Production of Symphony performances for the benefit of the local community

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$63K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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 $81K 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
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$63K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $640K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $112K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$346K
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$771K
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$820K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$954K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$771K
FY2023▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$617K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$680K
FY2023$771K
FY2024$780K
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$820K
FY2023▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$613K
FY2021$764K
FY2022$765K
FY2023$820K
FY2024$778K
FY2025$995K
Net assets
$954K
FY2023▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$714K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$975K
FY2023$954K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Feb 1965.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $638K Management & general 18% · $145K Fundraising 5% · $37K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $63K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$62,921Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President Elect
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lindsey Reynolds’s $71K as Executive Director is at the 12th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lindsey Reynolds$71,414$64,182$62,921$63,387$59,403$60,386

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Presents symphony concerts to enrich the local community.

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1 program · $638K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Each season, cso offers five masterpiece concerts, a holiday pops concert, and a family matinee in the cheyenne civic center. Cso also presents a series of hausmusik concerts held in cheyenne homes or smaller venues and an intensive educational outreach program to laramie county school district #1 & #2.

$638Kprogram expense

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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 1 funder$112K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$771K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$222K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Money outPt IX
$820K
Ln 25
Programscol B$638K
Managementcol C$145K
Fundraisingcol D$37K
Owns and owesPt X
$954K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$438K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$346K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$12K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$222K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Total revenueLn 12$771K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40K
SavingsLn 2$398K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$438K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$640K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K
Other assetsLn 15$167K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$346K
Net assetsLn 32$954K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
VolunteersI 641
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$537K$438K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$496K$640K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27K$26K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$166K$346K
Net assetsLn 32$975K$954K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$170K$97K$46K$27K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$233K$233K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$17K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$68K$63K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$47K$46K$537$471
Office expensesLn 13$16K$4K$12K
OccupancyLn 16$57K$26K$31K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$137K$136K$320
All other expensesLn 24e$39K$15K$20K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$820K$638K$145K$37K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$995K$348K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $780K$778K$2K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $771K$820K−$49K$954K 990 PDF
FY2022 $680K$765K−$86K$975K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.0M$764K$264K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $617K$613K$4K$714K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $770,884 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $446,893$503,472
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $197,929$221,958
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,943$26,578
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,933$18,876
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $679,698$770,884
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $397,958$436,902
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $367,371$382,876
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $765,329$819,778
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$85,631−$48,894
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $770,884 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$11,884
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$491,588
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$503,472
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $198,108 · Unrelated business $23,850$221,958
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26,578$26,578
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $18,876$18,876
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $198,108 · Unrelated business $23,850 · Excluded from tax $45,454$770,884
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $819,778 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $97,153 · Management $46,243 · Fundraising $26,727$170,123
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $233,481$233,481
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $1,898$1,898
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,478 · Management $13,922$31,400
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,584$11,584
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $62,800 · Fundraising $5,600$68,400
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $45,785 · Management $537 · Fundraising $471$46,793
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,882 · Management $12,039$15,921
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,111 · Management $30,686$56,797
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,756$7,756
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $136,293 · Management $320$136,613
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,537 · Management $19,851 · Fundraising $4,624$39,012
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $637,520 · Management $144,836 · Fundraising $37,422$819,778
Part X · Balance sheet $1,300,532 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $239,424$39,897
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $297,161$397,967
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $67,000$6,750
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,582$22,493
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,727$26,471
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $496,472$640,378
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$166,576
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,141,366$1,300,532
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,751$6,451
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $156,472$170,555
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,936$169,342
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $166,159$346,348
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $745,513$696,994
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $229,694$257,190
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $975,207$954,184
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,141,366$1,300,532
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $954,184 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$770,884
XI-2 Total expenses$819,778
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$48,894
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$975,207
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$27,871
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$954,184

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