2025-06-09T15:00:13-05:00 2024-07-31 341463411 BARNES WENDLING CPAS INC 5050 WATERFORD DRIVE SHEFFIELD VILLAGE OH 44035 990 2023-08-01 341696842 APOLLO'S FIRE THE CLEVELAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA APOL 2163200012 3091 MAYFIELD ROAD 217 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS OH 44118 NOHA RYDER TREASURER 2163200012 2025-06-05 1 1 LAURIE A GATTEN CPA P01399120 4409343850 2025-06-05 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z RYAN SIEBEL 3091 MAYFIELD ROAD 217 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS OH 44118 3339705 0 X WWW.APOLLOSFIRE.ORG X 1992 OH APOLLO'S FIRE, THE CLEVELAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ESTABLISHED IN 1992. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES NORTHEAST OHIO, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES WITH PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES OF BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS AND EDUCATES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN THE FIELD OF EARLY MUSIC. 26 26 16 144 2675 0 1676719 2161113 1017746 1031383 20247 47313 22425 -22497 2737137 3217312 0 0 0 0 696535 796373 0 0 228640 2023447 1968587 2719982 2764960 17155 452352 2147488 2809333 190352 298201 1957136 2511132 X PERFORMING ON HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS, APOLLO'S FIRE BRINGS TO LIFE THE MUSIC OF THE PAST FOR AUDIENCES OF TODAY, WITH PASSION. PERIOD. NAMED FOR THE ANCIENT GOD OF MUSIC, HEALING AND THE SUN, APOLLO'S FIRE, A GRAMMY-WINNING ENSEMBLE, WAS FOUNDED BY AWARD-WINNING HARPSICHORDIST AND CONDUCTOR JEANNETTE SORRELL. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES NORTHEAST OHIO, CHICAGO (THROUGH ITS CHICAGO SERIES), NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES WITH PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES OF BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. APOLLO'S FIRE IS DEDICATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY MUSIC ON THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS FOR WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN. THE ENSEMBLE UNITES A SELECT POOL OF EARLY-MUSIC SPECIALISTS FROM THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, AND HAS BEEN PRAISED INTERNATIONALLY FOR STYLISTIC PERFORMANCES, CD RECORDING, TOURS, AND BROADCASTS.THROUGH ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, APOLLO'S FIRE EDUCATES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN THE FIELD OF EARLY MUSIC. 0 0 2229276 2675 SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERTS:GRAMMY-WINNING BAROQUE ORCHESTRA APOLLO'S FIRE'S 2023-2024 SEASON MARKED ITS 32ND SEASON UNDER FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JEANNETTE SORRELL. THE SEASON COMPRISED SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS AND HOLIDAY CONCERTS EIGHT PROGRAMS FOR A TOTAL OF 29 CONCERTS PERFORMED IN MULTIPLE VENUES ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO. SPLENDOUR IN LONDON (HANDEL AND PURCELL) - OCTOBER 2023 ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HANDEL)- OCTOBER 2023 NIGHTS IN VENICE (VIVALDI AND MONTEVERDI) NOVEMBER 2023 FIRE & JOY (BACH AND VIVALDI) NOVEMBER 2023 WASSAIL! AN IRISH-APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 2023 SACRED MYSTERIES (BIBER SONATAS) - FEBRUARY 2024 HISPANIA! A VOYAGE FROM SPAIN TO AMERICA MARCH 2024 EASTER ORATORIO (BACH) APRIL 2023APOLLO'S FIRE CONTINUED ITS WATCH-AT-HOME VIDEO SERIES, AN INITIATIVE CONCEIVED INRESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. A SUBSCRIPTION OR TICKET ALLOWS PATRONSEITHER TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR WATCH THE CONCERT-VIDEO AT HOME (ORBOTH). THREE SUCH CONCERTS WERE RECORDED AND VIDEOTAPED. APOLLO'S FIRE ALSO RELEASED A NEW CD ALBUM, MYSTERY SONATAS BY HEINRICH BIBER FEATURING APOLLO'S FIRE'S ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ALAN CHOO, ON BRITISH LABEL AVIE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.NORTH AMERICA TOURING AND THE CHICAGO SERIESOVER THE YEARS AF HAS PERFORMED ON THE WORLD'S BEST STAGES INCLUDING CARNEGIE HALL, THE BBC PROMS IN LONDON, WIGMORE HALL, TANGLEWOOD, RAVINIA, TO NAME A FEW. APOLLO'S FIRE TOURS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AND HAS PERFORMED IN 6 EUROPEAN TOURS. MOST RECENTLY, FY24 SAW JEANNETTE SORRELL AND THE APOLLO'S FIRE SINGERS APPEARING WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC WITH HANDEL'S ISRAEL IN EGYPT WHICH ALSO TOURED TO GOSHEN, IN.NORTH AMERICAN TOURING IN FY24 INCLUDED PERFORMANCES AT THE RAVINIA FESTIVAL (IL), CARAMOOR FESTIVAL (NY), MUSIC AT GRETNA (PA), CHATHAM BAROQUE (PA), VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE CATSKILLS MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (NY).APOLLO'S FIRE ALSO CONTINUED ITS CHICAGO SERIES TO GROWING AUDIENCES, IN EVANSTON AND CHICAGO, IL. THEY PERFORMED 4 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, 7 CONCERTS TOTAL. ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HANDEL)- OCTOBER 2023 NIGHTS IN VENICE (VIVALDI AND MONTEVERDI) NOVEMBER 2023 WASSAIL! AN IRISH-APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 2023 HISPANIA! A VOYAGE FROM SPAIN TO AMERICA MARCH 2024EDUCATION & OUTREACHAF IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY ACCESS INITIATIVE WHICH AUGMENTS ITS OTHER OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. THE CAI DEEPENS AF'S FOCUS ON STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, THUS BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR A SHARED TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. APOLLO'S FIRE BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF MUSIC TO INSPIRE, TRANSFORM, AND UPLIFT. WE FEEL THAT ALL DESERVE TO SHARE IN THAT EXPERIENCE IN A MANNER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEEPLY DISCOUNTED $12 TICKETS; FREE FAMILY CONCERTS; IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS WITH YOUNG STUDENTS; FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS AT ALL CONCERTS; FREE FAMILY NIGHTS WHERE STUDENTS & PARENTS FROM SELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT FOR FREE; AND BAROQUE BISTROS- CASUAL CONCERTS AT AREA RESTAURANTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO DISCOUNTED SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS; THE YOUNG ARTIST APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND AF'S MUSETTE PROGRAM (CHILDREN'S CHOIR AGES 11-17). IN 2019, AF'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE LAUNCH OF THE MOSAIC PROJECT- THE SECOND PHASE OF AF'S COMMUNITY ACCESS INITIATIVE. IN THIS PHASE, APOLLO'S FIRE IS PRIORITIZING DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR AUDIENCE. ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP INCREASE DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL EARLY MUSIC FIELD. 2229276 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 154 0 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OH IL X X MICHELLE MCCUE 3303891208 14837 DETROIT AVE 182 LAKEWOOD OH 44107 CHARLES A BITTENBENDER BOARD PRESIDENT AND DIRECT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES B ROSENTHAL BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN CERVENY VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTO 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KARL BEKENY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM A POWEL III VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTO 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RYAN SIEBEL TREASURER AND DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW GORDON-SEIFERT SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFFREY P BARNETT ASSISTANT TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY IWATA BUNDRA PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KA-PI HOH PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMY CARLSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS FORREST KELLY PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD J LEDERMAN MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MENG LOCKY LIU DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM CLARK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE DIVALL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL J MEEHAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA M OLEJKO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIM S PARRY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL FRANK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID J REIMER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MALCOLM HENOCH MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATRINA PIPASTS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 REBECCA STOREY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEAN M VALORE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HERB WAINER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELISA ROSS MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NOHA RYDER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHIE STEWART DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ED WEBER DO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEANNETTE SORRELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X 105004 0 0 CURT HANCOCK GENERAL MANAGER 12.00 X 88900 0 0 193904 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 274823 158082 1728208 156978 2161113 TICKET SALES 900099 646529 646529 TOURING FEES 900099 384854 384854 1031383 59313 59313 12000 -12000 -12000 -12000 46706 274823 110393 -63687 -63687 33879 0 33879 33879 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 4636 4636 PROGRAM ADVERTISING 541800 2675 2675 7311 3217312 1057898 2675 -4374 193904 118758 34020 41126 483142 301627 80264 101251 61541 38211 10388 12942 57786 35880 9754 12152 2650 2650 17993 8245 9748 56980 20980 28800 7200 183135 183135 82684 66807 11463 4414 40758 25411 8018 7329 34753 21854 6739 6160 401016 392426 1645 6945 3455 3090 194 171 6032 4185 965 882 CONTRACT LABOR MUSICIAN 572739 569241 3498 CONTRACT LABOR NON-MUSI 254405 158636 95569 200 CONCERT EXPENSES 238650 223574 9477 5599 RECORDING 48862 48862 24475 5704 18771 2764960 2229276 307044 228640 1199148 1248184 100954 243679 144594 75964 13504 9825 26278 20481 142386 138886 6954 3500 656056 1207700 2147488 2809333 98231 178081 92121 120120 190352 298201 X 1598703 2143355 358433 367777 1957136 2511132 2147488 2809333 452352 101644 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1177363 1719126 2579112 1676719 2161113 9313433 1177363 1719126 2579112 1676719 2161113 9313433 463328 8850105 5258 215 874 20247 59313 85907 7475 7617 4636 19728 2650 1124 10903 15271 2446 32394 9451462 2948548 0.93640 0.95790 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 142386 138886 3500 3500 X 3455346 101644 136391 238035 3217311 0 3217311 2901350 136391 136391 2764959 0 2764959 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES AND DISCLOSES UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP. AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED JULY 31, 2022 AND 2021, THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE A LIABILITY FOR UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS. THE ORGANIZATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE TAXING AUTHORITIES PRIOR TO 2012. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES INCLUDED IN REVENUE 136,391. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES INCLUDED IN REVENUE 136,391. GALA 321529 274823 46706 107237 3156 321529 274823 46706 107237 3156 110393 -63687 X 7 34646 FAIR MARKET VALUE X MUSICIAN LODGING 59 100420 FAIR MARKET VALUE X AUCTION ITEMS 50 25998 FAIR MARKET VALUE X RENTALS 6 14840 FAIR MARKET VALUE X ADVERTISING 2 5005 FAIR MARKET VALUE X COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 2 2067 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 1 1 PART I, LINE 32B: MORGAN STANLEY SELLS CONTRIBUTED SECURITIES. THEY CHARGE US A REDUCED SMALL TRANSACTION FEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE IT IS FILED. IT IS FILED ONCE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMITTEE. AFTER IT IS FILED, THE 990 IS SHARED WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REVIEWED AND FORMS SIGNED ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION IN THE FIELD TO HELP DETERMINE A FAIR AND COMPARABLE AND COMPETITIVE SALARY. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DELIBERATION, FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.