Public Charity

Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony is a Public Charity headquartered in Irvine, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $35.7M revenue, $26.6M expenses, $73.6M total assets. 97 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $12.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 953635496 Irvine, CA Symphony Orchestras NTEE: A69 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$35.7M
Total Expenses$26.6M
Total Assets$73.6M
Grant Records97
Funding Total$12.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PACIFIC SYMPHONY, A CORNERSTONE CULTURAL ORGANIZATION SERVING ORANGE COUNTY, REACHES OVER 225,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY WITH DIVERSE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES, CHAMBER MUSIC, OPERA, CHORAL MUSIC, AND PREMIERES OF NEW WORKS. BROADCASTING 12 CLASSICAL SERIES PERFORMANCES ON KUSC RADIO EXPANDS THE SYMPHONY'S REACH. THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE HEARTSTRINGS, SYMPHONY IN THE CITIES, THE LANTERN FESTIVAL, AND SYMPHONY ON THE GO, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GAIN FREE ACCESS TO THE SYMPHONY'S OFFERINGS. PACIFIC SYMPHONY'S COMMITMENT EXTENDS TO MUSIC EDUCATION, PROVIDING ASSEMBLIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TRAINING OVER 300 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YEARLY THROUGH PACIFIC SYMPHONY YOUTH ENSEMBLES.

Where $100 goes at Pacific Symphony

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

$67 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $67 for programs

$49
Classical, pops, family, summer, and contract concerts (including american ballet theater, pacific chorale, soka university, and other organizations)
74% of program spending
$18
Educational events and community outreach programs including appreciation of music in schools programs, symphony in the cities, symphony on the go, youth orchestra and others
26% of program spending
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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

SR. DIR. OF ARTS thru 05/25 Alison Levinson
MUSICIAN Barry Perkins
MUSIC DIRECTOR Carl St Clair
DIR. ORCHESTRA PERS Thru 3/25 Craig Hahn
VP OF MARKETING & COMM. Dana Long
CONCERT MASTER Dennis Kim

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$7,013,176 45 grants
General Support
$4,834,096 46 grants
Human & Social Services
$14,306 1 grant
Education
$5,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$135,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $35.7M $26.6M $73.6M
2024 $26.4M $23.8M $60.5M
2023 $23.7M $23.9M $55.2M
2022 $30.9M $21.7M $53.8M
2021 $17.6M $11.0M $52.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $17.6M to $35.7M (+103%), with total assets most recently reported at $73.6M.

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

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