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← LANTERN THEATER COMPANY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LANTERN THEATER COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,067,941
Total expenses
$2,002,384
Contributions and grants received
$2,496,121
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$562,122
Investment income
$14,460
Other revenue
-$4,762
Total assets, end of year
$2,746,427
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,002,493
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,743,934
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,589,806
Management and general expenses
$306,570
Fundraising expenses
$106,008
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,589,806

Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,553

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $91,224

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,391,344

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,233

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $523,924 · related or exempt $523,924

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HANDLING FEES

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION INCOME

    total $7,600 · related or exempt $7,600

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS INCOME

    total $6,598 · related or exempt $6,598

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,460 · excluded $14,460

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,197

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $13,553

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,869

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$13,672 · excluded -$13,672

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $8,910 · related or exempt $8,910

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,910

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $165,477 · program services $85,195 · management and general $40,383 · fundraising $39,899

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $837,130 · program services $742,043 · management and general $77,352 · fundraising $17,735

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,260 · program services $18,703 · management and general $1,739 · fundraising $818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,086 · program services $69,185 · management and general $5,550 · fundraising $351

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,353 · program services $60,698 · management and general $9,287 · fundraising $4,368

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,531 · management and general $18,531

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $116,289 · management and general $116,289

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,984 · program services $8,748 · management and general $2,397 · fundraising $839

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,444 · program services $10,544 · management and general $2,889 · fundraising $1,011

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $30,130 · program services $30,130

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $177,155 · program services $152,125 · management and general $21,918 · fundraising $3,112

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,246 · program services $3,098 · management and general $781 · fundraising $367

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,136 · program services $33,074 · management and general $5,062

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,108 · program services $21,945 · management and general $4,392 · fundraising $1,771

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

    total $226,813 · program services $226,813

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION MATERIALS

    total $84,492 · program services $84,492

  • 24c · Other expenses: FRONT OF HOUSE

    total $43,013 · program services $43,013

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $35,737 · fundraising $35,737

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $283,130 · end of year $26,802

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $267,579 · end of year $417,189

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,500 · end of year $1,265,584

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,600 · end of year $28

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $132,148 · end of year $124,921

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $539,768

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $384,463

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $168,885 · end of year $155,305

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $191,606 · end of year $756,598

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,909 · end of year $41,883

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $185,094 · end of year $201,550

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $194,068 · end of year $759,060

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $505,996 · end of year $291,362

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $172,381 · end of year $1,452,572

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRODUCE PLAYS THAT INVESTIGATE AND ILLUMINATE WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, TO PRESENT RELATED AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, AND TO EDUCATE OUR REGION'S YOUTH USING THEATRICAL TECHNIQUES AND GREAT LITERATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRODUCE PLAYS THAT ILLUMINATE WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.

  • DURING THE 2023/24 SEASON, WE PRODUCED 148 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF FIVE MAINSTAGE PLAYS, INCLUDING TARTUFFE BY MOLIERE; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY BY LYNN NOTTAGE; OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY ANTHONY LAWTON, CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI, AND THOM WEAVER; FAITH HEALER BY BRIAN FRIEL; AND THE COMEDY OF ERRORS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THESE PRODUCTIONS REACHED 15,076 PATRONS. WE ALSO PRESENTED 19 AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT EVENTS, WHICH REACHED 799 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

    Expenses $1,362,993 · Revenue $498,162

  • DURING THE 2023/24 SEASON, OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDED IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES AND STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES. WE HOSTED 5,692 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT 24 STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING 4,953 AT OUR ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF ROMEO AND JULIET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AUDIENCES AND 1,099 AT STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OF OUR MAINSTAGE PLAYS. WE ALSO PROVIDED OUR CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO 1,506 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDED CPE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS WITH OUR BARD BASICS WORKSHOPS (20 SERVED) AND TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING WITH AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES PARTNERSHIPS (18 SERVED).

    Expenses $226,813 · Revenue $72,870

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dana J Ash

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey Cooper

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donna Saul Millen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judith D Freyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kaki Short

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles McMahon

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $93,469
    From this org
    $81,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,966
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stacy Maria Dutton

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $76,183
    From this org
    $66,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,671
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eugene Bissell

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Kalish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Everett Kenyatta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory J Kleiber

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Spraggins-Payne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roan Yarn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521329349305692

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