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HOUSTON SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
HOUSTON SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT (EIN 20-8350227)
Tax period
2022-06-01 to 2023-05-31
Filed
2024-04-09
IRS object ID
202401019349300100
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2024-04-09T23:04:49-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2023-05-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Blazek & VetterlingBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12900 Weslayan Suite 200AddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2022-06-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN208350227EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlHOUSBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone7132244240PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1615 Louisiana St 102AddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
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Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonJames LeePersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone7132244240PhoneNum
Signature2024-04-09SignatureDt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonBarbara MurphyPreparerPersonNm
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Phone7134395739PhoneNum
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Authentication Assurance LevelAAL1AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Build TS2023-04-26 12:10:37ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerJames LeePrincipalOfficerNm

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State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77002ZIPCd
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Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
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Legal Domicile StateTXLegalDomicileStateCd
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Total Liabilities BOY$5,177TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Independent Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
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School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesYes (1)ForeignActivitiesInd
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Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
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Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (1)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovaYes (1)DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
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Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
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Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
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Other WebsiteYes (X)OtherWebsiteInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Business Name Line1Elizabeth CondicBusinessNameLine1Txt
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William Dee Hunt
Trustee0.500.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
David Krieger
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Lynne Mathre
Trustee0.500.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jerome Simon
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Scott Wise
Trustee0.500.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
John Mangum
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Elizabeth Condic
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Contractor Name ContractorName

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1JP Morgan ChaseBusinessNameLine1Txt

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US Address USAddress

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Address Line1707 Travis St 11th FloorAddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
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ZIP77002ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ServicesInvestment managementServicesDesc
Compensation$130,844CompensationAmt
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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K1CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Securities$26,054,600SecuritiesAmt

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Securities$25,633,070SecuritiesAmt

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Securities$421,530SecuritiesAmt

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Total$341,544TotalAmt
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BOY$3,565,641BOYAmt
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EOY$1,999,422EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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BOY$480,000BOYAmt
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$5,177BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$158,688BOYAmt
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Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$87,292,245BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$87,450,933BOYAmt
EOY$86,515,822EOYAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$86,515,822EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$612,588ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$1,547,699NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee0AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Supporting Organization509a3Yes (X)SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type1Yes (X)SupportingOrgType1Ind
Supported Organizations1SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Houston Symphony SocietyBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Governing Document ListedYes (1)GoverningDocumentListedInd
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Supported Organizations Total1SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
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Other Support Sum$0OtherSupportSumAmt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

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Listed By Name Governing DocYes (1)ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination0SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C4560SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US0SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org0OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org0SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr0PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person0LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn0ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int0DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int0DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules0ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller0ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family0ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled0Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir TrstYes (1)PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt Org0OperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$87,450,933BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$3,382,449ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$158,128InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$4,159,432GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$86,515,822EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributions$459,209ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$376,634InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$3,803,962GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$87,450,933EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributions$396,060ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$20,016,760InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$3,517,701GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$90,419,052EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributions$2,249,272ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,104,697InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$5,302,023GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
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CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributions$332,720ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$2,010,118InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$3,759,147GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Term Endowment Balance EOY0.08343TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$480,000InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$480,000BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$480,000TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescPrivate equity fundsDesc
Book Value$30,488,748BookValueAmt
Method ValuationFMethodValuationCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$30,488,748TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,224,321TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$1,547,699NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$1,547,699RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$4,772,020RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$341,544InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$341,544RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$5,113,564TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$4,159,432TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$4,159,432ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$341,544InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$341,544ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$4,500,976TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationHouston Symphony Endowment (the Endowment) was established to support the operations of the Houston Symphony Society (the Society). The Endowment holds contributed funds in perpetuity, invests those funds, and makes contributions from time to time to the Society. Such contributions must meet the stated restrictions of donors as well as the current policies of the Endowment. The Endowment is governed by a Board of Directors who are elected by the officers of the Board of Directors of the Society.ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)00Investments$1,011,381
Central America and the Caribbean00Investments$10,655,649
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$11,667,030SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$11,667,030TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpYes (1)TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipYes (1)ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CoYes (1)PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipYes (1)ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart III Accounting Method:FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Houston Symphony Society
615 LouisianaHoustonTX77002741157373501(c)(3)$3,809,565$0Support ongoing operations
Houston Symphony Society
615 LouisianaHoustonTX77002741157373501(c)(3)$349,867$0Admin & fundraising expenses
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Endowment Trustees require regular updates from the Houston Symphony Society's management team. The grant for ongoing operations is partially based on the Endowment's investment performance. The Endowment Trustees have chosen to provide support for administrative and fundraising efforts by the Society on behalf of the Endowment.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
John Mangum
Symphony CEO$0$421,321$0$50,335$0$0$0$16,784$0$31,582$0$520,022$0$0
Elizabeth Condic
CFO$0$201,426$0$10,000$0$0$0$10,018$0$24,324$0$245,768$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aThe officers of the Houston Symphony Society (the Society) designate for three-year terms qualified persons to succeed the directors whose terms next expire. At least one of such persons designated annually to serve as director must be a person who is serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Society at the time of such person's designation as a director. The President of the Society may not be designated to serve as a voting member of the Board of Directors of the Endowment.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7bThe Certificate of Formation may only be amended with the joint approval of the governing body of the Houston Symphony Society and the Houston Symphony Endowment.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe Houston Symphony Endowment's Form 990 is reviewed by the Houston Symphony Society's Controller and CFO. After internal review, the Form 990 is sent to the Board of Directors electronically for their review, questions, and suggested edits. Once their review is complete, the Form 990 is filed electronically with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cEach year the Board discusses any potential conflicts of interest that are brought to their attention based on the conflict of interest policy statements signed by Board members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The Houston Symphony Endowment makes its financial statements available on a consolidated basis with the Houston Symphony Society on the Houston Symphony Society website. The 990 is available on the website for the Endowment. Financial statements, the conflict of interest policy and all governing documents are available upon request.
Form 990, Part V & VI - Employees and policiesThe Endowment has no employees. All management functions are performed by employees of the Houston Symphony Society. The Society has all appropriate policies in place, including whistleblower and document retention policies.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2 - Change of Oversight or Selection ProcessThe Board of Directors reviews the financial statements and Form 990.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Houston Symphony SocietyBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1615 Louisiana Jones HallAddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77002ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN741157373EIN
Primary ActivitiesSymphony OrchestraPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateTXLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501(c)(3)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity StatusLine 7PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Controlled Organization0ControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts0ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (1)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org0GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgYes (1)LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization0DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org0AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org0AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange0AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org0RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org0RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org0PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgYes (1)PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (1)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (1)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (1)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgYes (1)ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org0TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org0TransferFromOtherOrgInd