Orchestra Nova Northwest cultivates and champions a diverse community of musicians and audiences through affordable and accessible performances. We value excellence, community, personal connection, and accessibility.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$47K 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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FY2020 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $53K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$47K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $44K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$65K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$296K
Spent
$452K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$402K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$296K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$296K
FY2021$356K
FY2022$284K
FY2023$403K
FY2024$690K
FY2025$693K
Expenses
$452K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$452K
FY2021$344K
FY2022$458K
FY2023$495K
FY2024$598K
FY2025$693K
Net assets
$402K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$402K
FY2021$414K
FY2022$240K
FY2023$149K
FY2024$240K
FY2025$241K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Jul 1992.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $336K Management & general 20% · $91K Fundraising 6% · $26K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $47K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$46,667Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kevin Irving’s $90K as Executive Director is at the 83rd 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kevin Irving$90,000$80,500$75,164———
Rebekah Phillips———$70,000$70,000$46,667

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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1 program · $336K · in their own filed words · FY2019
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During the 2019-2020 Season, Portland Columbia Symphony performed four subscription concerts, presented an educational concert featuring a local youth choir along with youth dancers, and held one gala fundraising event, before the remainder of activities were canceled on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.

$336Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$296K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$279K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Money outPt IX
$452K
Ln 25
Programscol B$336K
Managementcol C$91K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$402K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$418K
Total assetsLn 16$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$65K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$279K
Government grantsLn 1e$52K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$16K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$50K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$296K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$82K
SavingsLn 2$336K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$418K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K
Other assetsLn 15$12K
Total assetsLn 16$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$65K
Net assetsLn 32$402K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 616
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4K$418K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K
Total assetsLn 16$617K$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$68K$65K
Net assetsLn 32$549K$402K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$47K$18K$22K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$101K$39K$48K$15K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$5K$6K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$1K$6K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$27K$27K$2$200
Office expensesLn 13$24K$23K$788$159
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$40K$39K$2K$4
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$2K$131$2K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$173K$172K$828$506
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$452K$336K$91K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $693K$693K$773$241K 990 PDF
FY2024 $690K$598K$91K$240K 990 PDF
FY2023 $403K$495K−$92K$149K 990 PDF
FY2022 $284K$458K−$174K$240K 990 PDF
FY2021 $356K$344K$12K$414K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $296K$452K−$157K$402K 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
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Part I · Summary $295,531 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $922,285$279,120
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $35,107$21,302
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$9,998−$4,891
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $947,394$295,531
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $111,241$161,595
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $297,067$290,770
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $408,308$452,365
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $539,086−$156,834
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $295,531 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$50,215
VIII-1e Government grants$51,997
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$176,908
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$15,525
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$279,120
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,302$21,302
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$10,683
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $5,792$5,792
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $21,302 · Excluded from tax $5,792$295,531
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $452,365 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $17,760 · Management $22,075 · Fundraising $6,832$46,667
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $38,572 · Management $47,944 · Fundraising $14,838$101,354
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,166 · Management $6,421 · Fundraising $1,987$13,574
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,323 · Management $6,234 · Fundraising $1,395$8,952
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26,638 · Management $2 · Fundraising $200$26,840
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,942 · Management $788 · Fundraising $159$23,889
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $3,364$3,364
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $38,878 · Management $1,600 · Fundraising $4$40,482
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,964$5,964
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $131 · Management $1,576$1,707
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $3,105$3,105
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,138$3,138
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $171,995 · Management $828 · Fundraising $506$173,329
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $335,871 · Management $90,573 · Fundraising $25,921$452,365
Part X · Balance sheet $467,023 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,118$82,008
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$336,468
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $596,211$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,323$22,230
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,588$2,023
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$12,420
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,971$11,874
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $617,211$467,023
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,413$4,023
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,916$16,040
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $42,069$45,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $68,398$65,063
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $548,813$401,960
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $548,813$401,960
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $617,211$467,023
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $401,960 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$295,531
XI-2 Total expenses$452,365
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$156,834
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$548,813
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$9,981
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$401,960

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