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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$778,622
Total expenses
$1,021,876
Contributions and grants received
$778,584
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$38
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$240,649
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,322
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$114,327
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$747,813
Management and general expenses
$101,684
Fundraising expenses
$172,379
Program service expenses (Part III)
$747,813

Program services were 73.2% 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)

    $87,601

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $690,983

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38 · excluded $38

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $39,768 · program services $7,954 · management and general $7,953 · fundraising $23,861

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $378,322 · program services $216,398 · management and general $64,001 · fundraising $97,923

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,005 · program services $6,979 · management and general $2,238 · fundraising $3,788

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,704 · program services $2,523 · management and general $810 · fundraising $1,371

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $67,838 · program services $36,402 · management and general $11,675 · fundraising $19,761

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,659 · program services $8,939 · management and general $2,867 · fundraising $4,853

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $120,263 · program services $116,799 · management and general $3,464

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,560 · program services $2,352 · management and general $1,721 · fundraising $487

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,751 · program services $9,835 · management and general $1,705 · fundraising $5,211

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,476 · program services $2,938 · management and general $943 · fundraising $1,595

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,454 · program services $2,532 · fundraising $922

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $669 · management and general $669

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,153 · program services $6,521 · management and general $2,092 · fundraising $3,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: ART PROGRAMS

    total $329,421 · program services $327,496 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $425

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,833 · program services $145 · management and general $46 · fundraising $8,642

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,718 · end of year $25,750

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $316,065

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $400,414 · end of year $207,714

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,128 · end of year $7,185

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

    $4,013

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

    $4,013

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $669

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $132,953 · end of year $71,322

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $55,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$113,630 · end of year $24,800

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $710,171 · end of year $89,527

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE CONNECT THE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF PHILADELPHIA THROUGH ART AND PARTNERSHIP. THE ORGANIZATION IS A FREE-STANDING PLATFORM THAT ENDEAVORS TO SHOW FORWARD-THINKING, HIGH-QUALITY CONTEMPORARY VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART IN THE CITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NEXUS FOR EMERGING CULTURAL PRODUCERS, DIVERSE FOUNDATIONS AND SUPPORTERS AS WELL AS DYNAMIC AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES IN AND BEYOND THE CITY. RATHER THAN ACQUIRING AND MAINTAINING A PERMANENT COLLECTION, THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-COLLECTING, MULTI- DISCIPLINARY, AND SUSTAINABLE ART VENUE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE CONNECT THE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF PHILADELPHIA THROUGH ART AND PARTNERSHIP.

  • THROUGH PROGRAMMATIC INNOVATION, THE SPOKEN WORD PROGRAM EXPLORES NOTIONS OF PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LIBERTY THROUGH THE ACT OF SPEECH AND ELEVATES POETRY, SPOKEN WORD, AND PERFORMANCE TO COEQUAL BRANCHES OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

    Expenses $237,086

  • THE CITYWIDE INITIATIVES PROGRAMMING RECOGNIZES SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN PROGRAMMING ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY. THIS PROGRAM FOREGROUNDS ACCOUNTABILITY, RECIPROCITY, AND LISTENING AS THE VALUES THAT CENTER OUR WORK.

    Expenses $380,199

  • ECOLOGICAL FUTURES PROGRAMMING FOCUSES ON OUR SUSTAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES ESPECIALLY THOSE IMPACTING OUR URBAN COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $16,642

  • LIVED CULTURE THE LIVED CULTURE PROGRAMS CELEBRATE AND PRESENT ART THAT EMBRACES THE BREADTH OF WHAT ART CAN BE BEYOND ITS TRADITIONAL FORMS AND INSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS. EDUCATION THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS A HIGH-IMPACT PLACE-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAM CENTERED ON THE ARTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH WITH TIES TO THE MANTUA COMMUNITY IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. SPECIAL INITIATIVES OUR COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS AND FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE APPROACH TO PROGRAMMING HOLDS SPACE FOR PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE SUCH AS COMMUNITY MURALS AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS TO PRESENT INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS. CURATORIAL PROGRAMS (ALL OF THE ABOVE) THROUGH AN EMPHASIS ON PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, OUR CURATORIAL PROGRAMMING BRINGS INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY ART TO PHILADELPHIA'S COMMUNITIES AND MOUNTS TEMPORARY, ROTATING EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND PROJECTS THAT EMPHASIZE RELEVANT, EXPERIMENTAL, AND DYNAMIC WORK FROM LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. PC SPACE PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY IS FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM HOME: AN INNOVATIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, NET-ZERO, FLOATING GALLERY ON THE DELAWARE RIVER.

    Expenses $113,886

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JUDITH THOMAS

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $102,500
    From this org
    $102,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • HARRY PHILBRICK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $39,768
    From this org
    $39,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • JENNY BOGONI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SAMUEL OLSHIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
24 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442709349300609

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