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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MARTHA AND JOHN M RIVERS PERFORMANCE HALL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,296,111
Total expenses
$1,619,451
Contributions and grants received
$2,605,316
Grants paid
$718,705
Program service revenue
$468,200
Investment income
$222,595
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,292,242
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,254,800
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$886,564
Management and general expenses
$299,522
Fundraising expenses
$433,365
Program service expenses (Part III)
$886,564

Program services were 54.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,605,316

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT FEE

    total $468,200 · related or exempt $468,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $222,595 · excluded $222,595

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $718,705 · program services $718,705

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $413,697 · program services $129,561 · management and general $234,541 · fundraising $49,595

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $272,645 · fundraising $272,645

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,589 · program services $6,908 · management and general $12,502 · fundraising $17,179

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,681 · program services $8,247 · management and general $14,926 · fundraising $20,508

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,413 · management and general $7,413

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,250 · management and general $14,250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,667 · program services $15,857 · fundraising $13,810

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,316 · program services $66 · management and general $6,087 · fundraising $163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,313 · program services $1,977 · management and general $3,579 · fundraising $5,757

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,260 · program services $427 · management and general $772 · fundraising $1,061

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,328 · program services $3,328

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,013 · program services $425 · management and general $3,529 · fundraising $1,059

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $45,534 · program services $1,063 · management and general $1,923 · fundraising $42,548

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $9,040 · fundraising $9,040

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,173,796 · end of year $1,403,354

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $716,864

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,783,955 · end of year $2,058,306

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $80,748

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,139 · end of year $1,596

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

    $15,893

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

    $14,902

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,319 · end of year $991

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,764,109 · end of year $9,747,247

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $280,176 · end of year $37,442

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,412,439 · end of year $2,594,039

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,770,567 · end of year $10,660,761

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MARTHA & JOHN M. RIVERS PERFORMANCE HALL FOUNDATION IS TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM WITHIN CHARLESTON AND THROUGHOUT THE LOWCOUNTRY REGION OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • THE MARTHA & JOHN M. RIVERS PERFORMANCE HALL FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC PERFORMING ARTS VENUES, THEATERS, AND HALLS IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA; AND TO AID, SUPPORT, PROMOTE, DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCES FOCUSED ON THE ARTS. WE DO THIS BY BUILDING AND SUSTAINING A VIBRANT CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY AT THE CHARLESTON GAILLARD CENTER, AND BY PROMOTING GROWTH OF THE RIVERS ENDOWMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $886,564 · Grants $718,705 · Revenue $468,200

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Renee D Anderson

    CHAIR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $328,846
    From this org
    $328,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,846
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $328,846

  • Christopher S White

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey M Weingarten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Walter Fiederowicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Guang Ming Whitley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Helen Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allison Millar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $121,032
    From this org
    $120,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $318
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jasmine Brown

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $45,940
    From this org
    $42,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,536
    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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349318352

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