Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: $26.9M Revenue, $28.5M Expenses

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 63/100.

At $26.9M in 2022 revenue, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc sits in the mid-range of the U.S. nonprofit distribution. Most organizations of this scale operate regionally or focus on a single program area. Financial health is a strength: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc carries a healthy operating-reserve cushion against $28.5M in annual expenses, the kind of balance-sheet stability that helps an organization weather funding gaps without cutting programs.

Revenue has been roughly stable over the five-year filing window. The pattern is normal for established organizations operating in a mature program area. Current-officer compensation is not separately reported in the filing — typical for nonprofits where leadership is paid through a related entity (parent system, university, or foundation) rather than the filing organization itself, or for small organizations whose chief is a volunteer or board member. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.