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← FORD S THEATRE SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORD S THEATRE SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$26,392,386
Total expenses
$16,196,100
Contributions and grants received
$20,182,567
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,111,777
Investment income
$555,040
Other revenue
-$456,998
Total assets, end of year
$91,474,977
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,088,260
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$77,386,717
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,309,573
Management and general expenses
$2,383,816
Fundraising expenses
$1,502,711
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,309,573

Program services were 76.0% 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

    $1,616,750

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,007,887

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,557,930

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION REVENUE

    total $4,511,061 · related or exempt $4,511,061

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TOUR ADMISSION FEES

    total $1,308,831 · related or exempt $1,308,831

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RESTORATION FEES

    total $281,990 · related or exempt $281,990

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATION INCOME

    total $9,895 · related or exempt $9,895

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $554,611 · excluded $554,611

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $6,657 · excluded $6,657

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,596,632

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,596,203

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $429

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $429 · excluded $429

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $87,000

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

    $1,616,750

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $736,483

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$649,483 · excluded -$649,483

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONCESSION INCOME

    total $156,445 · excluded $156,445

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $29,383 · excluded $29,383

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $185,828

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $915,385 · program services $695,723 · management and general $134,730 · fundraising $84,932

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,568,840 · program services $5,129,985 · management and general $716,039 · fundraising $722,816

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $507,392 · program services $372,591 · management and general $134,801

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,017,919 · program services $771,322 · management and general $176,215 · fundraising $70,382

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $547,225 · program services $426,170 · management and general $64,638 · fundraising $56,417

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,632 · program services $53 · management and general $8,579

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,380 · management and general $43,380

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $7,479 · fundraising $7,479

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,098 · management and general $22,098

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $272,123 · program services $156,676 · management and general $55,668 · fundraising $59,779

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $361,002 · program services $361,002

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $68,461 · program services $37,585 · management and general $18,703 · fundraising $12,173

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $211,278 · program services $75,007 · management and general $136,271

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $309,118 · program services $309,118

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,324,389 · program services $1,026,554 · management and general $168,050 · fundraising $129,785

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,686 · program services $81,701 · management and general $1,858 · fundraising $2,127

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,423 · program services $4,142 · management and general $1,281

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,440,587 · program services $1,116,621 · management and general $182,794 · fundraising $141,172

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $129,573 · program services $100,434 · management and general $16,441 · fundraising $12,698

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $1,210,683 · program services $1,210,683

  • 24b · Other expenses: HOUSING

    total $139,151 · program services $139,151

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $49,901 · program services $48,517 · management and general $1,039 · fundraising $345

  • 24d · Other expenses: GOV'T & PROFESSIONAL FE

    total $36,060 · program services $13,100 · management and general $18,910 · fundraising $4,050

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $914,315 · program services $233,438 · management and general $482,321 · fundraising $198,556

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,499,601 · end of year $3,709,194

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,588,032 · end of year $9,850,753

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $70,508 · end of year $24,717

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $753,405 · end of year $514,329

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

    $76,938,103

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

    $19,923,623

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,654,007 · end of year $57,014,480

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,506,882 · end of year $12,433,007

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $7,073,319

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,201,402 · end of year $855,178

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,221,153 · end of year $4,800,256

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $535,937 · end of year $428,148

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,418,427 · end of year $7,739,441

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,213,720 · end of year $1,120,415

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,670,078 · end of year $29,977,502

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,214,522 · end of year $47,409,215

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FORD'S THEATRE EXPLORES THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND CELEBRATES THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATRE AND EDUCATION.

  • DURING FY24, APPROXIMATELY 358,000 PATRONS VISITED HISTORIC FORD'S THEATRE. THE FTS MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS SOMETHING MOVING, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, AND LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS ENTERTAINED NEARLY 62,000 LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PATRONS. ADDITIONALLY, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH SERVED OVER 22,000 LOCAL AND NATIONAL STUDENTS THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, STUDENT MATINEES, WORKSHOPS, DISTANCE LEARNING, AND ORATORY FESTIVAL.

    Expenses $12,309,573 · Revenue $6,111,777

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Phebe N Novakovic

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • David H Long

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Podesta

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bj Agugliaro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ray Dempsey Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric A Spiegel

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rima Al-Sabah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eva Al-Thani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caroline Aderholt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian C Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven G Barry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Blocker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abigail P Blunt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce M Brayboy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia J Brinkley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Cameron

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Elaine L Chao

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dianne Cleaver

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Art Collins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Cornyn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kasey A Crowley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Deborah I Dingell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Story Dittus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence Duncan III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James W Dyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa M Fariello

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karyn M Frist

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce A Gates

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Green

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chrissy Hagerty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael R Hemmerich

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Hess

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mrs Robin Hickenlooper

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Jackson Hodges

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Sven Erik Holmes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ghada Raslan Irani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank F Islam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Alphonso Jackson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norman Jemal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Baker Keffer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ritu Ahuja Khanna

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evan A Knisely

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Knutson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc S Lampkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frances R Lindner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlene A Malek

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan J Blumenthal Markey MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy McCarthy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon William F McSweeny

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Merrill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ayesha K Molino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noemi K Neidorff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelley Paul

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Risch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Frederick J Ryan Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Segars

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Taper

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Michael R Turner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Iris Weinshall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Tetreault

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $647,438
    From this org
    $544,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,519
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $409,919
    Bonus
    $135,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $70,299
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,220
    Filer's total
    $647,438
  • Douglas Wilson

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $194,918
    From this org
    $173,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,821
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,097
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,870
    Filer's total
    $194,918
  • Joshua Drew Bryner

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (BEG 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $115,404
    From this org
    $78,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,898
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leah Frelinghysen

    DIR OF COMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $142,875
    From this org
    $136,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,427
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tamara Turoff Keough

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $197,866
    From this org
    $186,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,281
    Filer's total
    $197,866
  • Andrew Fox

    HEAD CARPENTER

    Total calculated
    $158,294
    From this org
    $129,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,784
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,510
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,066
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,718
    Filer's total
    $158,294
  • Kristin Fox-Siegmund

    DEPUTY DIR AND DIR OF PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $217,827
    From this org
    $181,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,934
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,893
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,460
    Filer's total
    $217,827
  • Jose Martinez-Carrasquillo

    DIR OF ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $122,222
    From this org
    $105,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,740
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
WHEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET, DOMESTIC FIRST CLASS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CLASS, AND TRAVEL FOR A COMPANION ARE PERMITTED IN THE EXECUTIVE TRAVEL POLICY. THESE BENEFITS WERE NOT USED DURING THE YEAR.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN NON-QUALIFIED 457F RETIREMENT PLAN: PAUL TETREAULT - DURING THE TAX YEAR, $57,099 WAS SET ASIDE AS A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS SECTION 457(F) ACCOUNT.
PART I, LINE 7
THE DIRECTOR RECEIVED A PERFORMANCE BONUS. THE AMOUNT IS DETERMINED ANNUALLY AND IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510949349300541

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