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← DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$69,729,463
Total expenses
$70,189,786
Contributions and grants received
$15,964,027
Grants paid
$14,700
Program service revenue
$50,993,378
Investment income
$1,485,708
Other revenue
$1,286,350
Total assets, end of year
$105,404,582
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,982,689
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$65,421,893
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$57,483,422
Management and general expenses
$11,164,071
Fundraising expenses
$1,542,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$57,483,422

Program services were 81.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $818,385

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,000,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,076,396

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,069,246

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $377,512

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $41,119,802 · related or exempt $41,119,802

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HANDLING FEES

    total $6,718,912 · related or exempt $6,718,912

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $1,538,913 · related or exempt $1,538,913

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $987,216 · related or exempt $987,216

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION SERVICE

    total $628,535 · related or exempt $53,122 · unrelated business $575,413

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,760,523 · excluded $1,760,523

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $5,208 · excluded $5,208

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $441,923 · personal property $993,076

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $78,048 · personal property $75,189

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $363,875 · personal property $917,887

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,281,762 · unrelated business $917,887 · excluded $363,875

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $103,732,112

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

    securities $103,671,532 · other assets $335,395

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $60,580 · other assets -$335,395

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$274,815 · excluded -$274,815

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $201,580

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

    $818,385

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $445,594

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$244,014 · excluded -$244,014

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $221,986 · related or exempt $221,986

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $21,408 · related or exempt $21,408

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $243,394

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,700 · program services $14,700

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,010,108 · management and general $1,010,108

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,088,925 · program services $15,500,162 · management and general $4,754,050 · fundraising $834,713

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $396,535 · program services $259,594 · management and general $119,784 · fundraising $17,157

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,345,872 · program services $2,624,451 · management and general $601,765 · fundraising $119,656

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,590,077 · program services $1,159,835 · management and general $369,963 · fundraising $60,279

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $105,276 · program services $12,910 · management and general $92,366

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $106,240 · management and general $106,240

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $85,652 · management and general $85,652

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $527,502 · program services $26,623 · management and general $500,879

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,686,944 · program services $4,533,622 · management and general $59,120 · fundraising $94,202

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,801,142 · program services $1,169,431 · management and general $622,709 · fundraising $9,002

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,858,802 · program services $728,313 · management and general $1,130,416 · fundraising $73

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $621,057 · program services $621,057

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,031,775 · program services $1,665,399 · management and general $355,286 · fundraising $11,090

  • 17 · Travel

    total $418,421 · program services $403,162 · management and general $12,452 · fundraising $2,807

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,169 · program services $8,800 · management and general $14,544 · fundraising $825

  • 20 · Interest

    total $91,811 · management and general $91,811

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,372,730 · program services $1,832,907 · management and general $537,390 · fundraising $2,433

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $652,841 · management and general $652,841

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $26,941,298 · program services $26,592,489 · management and general $18,725 · fundraising $330,084

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $333,862 · program services $295,230 · management and general $27,970 · fundraising $10,662

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $81,847 · program services $34,737 · fundraising $47,110

  • 24d · Other expenses: IN-KIND EXPENSE

    total $2,200 · fundraising $2,200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,734,428 · end of year $8,487,505

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $169,385 · end of year $169,385

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,869,402 · end of year $15,282,064

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $700,972 · end of year $2,879,708

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $26,265 · end of year $7,612

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,986,716 · end of year $3,752,294

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

    $43,884,458

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

    $16,090,040

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,875,322 · end of year $27,794,418

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,348,326 · end of year $45,284,434

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,058,712 · end of year $1,342,162

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $731,630 · end of year $405,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,850,793 · end of year $6,609,106

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $26,554,188 · end of year $30,344,261

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $171,318 · end of year $164,568

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,780,000 · end of year $2,700,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,655 · end of year $164,754

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,164,062 · end of year $45,856,039

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,970,142 · end of year $19,565,854

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE DCPA ENGAGES AND INSPIRES NEARLY 950,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR THROUGH BROADWAY TOURS, LOCALLY PRODUCED THEATRE, INTIMATE CABARET, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES, THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IT IS A COLLECTION OF PASSIONATE ARTISTS WHO SHARE THE WORLD'S GREATEST STORIES WITH CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES. BOLD IN ITS VISION AND UNIVERSAL IN ITS APPEAL, THE DCPA'S WORK SPANS A BROAD CONTINUUM AND REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF ITS VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ENGAGE AND INSPIRE THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF LIVE THEATRE.

  • DCPA BROADWAY PRESENTS NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTIONS ON DENVER'S BIGGEST STAGES WHILE DCPA CABARET ENTERTAINS AUDIENCES WITH COMEDY, IMPROV AND MUSICALS IN THE INTIMATE GARNER GALLERIA THEATRE. IN FY24, DCPA BROADWAY PRESENTED 207 PERFORMANCES FROM 19 PRODUCTIONS, WITH ATTENDANCE OF 482,402 PATRONS INCLUDING 21,604 SUBSCRIBERS, WHILE DCPA CABARET PRESENTED 242 PERFORMANCES OF 5 SHOWS FOR A TOTAL OF 40,194 PATRON EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $32,037,548 · Grants $7,350 · Revenue $39,597,462

  • DCPA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCES HANDCRAFTED CLASSICS, WORLD PREMIERES, AND MODERN MASTERPIECES IN EACH OF ITS THREE VENUES. PLUS, ITS NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS INTRODUCED NEARLY 150 PLAYS INTO THE AMERICAN THEATRE CANON. IN FY24, DCPA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCED 325 PERFORMANCES ACROSS 8 PLAYS AND FOUR READINGS, WELCOMED 4,665 SUBSCRIBERS, AND OFFERED 107,466 GUEST EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $17,344,800 · Grants $7,350 · Revenue $5,910,362

  • DCPA OFF-CENTER CREATES UNEXPECTED THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES THAT PLACE THE AUDIENCE AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY. IN FY24, OFF-CENTER PRESENTED TWO PRODUCTIONS, BOTH OF WHICH WELCOMED 88,356 INDIVIDUALS TO OFF-SITE VENUES IN DENVER.

    Expenses $4,135,189 · Revenue $2,674,014

  • DCPA EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NURTURES A LOVE OF THEATRE THROUGH PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE REGION. ITS EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS REACHED 143,908 STUDENTS OF WHICH 130,906 WERE YOUTH. THESE OFFERINGS SPAN CLASSES, IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, FIELDTRIP OPPORTUNITIES, TOURS AND ITS ANNUAL THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES PRODUCTION. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO CONNECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ON- AND OFF-SITE EVENTS.

    Expenses $3,400,874 · Revenue $1,306,177

  • DCPA EVENT SERVICES PRODUCES AWE-INSPIRING EVENTS IN DRAMATIC VENUES FOR BOTH EXTERNAL CLIENTS AND DCPA EVENTS. IT ENCOMPASSES THE SEAWELL BALLROOM, DIRECTORS ROOM, AND VARIOUS LOBBIES AND THEATRE SPACES. IN FY24, IT HOSTED 113 EXTERNAL EVENTS AND GREETED 47,619 GUESTS TO EVENTS RANGING FROM NON-PROFIT FUNDRAISERS AND CORPORATE EVENTS TO WEDDINGS AND PRODUCT LAUNCHES.

    Expenses $565,011 · Revenue $1,173,344

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Hassan Salem

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 1 related

  • Ruth Krebs

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • David Farahi

    SECRETARY/ TREASURER (AS OF 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Newman

    SECRETARY/TREASURER (THRU 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nicole Ament

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dr Patricia Baca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brisa Carleson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred Churbuck

    TRUSTEE (THRU 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerome Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Navin Dimond

    TRUSTEE (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Fox Pinkowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kevin Kilstrom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Manny Rodriguez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Salazar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Sapkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Semple

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 8 related

  • William Dean Singleton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Robert Slosky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kenneth Tuchman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tina Walls

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Reginald Washington

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Judi Wolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Sylvia Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Sinden

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $384,121
    From this org
    $362,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,773
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,348
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,859
    Filer's total
    $384,121

  • Jane Williams

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMIN OFF.

    Total calculated
    $270,366
    From this org
    $231,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,534
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,832
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,204
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,330
    Filer's total
    $270,366

  • Laura Maresca

    CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $207,717
    From this org
    $187,673
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,044
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,673
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,029
    Filer's total
    $207,717

  • Gretchen Hollrah Thru 823

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,586
    From this org
    $161,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,751
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,876
    Filer's total
    $185,586

  • Chris Coleman

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THEATRE COMPANY

    Total calculated
    $315,936
    From this org
    $285,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,717
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,219
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,939
    Filer's total
    $315,936

  • John Ekeberg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BROADWAY

    Total calculated
    $223,301
    From this org
    $206,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,320
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,226
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,755
    Filer's total
    $223,301

  • Lisa Roebuck

    VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $217,338
    From this org
    $180,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,374
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,748
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,216
    Filer's total
    $217,338

  • Jamie Clements

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $210,059
    From this org
    $193,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,576
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,717
    Filer's total
    $210,059

  • Charles Varin

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, THEATRE COMPANY

    Total calculated
    $203,832
    From this org
    $188,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,426
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,406
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,744
    Filer's total
    $203,832

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349310722

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