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HOUSTON SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
HOUSTON SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT (EIN 20-8350227)
Tax period
2020-06-01 to 2021-05-31
Filed
2021-10-14
IRS object ID
202112879349301381
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$74,610,515BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$352,019ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$5,996,874InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$4,071,112GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$76,888,296EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$72,640,980BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$553,844ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$6,524,797InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$5,109,106GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$74,610,515EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.00170BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.83300PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.16530TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

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
Total Book Value Securities$26,214,203TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$20,412,820TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$16,912,983NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$16,912,983RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,499,837RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$139,297InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$139,297RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,639,134TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,517,701TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,517,701ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$139,297InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$139,297ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,656,998TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.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 I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Houston Symphony Society
615 LouisianaHoustonTX77002741157373501(c)(3)$2,617,701$0Support ongoing operations
Houston Symphony Society
615 LouisianaHoustonTX77002741157373501(c)(3)$400,000$0Admin & fundraising expenses
Houston Symphony Society
615 LouisianaHoustonTX77002741157373501(c)(3)$500,000$0Donor redesignation to Symphony
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Endowment Trustees require regular updates from the Houston Symphony Societys 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 PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Elizabeth Condic
CFO$156,799$2,482$23,460$182,741
John Mangum
Symphony CEO$294,879$4,697$28,704$328,280

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing BodyThe 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, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or ShareholdersThe 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, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 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, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsEach 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, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableThe Houston Symphony Endowment makes its financial statements available on a consolidated basis with the Houston Symphony Society on the Houston Symphony Society website. Financial statements, the conflict of interest policy and all governing documents are available upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2: Change of Oversight or Selection ProcessThe Board of Trustees reviews the financial statements and 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.

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 Status7PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgYes (true)LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgYes (true)PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (true)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgYes (true)TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd