The Cascade Symphony exists to nourish its musicians and the community by providing inspiring performances of outstanding music, educational outreach to children, opportunities for young musicians to play with the Orchestra, college scholarships, & tuition assistance for summer music school.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 95 volunteers and 1 employee.
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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $20K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$111K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $460K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $25K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$219K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$287K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$494K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$219K
FY2025▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$119K
FY2022$134K
FY2023$174K
FY2024$253K
FY2025$219K
Expenses
$287K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$128K
FY2022$156K
FY2023$170K
FY2024$256K
FY2025$287K
Net assets
$494K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$583K
FY2022$518K
FY2023$540K
FY2024$562K
FY2025$494K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2001.

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

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $186K Management & general 20% · $57K Fundraising 15% · $44K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $111K 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
Executive Director
$72,000Pt VII · Sec A
Music Director
$38,581Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Edward Benyas’s $72K as Executive Director is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Edward Benyas$72,000$30,000———
Rose Gear———$25,300$64,312
Michael Miropolsky$38,581$36,956$33,280$34,100$33,300
Heather Hoskins—$2,400——$1,000

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

Programs and updates

Presents inspiring concerts, educates children, supports young musicians, and offers scholarships.

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3 programs · $186K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Cascade Symphony provides a series of high-quality music concerts for the public. The concerts are high-energy, engaging, and affordable and regularly attract a large and supportive crowd of community members. Each concert has a capacity of 700 attendees, and in non-Covid seasons, regularly are sold out.

$127Kprogram expense
02

Provides opportunities for more than 80 volunteer, amateur musicians to rehearse together in a nurturing, supportive environment. Cascade Symphony Orchestra provides its musicians the opportunity to continually develop and deepen their musicianship while preparing and presenting inspiring concerts of outstanding music.

$36Kprogram expense
03

Cascade Symphony Orchestra provides educational outreach to youth and support for young musicians. An annual Children's Concert with music specifically tailored for young children is presented. The concert features a young Rising Star instrumental soloist(s) accompanied by the Orchestra.

$23Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
ArtsfundFY2024$12K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$25K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $21K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$7,024

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$219K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$134K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Money outPt IX
$287K
Ln 25
Programscol B$186K
Managementcol C$57K
Fundraisingcol D$44K
Owns and owesPt X
$494K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$35K
Total assetsLn 16$495K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$134K
Government grantsLn 1e$7K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$61K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$66K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Total revenueLn 12$219K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$30K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$35K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$460K
Total assetsLn 16$495K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$494K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 695
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$41K$35K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$522K$460K
Total assetsLn 16$563K$495K
LiabilitiesLn 26$751$1K
Net assetsLn 32$562K$494K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$9K$9K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$39K$39K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$72K$10K$31K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$4K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$6K$13K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$4K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$69K$69K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$701$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$33K$0$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$1K$7K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$287K$186K$57K$44K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $219K$287K−$69K$494K 990 PDF
FY2024 $253K$256K−$4K$562K 990 PDF
FY2023 $174K$170K$4K$540K 990 PDF
FY2022 $134K$156K−$21K$518K 990 PDF
FY2021 $119K$128K−$9K$583K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $218,574 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $166,718$134,151
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $85,784$66,148
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$18,275
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $252,502$218,574
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,500$10,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $108,275$117,969
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $139,457$158,754
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $256,232$287,223
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$3,730−$68,649
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $218,574 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,375 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$126,951
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$7,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$61,134
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$134,151
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $60,773 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$60,773
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $18,275 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$18,275
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $84,423 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$218,574
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $287,223 across 13 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,500$1,500
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,000$9,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $38,581$38,581
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,000 · Management $31,000 · Fundraising $31,000$72,000
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $3,694 · Fundraising $3,694$7,388
IX-11a Management feesManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,458$13,458
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,948 · Management $13,051$18,999
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,953 · Fundraising $3,953$7,906
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $68,664$68,664
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $701 · Management $1,062$1,763
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,626 · Management $0 · Fundraising $5,676$38,302
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,342 · Management $6,820 · Fundraising $0$8,162
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $185,773 · Management $57,127 · Fundraising $44,323$287,223
Part X · Balance sheet $495,146 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,864$4,941
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,323$30,316
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $521,623$459,889
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $562,810$495,146
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $751$1,242
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $751$1,242
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $562,059$493,904
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $562,059$493,904
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $562,810$495,146
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $493,904 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$218,574
XI-2 Total expenses$287,223
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$68,649
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$562,059
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$494
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$493,904

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