AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC (EIN 13-1969375)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-05-13
IRS object ID: 201141339349303974
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-13T13:35:07-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAMBRIDES LAMOSTAYLOR LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	81 LARKFIELD RD	AddressLine1
City	EAST NORTHPORT	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11731	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	131969375	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAINC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMER	NameControl
Phone	2128689276	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	333 WEST 39TH STREET SUITE 1101	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10018	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LYNNE MELOCCARO	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	2128689276	Phone
Date Signed	2011-05-13	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LESLIE NIESKENS	Name
Phone	6317544242	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-05-13	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	LYNNE MELOCCARO	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	333 WEST 39TH STREET SUITE 1101	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10018	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	4911631	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.AMERICANSYMPHONY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1962	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PRESENT AFFORDABLE SYMPHONY CONCERTS	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	231	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	3	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2460532	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2461631	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	3037375	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	2446630	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	12430	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	3370	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	5510337	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	4911631	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	3471418	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	2844864	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	349769	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	2114353	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	2051557	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	5585771	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	4896421	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-75434	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	15210	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	4067267	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	2532327	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	4585197	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2909597	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-517930	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-377270	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PRESENT AFFORDABLE SYMPHONY CONCERTS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2687694	Expense
Description	SUBSCRIPTIONS - A SERIES OF CONCERTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY PURCHASE OF INDIVIDUAL SEASON TICKETS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1526063	Expense
Description	SERVICE CONTRACTS - CONCERTS PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE SYMPHONY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR A FEE AT ESTIMATED COST.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	4213757	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	171	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	231	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	LYNNE MELOCCARO	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2128689276	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	333 WEST 39TH STREET	AddressLine1
Address Line2	SUITE 1101	AddressLine2
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10018	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
DANNY GOLDBERG
CHAIR	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
THURMOND SMITHGALL
VICE-CHAIR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
MARY F MILLER
SECRETARY	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
DIMITRI PAPADIMITRIOU
TREASURER	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOEL BERSON
HONORARY MEM	2.00	X		0	0	0
MICHAEL DORF
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
JACK KLIGER
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
JAN KRUKOWSKI
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
SHIRLEY A MUELLER ESQ
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
EILEEN RHULEN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
STAN STOKOWSKI
HONORARY MEM		X		0	0	0
FELICITAS S THORNE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
EVE STUART THROUGH 0110
BOARD MEMBER		X		0	0	0
LYNNE MELOCCARO
EXEC DIRECTO	40.00		X	127227	0	4616

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	127227	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	4616	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	LEON BOTSTEIN	NamePerson

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ANNANDALE ROAD	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON	AddressLine2
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12504	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Of Services	MUSIC DIRECTOR	DescriptionOfServices
Compensation	135000	Compensation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	1	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants	167105	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	2294526	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	21035	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	2461631	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FEE REVENUE	2257680	2257680
TICKET SALES	188950	188950

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	2446630	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER INCOME	Description
Total Revenue Column	3370	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	3370	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	3370	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4911631	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2450000	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	131843	Total
Program Services	13184	ProgramServices
Management And General	65922	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	52737	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2054072	Total
Program Services	1825352	ProgramServices
Management And General	72988	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	155732	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	421740	Total
Program Services	411025	ProgramServices
Management And General	3610	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7105	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	237209	Total
Program Services	199884	ProgramServices
Management And General	14855	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	22470	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11247	Total
Management And General	11247	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19300	Total
Management And General	19300	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	279512	Total
Program Services	222219	ProgramServices
Management And General	57293	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	252093	Total
Program Services	251777	ProgramServices
Fundraising	316	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	98338	Total
Program Services	56853	ProgramServices
Management And General	17595	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	23890	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	344322	Total
Program Services	274766	ProgramServices
Management And General	31616	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	37940	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30930	Total
Program Services	30930	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27503	Total
Program Services	646	ProgramServices
Management And General	7660	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	19197	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	54613	Total
Program Services	40666	ProgramServices
Management And General	11554	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2393	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
SPECIAL PROJECTS	329020	329020
CONDUCTORS & SOLOISTS FEE	324294	324294
LIBRARY	145628	145628
MUSIC & INSTRUMENT RENTAL	81668	81668
MISCELLANEOUS	52446	5845	18612	27989

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	643	Total
Management And General	643	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4896421	Total
Program Services	4213757	ProgramServices
Management And General	332895	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	349769	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	99572	BOY
EOY	66138	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3740000	BOY
EOY	2189000	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	56850	BOY
EOY	55948	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	82035	BOY
EOY	136676	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	240218	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	173998	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70465	BOY
EOY	66220	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18345	BOY
EOY	18345	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4067267	BOY
EOY	2532327	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	267046	BOY
EOY	169607	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	58711	BOY
EOY	83779	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4259440	BOY
EOY	2656211	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4585197	BOY
EOY	2909597	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-517930	BOY
EOY	-502720	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	125450	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-517930	BOY
EOY	-377270	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4067267	BOY
EOY	2532327	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3047449	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2390439	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2774251	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2460532	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2461631	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13134302	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2294911	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2252056	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2640782	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3037375	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2446630	CurrentTaxYear
Total	12671754	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	5342360	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4642495	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5415033	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5497907	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4908261	CurrentTaxYear
Total	25806056	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	113458	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	202927	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	95451	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	120600	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	215900	CurrentTaxYear
Total	748336	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1896676	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1852038	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2365857	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2784821	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2162332	CurrentTaxYear
Total	11061724	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2010134	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2054965	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2461308	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2905421	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2378232	CurrentTaxYear
Total	11810060	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	13995996	PublicSupportTotal509

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	26663	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9836	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9994	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	12430	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3370	CurrentTaxYear
Total	62293	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	5369023	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4652331	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5425027	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5510337	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4911631	CurrentTaxYear
Total	25868349	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.54100	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.61200	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	92760	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	92760	Depreciation

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	12918	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	646	Depreciation
Book Value	12272	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	134540	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	80592	Depreciation
Book Value	53948	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	66220	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	4911631	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	4896421	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	15210	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	15210	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4911631	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	4911631	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	4911631	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4896421	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	4896421	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	4896421	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORCHESTRA'S CURRENT ACCOUNTING POLICY IS TO DISCLOSE LIABILITIES FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WHEN A LIABILITY IS PROBABLE AND ESTIMABLE. MANAGEMENT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY VIOLATION OF ITS TAX STATUS AS AN ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES, NOR IS IT AWARE OF ANY EXPOSURE TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	THE 990 WAS RECEIVED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD CHAIR AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR PRIOR TO FILING. A COPY WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD BEFORE THE 990 IS FILED.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON JOINING THE BOARD. EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY; HAS READ AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICY, HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND UNDERSTANDS THE ORGANIZATION IS CHARITABLE AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD TREASURER THROUGH THE USE OF COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SENIORITY, PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ETC.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Activity2 Activity2

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Total509 Total509

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Equipment Equipment

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

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