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US nonprofit · EIN 943338747 · San Francisco, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 943338747) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2012.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Symphony Parnassus

Donations deductible
Revenue
$56k
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$69k
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$3k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$3k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
7.4 years on average
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Activity
A69
Arts, culture and humanities
Exemption reinstated on 15 January 2018. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 January 2018 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

Symphony Parnassus' network

6 people5 organisationsi6 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Helene WickettDirector2018
8 yrs
Merle RabineVice President2018
8 yrs
Paula KarolakPresident2021
5 yrs
Peter HwangCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Robert BeardTreasurer2021
5 yrs
Sarah SmithDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Stephen PaulsonMusic Directorsince 2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Helene WickettDirector2$0
Sarah SmithDirector2$0
Paula KarolakPresident2$0
Merle RabineVice President2$0
Robert BeardTreasurer2$0
Peter HwangSecretary2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Symphony Parnassus
EIN
943338747
Address
Po Box 225297, San Francisco, CA, 94122-5297
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
A69 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Moriah Shilton (Form 990-N, tax year 2012)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsHelene Wickett
≥8years on the filingsMerle Rabine
≥8years on the filingsPeter Hwang
≥8years on the filingsSarah Smith

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$3k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$56k$69kDeficit $13k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.