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← LANTERN THEATER COMPANY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LANTERN THEATER COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,242,295
Total expenses
$1,971,138
Contributions and grants received
$698,914
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$487,196
Investment income
$351
Other revenue
$55,834
Total assets, end of year
$1,114,448
Total liabilities, end of year
$436,071
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$678,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,553,195
Management and general expenses
$324,708
Fundraising expenses
$93,235
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,553,195

Program services were 78.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $55,391

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $643,523

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,627

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $454,327 · related or exempt $454,327

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HANDLING FEES

    total $21,999 · related or exempt $21,999

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION INCOME

    total $10,870 · related or exempt $10,870

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $351 · excluded $351

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $55,834 · related or exempt $55,834

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $55,834

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $168,549 · program services $90,731 · management and general $38,909 · fundraising $38,909

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $825,351 · program services $728,277 · management and general $88,355 · fundraising $8,719

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,693 · program services $19,058 · management and general $1,956 · fundraising $679

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $91,668 · program services $83,928 · management and general $7,552 · fundraising $188

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,322 · program services $61,741 · management and general $10,892 · fundraising $2,689

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,558 · management and general $15,558

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $132,386 · management and general $132,386

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,886 · program services $5,757 · management and general $1,577 · fundraising $552

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,875 · program services $7,939 · management and general $2,175 · fundraising $761

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $27,753 · program services $27,753

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $108,428 · program services $92,577 · management and general $13,730 · fundraising $2,121

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,422 · program services $2,504 · management and general $682 · fundraising $236

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,664 · program services $37,275 · management and general $6,389

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,740 · program services $20,302 · management and general $4,034 · fundraising $1,404

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

    total $222,084 · program services $222,084

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION MATERIALS

    total $114,115 · program services $114,115

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOX OFFICE AND HOUSE MA

    total $39,154 · program services $39,154

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $36,977 · fundraising $36,977

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $513 · management and general $513

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,231,794 · end of year $283,130

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,503 · end of year $267,579

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $125,000 · end of year $65,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $5,600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $114,663 · end of year $132,148

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

    $515,212

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

    $346,327

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $147,302 · end of year $168,885

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $191,606

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,319 · end of year $56,909

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $157,223 · end of year $185,094

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $194,068

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $880,356 · end of year $505,996

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $526,864 · end of year $172,381

Mission and programs · 2022

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 2022/23 SEASON - THE LANTERN'S FIRST FULL SEASON OF LIVE PERFORMANCES SINCE 2018/19 - WE PRODUCED 139 PERFORMANCES OF FIVE PRODUCTIONS, INCLUDING TRAVESTIES BY TOM STOPPARD; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE THE ROYALE BY MARCO RAMIREZ (WINNER OF THREE 2023 BARRYMORE AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY); OUR ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY ANTHONY LAWTON, CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI, AND THOM WEAVER; THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT BY JEREMY KAREKEN, DAVID MURRELL, AND GORDON FARRELL; AND TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THESE PRODUCTIONS REACHED 13,000 PATRONS. WE ALSO PRESENTED 18 AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT EVENTS, WHICH REACHED 623 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

    Expenses $1,331,111 · Revenue $446,720

  • OUR ILLUMINATION EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDES IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES, AND THE EMPATHY PROJECT. DURING THE 2022/23 SEASON, OUR PRODUCTION OF ROMEO AND JULIET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AUDIENCES REACHED 5,616, AND WE HOSTED ANOTHER 1,557 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OF OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS. WE ALSO PROVIDED OUR CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO 2,840 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDED CPE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS WITH OUR BARD BASICS WORKSHOPS (13 SERVED), TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING WITH AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES PARTNERSHIPS (29 SERVED), AND THE EMPATHY PROJECT, THIS YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (27 SERVED).

    Expenses $222,084 · Revenue $96,310

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Rosen Rogoff

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dana Ash

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna Saul Millen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Dussault

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kaki Short

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles McMahon

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $89,936
    From this org
    $74,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,686
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stacy Maria Dutton

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $73,353
    From this org
    $63,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,408
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eugene Bissell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith D Freyer

    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

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Renaud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanne Sigler

    DIRECTOR

    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
2022
Filed
28 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411149349300936

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