efile GRAPHIC p rint - DO NOT PROCESS As Filed Data - DLN: 93493169000455 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax OMB No 1545-0047 Form 990 Under section 501 ( c), 527, or 4947 ( a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code ( except private foundations) 2O1 3 Do not enter Social Security numbers on this form as it may be made public By law, the IRS Department of the Treasury Open generally cannot redact the information on the form Internal Revenue Service Inspection - Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www.IRS.gov/form990 For the 2013 calendar year, or tax year beginning 09-01-2013 , 2013, and ending 08-31-2014 C Name of organization B Check if applicable D Employer identification number MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION F Address change 41-0693875 Doing Business As F Name change 1 Initial return Number and street (or P 0 box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite E Telephone number 1111 NICOLLET MALL p Terminated (612)371-5600 (- Amended return City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55403 1 Application pending G Gross receipts $ 61,014,483 F Name and address of principal officer H(a) Is this a group return for KEVIN SMITH subordinates? (-Yes No 1111 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55403 H(b) Are all subordinates 1Yes(-No included? I Tax-exempt status F 501(c)(3) 1 501(c) ( ) I (insert no (- 4947(a)(1) or F_ 527 If "No," attach a list (see instructions) J Website :- WWWMINNESOTAORCHESTRAORG H(c) Groupexemptionnumber - K Form of organization F Corporation 1 Trust F_ Association (- Other 0- L Year of formation 1907 M State of legal domicile MN Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities A MINNESOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE w 2 Check this box Of- if the organization discontinued its operations or disposed of more than 25% of its net assets 3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) . 3 72 4 Number of independent voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1b) . 4 68 5 Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2013 (Part V, line 2a) . 5 816 6 Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) 6 317 7aTotal unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 . 7a 435,438 b Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 . 7b -90,359 Prior Year Current Year 8 Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) . 11,926,506 24,613,003 9 Program service revenue (Part VIII, line 2g) . 203,166 5,540,506 N 10 Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d . 1,992,286 2,180,045 11 Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e) 61,255 -161,902 12 Total revenue-add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12) . 14,183,213 32,171,652 13 Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1-3) . 62,595 54,121 14 Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4) . 0 0 15 Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5-10) 8,576,041 15,327,875 16a Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e) 358,938 254,783 b Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) 0-1,365,349 LLJ 17 Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines h1a-11d, 11f-24e) . 4,579,666 8,863,055 18 Total expenses Add lines 13-17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) 13,577,240 24,499,834 19 Revenue less expenses Subtract line 18 from line 12 605,973 7,671,818 Beginning of Current End of Year Year -A 20 Total assets (Part X, line 16) 218,315,716 232,315,806 M %TS 21 Total liabilities (Part X, line 26) . 34,212,298 27,950,722 ZLL 22 Net assets or fund balances Subtract line 21 from line 20 . 184,103,418 204,365,084 lijaW Signature Block Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, includin my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete Declaration of preps preparer has any knowledge Signature of officer Sign Here KEVIN SMITH PRESIDENT & CEO Type or print name and title Print/Type preparer's name Preparers signature LARRY ADAMS Paid Firm's name 1- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP Pre pare r Use Only Firm's address -220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET SUITE 300 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 May the IRS discuss this return with the preparer shown above? (see instructs For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Form 990 (2013) Page 2 Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Check if Schedule 0 contains a response or note to any line in this Part III .F 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ENRICHES, INSPIRES AND SERVES OUR COMMUNITY AS A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE 2 Did the organization undertake any significant program services during the year which were not listed on the prior Form 990 or 990-EZ? . fl Yes F No If "Yes," describe these new services on Schedule 0 3 Did the organization cease conducting, or make significant changes in how it conducts, any program services? . F Yes F No If "Yes," describe these changes on Schedule 0 4 Describe the organization's program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations are required to report the amount of grants and allocations to others, the total expenses, and revenue, if any, for each program service reported 4a (Code ) (Expenses $ 17,856,604 including grants of $ 54,121 ) (Revenue $ 5,127,880 THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA IS RECOGNIZED FOR DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCES AROUND THE WORLD, AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS, RADIO BROADCASTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING THE REPERTOIRE OF THE FUTURE THE ENSEMBLE NOW PRESENTS NEARLY 175 CONCERTS THAT ARE HEARD LIVE BY 350,000 INDIVIDUALS, AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT SERVE 85,000 MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES THE ORCHESTRA MAKES ITS HOME AT ORCHESTRA HALL IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE ITS CONCERTS ARE BROADCAST ACROSS THE STATE EACH FRIDAY EVENING BY MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO MANY PROGRAMS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY HEARD NATION-WIDE ON AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA RADIO PROGRAMS THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA, NOW IN ITS SECOND CENTURY, HAS LONG RANKED AMONG AMERICA'S TOP SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLES, WITH A DISTINGUISHED HISTORY OF ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCES IN ITS HOME STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD, AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS, RADIO BROADCASTS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND A VISIONARY COMMITMENT TO BUILDING THE ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE OF TOMORROW FOUNDED AS THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ENSEMBLE GAVE ITS INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE ON NOVEMBER 5, 1903, SHORTLY AFTER BASEBALL'S FIRST WORLD SERIES AND SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MADE THEIR UNPRECEDENTED AIRPLANE FLIGHT THE ORCHESTRA PLAYED ITS FIRST REGIONAL TOUR IN 1907 AND MADE ITS NEW YORK CITY DEBUT IN 1912 AT CARNEGIE HALL, WHERE IT HAS PERFORMED REGULARLY EVER SINCE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, THE ORCHESTRA HAS PLAYED CONCERTS IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, EUROPE, THE FAR EAST, LATIN AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 1968 IT HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA THE ENSEMBLE TYPICALLY PRESENTS NEARLY 175 PROGRAMS A YEAR, PRIMARILY AT ITS HOME VENUE OF ORCHESTRA HALL IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, AND ITS CONCERTS ARE HEARD BY LIVE AUDIENCES OF 350,000 THE ORCHESTRA'S INTERNATIONAL TOURS HAVE REAPED SIGNIFICANT PRAISE, MOST RECENTLY A CRITICALLY LAUDED 2010 TOUR OF EUROPEAN FESTIVALS DURING THIS TOUR THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, AMSTERDAM'S CONCERTGEBOUW AND THE BBC PROMS IN LONDON-BEFORE CHEERING CROWDS TOTALING 12,000 FOR TWO CONCERTS AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL, ONE OF WHICH CULMINATED IN A PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY UNDER MUSIC DIRECTOR OSMO VANSKA, THE ENSEMBLE UNDERTOOK FOUR EUROPEAN TOURS, APPEARED ANNUALLY AT NEW YORK'S CARNEGIE HALL OR LINCOLN CENTER AND TOURED MINNESOTA IN 2005, 2007 AND 2008 THE ORCHESTRA'S RECORDINGS AND BROADCASTS HAVE DRAWN ACCLAIM SINCE THE EARLY 1920S, WHEN THE ENSEMBLE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE HEARD VIA THESE MEDIA-NOTABLY MAKING ITS RADIO DEBUT IN 1923 BY PLAYING A NATIONALLY BROADCAST CONCERT UNDER GUEST CONDUCTOR BRUNO WALTER ITS LANDMARK MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE LP RECORDINGS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S, UNDER MUSIC DIRECTORS ANTAL DORATI AND STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI, HAVE BEEN REISSUED ON CD TO GREAT ACCLAIM UNDER OSMO VANSKA, THE ORCHESTRA COMPLETED SEVERAL ACCLAIMED RECORDING PROJECTS, PRIMARILY FOR BIS RECORDS, INCLUDING A FIVE-DISC CYCLE OF THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE MAY BE THE DEFINITIVE (CYCLE) OF OUR TIME " THE RECORDING OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY RECEIVED A 2008 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE, AND THE ALBUM FEATURING THE SECOND AND SEVENTH SYMPHONIES WAS NOMINATED FOR A 2009 CLASSIC FM GRAMOPHONE AWARD THE ORCHESTRA AND VANSKA ALSO RECORDED A TWO-CD SET OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S PIANO-AND-ORCHESTRA WORKS WITH SOLOIST STEPHEN HOUGH, A DISC FEATURING BRUCKNER'S FOURTH SYMPHONY, AN ALBUM OF BEETHOVEN'S FOURTH AND FIFTH PIANO CONCERTOS WITH RUSSIAN PIANIST YEVGENY SUDBIN, AND TWO ALBUMS OF SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES, INCLUDING A DISC FEATURING SIBELIUS' SYMPHONIES NO 2 AND 5 THAT GARNERED A 2013 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE THE ORCHESTRA'S FRIDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCES ARE BROADCAST LIVE REGIONALLY BY MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, A WEEKLY TRADITION FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS MANY PROGRAMS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY FEATURED ON AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA'S NATIONAL PROGRAMS, SYMPHONYCAST AND PERFORMANCE TODAY IN ADDITION TO OFFERING TRADITIONAL CONCERTS, THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA