Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1943.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
26 people listed on the 990; $513K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Jennifer B Daoud’s $299K as Ex Officio, President and CEO is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer B Daoud | $299,191 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jennifer L Boomgaarden Daoud | — | $272,601 | $257,119 | — | — | — |
| Jennifer L Boomgaarden | — | — | — | $225,855 | $206,169 | $178,563 |
| Kyra Hansen | $100,867 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Rago | — | — | — | $49,407 | — | — |
| Brett Hodge | $48,729 | $43,869 | $46,167 | $46,075 | $38,136 | $33,663 |
| Robert Scharmann Ex Officio | $45,270 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Heather Baxter | — | — | $39,946 | — | — | — |
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.
See Omaha Symphony Association executive salaries →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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Enriches lives by offering exhilarating live orchestral music experiences.
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The omaha symphony served over 310,000 people through more than 250 live concerts and digital offerings. The omaha symphony is a leader in arts programming in the omaha metropolitan area and provides mainstage concerts at the holland performing arts center and the joslyn art museum, as well as free community concerts at the gene leahy…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-6039304) · Dispute this lineOmaha symphony education and community engagement programs served more than 70,000 individuals throughout the greater omaha metro area, the state of nebraska, western iowa, and beyond. Deeply committed to its educational endeavors, in any given season 30% of the orchestra's services are dedicated to education, community engagement, and…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-6039304) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $67.8M | $62.1M | $53.9M | $47.6M | $54.6M |
| AddedLn 1b | $475K | $3.7M | $2.1M | $2.0M | $2.1M |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $2.5M | $2.3M | $500K | $1.4M | $500K |
| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $973K | $789K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $62.1M | $67.8M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $520K | $480K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $70.7M | $77.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $69.1M | $75.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $500K | $188K | $228K | $84K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $5.0M | $4.7M | $262K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $107K | $103K | $4K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $530K | $435K | $60K | $34K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $593K | $530K | $37K | $26K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $54K | $54K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $86K | $86K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $57K | $57K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $89K | $89K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $362K | $350K | $12K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $519K | $399K | $72K | $48K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $74K | $18K | $46K | $10K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $454K | $359K | $95K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $188K | $168K | $20K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $22K | $16K | $6K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $55K | $51K | $4K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $24K | $24K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $144K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $10.5M | $9.1M | $717K | $688K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $10.7M | $10.5M | $171K | $75.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025 | $8.2M | $9.8M | −$1.5M | $69.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 10, 2024 | $9.0M | $9.6M | −$522K | $65.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 11, 2023 | $10.6M | $8.4M | $2.2M | $62.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $194K | $68.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 7, 2021 | $9.5M | $7.6M | $1.9M | $58.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $10,659,628 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 22 of 23 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,659,628 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,488,808 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $77,263,913 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $75,512,135 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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