Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$41,410,770

Total expenses

$29,403,036

Contributions and grants received

$1,301,229

Grants paid

$525,470

Program service revenue

$29,619,921

Investment income

$3,313,552

Other revenue

$7,176,068

Total assets, end of year

$123,393,824

Total liabilities, end of year

$14,228,590

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$109,165,234

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$23,198,379

Management and general expenses

$5,942,625

Fundraising expenses

$262,032

Program service expenses (Part III)

$23,198,379

Program services were 78.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SEE SCHEDULE O ATLANTA'S FOX THEATRE IS A WORLD-RENOWNED CONCERT AND EVENT VENUE LIKE NO OTHER. CONCEIVED AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE ATLANTA SHRINER'S ORGANIZATION IN 1928, THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO EVOKE THE MYSTERY AND MAGIC OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. SPANISH PALACES AND EGYPTIAN TEMPLES INFLUENCED THE BUILDING'S ELABORATE AND INTENSELY ORNATE DESIGN WHICH FEATURES SOARING DOMES, SWEEPING ARCHWAYS, STUNNING GOLD LEAF, AND SUMPTUOUS INTERIOR DETAILS INCLUDING A VAST COBALT "SKY" WITH A SEA OF TWINKLING STARS. THE BUILDING WAS ENHANCED BY MOVIE MOGUL WILLIAM FOX IN 1929 AND THE VENUE FLOURISHED AS ATLANTA'S PREMIERE MOVIE PALACE UNTIL 1932, WHEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION FORCED WILLIAM FOX AND THE THEATRE INTO BANKRUPTCY. THE ATLANTA ICON WAS PURCHASED AT AUCTION FOR A FRACTION OF ITS ORIGINAL COST AND REMAINED IN HIGH DEMAND FOR THE NEXT THREE DECADES, SHOWING HUNDREDS OF ACCLAIMED FILMS AND HOSTING LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM LEGENDARY ENTERTAINERS.DESPITE THE FOX'S SUCCESS, LANDMARK MOVIE PALACES HAD BEGUN TO FALL OUT OF FAVOR IN THE 1960S AS CUSTOMERS MIGRATED TO THE SUBURBS. IN 1974, THE FOX THEATRE CLOSED ITS DOORS, AND THE STUNNING LANDMARK, BELOVED FOR GENERATIONS, WAS SUDDENLY FACING DEMOLITION. CONFRONTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING THE ICONIC BUILDING, THE RESIDENTS OF ATLANTA SPRANG INTO ACTION. THEY FORMED A NON-PROFIT CALLED ATLANTA LANDMARKS AND LAUNCHED THE NOW LEGENDARY "SAVE THE FOX" CAMPAIGN, WHICH RAISED FUNDS TO SAVE THE BUILDING FROM DEMOLITION. ATLANTA LANDMARKS (NOW CALLED FOX THEATRE, INC.) CONTINUES TO RUN THE THEATRE TODAY, MAKING IT ONE OF AN ELITE GROUP OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRES IN THE COUNTRY COMMITTED TO MAKING PERFORMANCE ART ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.NORMALLY, THE AWARD-WINNING FOX THEATRE HOSTS MORE THAN 200 PERFORMANCES ANNUALLY AND WELCOMES OVER 500,000 VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST IN BROADWAY, CONCERTS, BALLET, COMEDY, AND FILM. THE FOX HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, PRESERVATION, AND ARTS EDUCATION. NOTABLY, THE THEATRE WAS RANKED #2 HIGHEST GROSSING THEATRE WORLDWIDE (5,000 SEATS OR LESS) BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE IN 2023, AND #2 IN VENUESNOW'S 2023 YEAR-END TOP STOPS (2,001-5,000 SEATS). IT WAS ALSO NAMED THE INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT BUYERS ASSOCIATION THEATRE OF THE YEAR IN 2022 AND POLLSTAR MAGAZINE'S #2 THEATRE WORLDWIDE IN TICKET SALES IN 2021. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOX WAS AWARDED VENUESNOW'S #1 TOP STOP OF THE DECADE AWARD FOR TICKETS SOLD IN 2019. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ALSO LISTED THE FOX AS ONE OF "THE BEST BIG ROOMS IN AMERICA." FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, THE FOX THEATRE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP THREE THEATRES IN NORTH AMERICA FOR GROSS TICKET SALES, CEMENTING ITS LEGACY AS A BELOVED ATLANTA ICON AND A HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT VENUE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FOX THEATRE, INC. CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT MISSION "TO PRESERVE AND SHARE THE FOX THEATRE AND VISION "TO BE ATLANTA'S PREEMINENT CULTURAL ICON THAT ENRICHES THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND TO FURTHER STATE THAT OUR PRIMARY MISSION OF PRESERVING AND SHARING THE FOX THEATRE CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH ADVANCING THE ARTS IN BOTH METRO ATLANTA AND THE STATE BY PROVIDING ARTS EDUCATION THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS EFFORT FOX GIVES (FORMERLY THE FOX THEATRE INSTITUTE), AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMING AND/OR EXHIBITS IN THE FOX THEATRE AND/OR THROUGH FOX GIVES NETWORK OF THEATRES FOR THE ENRICHMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

  Expenses $22,123,267 · Revenue $36,578,154

• SEE SCHEDULE OFOX GIVES (FORMERLY FTI) IS AN AWARD-WINNING OUTREACH PROGRAM OFFERING HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION TO PERFORMING ARTS VENUES IN GEORGIA AND THE REGION. CREATED BY ATLANTA'S FOX THEATRE - AN ICONIC ATTRACTION WIDELY APPLAUDED FOR BEING A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY - FOX GIVES PAYS IT FORWARD, HELPING OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS RENEW, REINVIGORATE AND RESTORE ARTISTIC VITALITY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. IN KEEPING ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT TOP OF MIND, FOX GIVES OFFERS THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, RESTORATION SUPPORT, AND OPERATIONS MENTORING NEEDED TO LEVERAGE SCARCE RESOURCES AND STIMULATE LOCAL ECONOMIES.FOX GIVES WAS FOUNDED IN 2008 IN RESPONSE TO A STATEWIDE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE RESTORATION AND OPERATION OF GEORGIA'S HISTORIC THEATRES. DURING ITS BRIEF HISTORY, FOX GIVES HAS BECOME AN INDISPENSABLE RESOURCE FOR HISTORIC THEATRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, FULFILLING THE FOX THEATRE'S VISION TO SHARE ITS EXPERIENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THEATRE OPERATIONS WITH OTHERS. AT A TIME WHEN PRESERVATION AND ARTS AGENCIES ARE EXPERIENCING BUDGET CUTBACKS, FOX GIVES IS FILLING A COMMUNITY NEED BY AWARDING GRANTS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THESE COMMUNITY LANDMARKS. THROUGH OUR PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM, FOX GIVES PROVIDES SINGLE YEAR AND MULTI-YEAR GRANTS. IN SHORT, FOX GIVES STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEATRE. COMBINED, IN THE FISCAL YEARS OF 2023-2024 FOX GIVES HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $3.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO THEATRES IN GEORGIA, INCLUDING OVER $323,000 FOR BLOCK BOOKING GRANTS.AS PART OF THE FOX THEATRE'S COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, THE FOX THEATRE ALSO HAS AN EDUCATION PILLAR UNDER WHICH LIVES BOTH "FOX IN A BOX" FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS K-5 AND FOX GIVES "ALL ACCESS PASS" FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADES 9-12."FOX IN A BOX" IS AN INTERACTIVE SCHOOL EXHIBIT THAT FOCUSES ON HOW IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE FOX THEATRE'S TIMELINE INTERSECT WITH KEY CLASSROOM LESSONS, FROM AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO ECONOMICS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITIES. ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE THEN CHALLENGED TO THINK HOW COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO SHARE AND EXPERIENCE AND TO PROTECT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. SINCE 2014, WE HAVE BROUGHT THE FOX IN A BOX PROGRAM TO MORE THAN 54,000 STUDENTS, 3,800 EDUCATORS AND OVER 15,700 CITIZENS THROUGH THE GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.THE ALL-ACCESS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS, AS WELL AS EXPOSURE TO VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE THEATRE AND FILM INDUSTRIES. THREE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES WILL ATTEND TWO BROADWAY SHOWS AT THE FOX THEATRE PER ACADEMIC YEAR, PRE-TRIP SITE VISIT WITH THE FOX EDUCATION MANAGER, PRE-SHOW TALK BACK ABOUT VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE THEATRE AND FILM INDUSTRIES. ONE STUDENT PER YEAR WILL BE AWARDED A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP. AND THE PERFORMING ARTS MANAGER WILL PROVIDE A FOLLOW UP ONLINE SEMINAR.

  Expenses $1,075,112 · Grants $525,470 · Revenue $105,538

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• CITY OF HOGANSVILLE

  $75,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• GROVE PARK FOUNDATION

  $70,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• ARTS & CULTURAL AUTHORITY OF CLAXTON AND EVANS COUNTY

  $57,400

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• COLQUITT COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL

  $50,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION

  $50,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• HISTORIC DESOTO THEATRE FOUNDATION INC

  $40,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• FRIENDS OF THE STRAND

  $31,500

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• IMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE

  $30,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• WAYCROSS AREA COMMUNITY THEATRE

  $22,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• SOUTHSIDE THEATRE GUILD

  $20,000

  PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423179349307227

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