37,385
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $622 · Management $43 · Fundraising $61,335$62,000
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,459 · Management $30,179 · Fundraising $36,484$72,122
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $637 · Management $4,653 · Fundraising $2,823$8,113
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $64,438$64,438
IX-17 TravelPrograms $72,058 · Management $286 · Fundraising $5,799$78,143
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,195 · Fundraising $282$3,477
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,676$1,676
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $160 · Management $31,168$31,328
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $293,235 · Management $25,092 · Fundraising $44,850$363,177
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $55,467 · Management $95,190 · Fundraising $19,023$169,680
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,021,529 · Management $692,806 · Fundraising $296,153$2,010,488
Part X · Balance sheet $5,371,213 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,208,480$974,344
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,719$18,073
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,820$13,809
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $215,603$220,872
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,348,648$3,053,002
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,242,479$1,091,113
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,031,749$5,371,213
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $56,011$32,270
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $77,427$274,720
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $233,971$151,119
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $367,409$458,109
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,855,523$1,922,129
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,808,817$2,990,975
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,664,340$4,913,104
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,031,749$5,371,213
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,913,104 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,921,372
XI-2 Total expenses$2,010,488
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$89,116
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,664,340
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$275,553
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$62,327
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,913,104

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