Public Charity

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc is a Public Charity headquartered in DETROIT, MI. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $38.6M revenue, $42.5M expenses, $121.6M total assets. 176 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $30.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 381385132 DETROIT, MI Symphony Orchestras NTEE: A69 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$38.6M
Total Expenses$42.5M
Total Assets$121.6M
Grant Records176
Funding Total$30.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (DSO) IS A CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATION, STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. EACH SEASON, WE SERVE OVER 500,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR CLASSICAL, POPS, JAZZ, FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SPECIAL PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS OUR DEEPLY ROOTED COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND STUDENT-FOCUSED MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. ACCESSIBILITY IS A CORE DSO VALUE, AND AS A CULTURAL LEADER IN DETROIT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY AND FOSTERING ECONOMIC VITALITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc

How Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$70
Orchestra concerts
91% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 580,851 grants
$4
Education and community engagement
5% of program spending
$2
Jazz and other presentations
2% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Aaron Frankel
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Alexander Kapordelis
DIRECTOR Arthur Oreilly
DIRECTOR Bernard Robertson
DIRECTOR & OFFICER AT LARGE Daniel Kaufman
DIRECTOR & OFFICER AT LARGE David Nicholson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$18,143,332 70 grants
General Support
$11,172,211 94 grants
Health & Medicine
$230,000 2 grants
Animal Welfare
$118,500 1 grant
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$100,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $38.6M $42.5M $121.6M
2024 $40.7M $48.7M $117.0M
2023 $39.2M $39.9M $116.6M
2022 $44.8M $36.7M $113.9M
2021 $30.9M $25.6M $107.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $30.9M to $38.6M (+25%), with total assets most recently reported at $121.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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