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← PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,824,998
Total expenses
$13,826,482
Contributions and grants received
$7,232,757
Grants paid
$244,475
Program service revenue
$5,770,025
Investment income
-$397,759
Other revenue
$219,975
Total assets, end of year
$29,863,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,852,317
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,011,534
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,410,001
Management and general expenses
$715,984
Fundraising expenses
$700,497
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,410,001

Program services were 89.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $118,490

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $366,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,748,267

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,168,475

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE TICKET

    total $3,312,459 · related or exempt $3,312,459

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL TUITION

    total $1,983,150 · related or exempt $1,983,150

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COSTUMES & SET INCOME

    total $407,060 · related or exempt $407,060

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MISC. EVENT INCOME

    total $38,225 · related or exempt $38,225

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PROGRAM ADVERTISING

    total $29,131 · unrelated business $29,131

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $553,302 · excluded $553,302

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,864,833

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

    securities $8,815,894

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$951,061

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$951,061 · excluded -$951,061

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $384,625

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

    $118,490

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $241,922

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $142,703 · excluded $142,703

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $161,784

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $84,512

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $77,272 · unrelated business $255 · excluded $77,017

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $244,475 · program services $244,475

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $284,742 · program services $284,742

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,939,238 · program services $3,373,373 · management and general $245,194 · fundraising $320,671

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $116,519 · program services $99,830 · management and general $7,069 · fundraising $9,620

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $519,464 · program services $290,567 · management and general $192,021 · fundraising $36,876

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $445,708 · program services $353,558 · management and general $27,794 · fundraising $64,356

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,283 · program services $1,065 · management and general $144 · fundraising $74

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $14,196 · fundraising $14,196

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $77,105 · management and general $77,105

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $256,086 · program services $212,615 · management and general $28,770 · fundraising $14,701

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $612,760 · program services $594,930 · management and general $17,830

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $73,981 · program services $61,424 · management and general $8,311 · fundraising $4,246

  • 17 · Travel

    total $355,569 · program services $301,045 · management and general $36,085 · fundraising $18,439

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $6,604 · program services $5,483 · management and general $742 · fundraising $379

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,195 · program services $8,465 · management and general $1,145 · fundraising $585

  • 20 · Interest

    total $64,533 · program services $53,578 · management and general $7,250 · fundraising $3,705

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,259,333 · program services $1,196,366 · management and general $37,780 · fundraising $25,187

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $95,225 · program services $79,060 · management and general $10,698 · fundraising $5,467

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PRODUCTION

    total $2,962,181 · program services $2,962,181

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOOL EXPENSE

    total $1,514,207 · program services $1,514,207

  • 24c · Other expenses: GENERAL PRODUCTION

    total $355,673 · program services $355,673

  • 24d · Other expenses: ARTS EDUCATION

    total $264,130 · program services $264,130

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $353,275 · program services $153,234 · management and general $18,046 · fundraising $181,995

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,888 · end of year $61,192

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,070,505 · end of year $1,114,997

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $902,027 · end of year $435,653

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $88,646 · end of year $67,707

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,897 · end of year $97,527

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $366,694 · end of year $365,129

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

    $22,408,297

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

    $14,333,101

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,773,264 · end of year $8,075,196

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,191,819 · end of year $18,791,220

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $368,765 · end of year $407,239

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $178,026

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $582,981 · end of year $269,965

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $708,745 · end of year $514,509

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,363,089 · end of year $1,154,399

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,502,925 · end of year $867,871

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $442,032 · end of year $315,538

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,830,509 · end of year $5,155,947

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,602,186 · end of year $21,855,587

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC.'S PRIMARY MISSION.THE BALLET IS PITTSBURGH'S SOURCE AND AMBASSADOR FOR EXTRAORDINARY BALLET EXPERIENCES THAT GIVE LIFE TO THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, NURTURE NEW IDEAS AND, ABOVE ALL, INSPIRE. IT PERPETUATES EXCELLENCE IN THE ART OF BALLET THOUGH PERFORMANCES, SUPERIOR TRAINING OF STUDENT DANCERS, THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART FORM.PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE BELIEVES THAT ACHIEVING DIVERSITY IN ITS COMPANY, STAFF, SCHOOL, AUDIENCES AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS ESSENTIAL TO ACCOMPLISHING ITS STATED MISSION TO "PERPETUATE EXCELLENCE IN THE ART OF BALLET." PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE COMMITS ITSELF TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND SUPPORT THAT EMBRACES INDIVIDUALITY AND IS WELCOMING TO ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BALLET IS PITTSBURGH'S SOURCE AND AMBASSADOR FOR EXTRAORDINARY BALLET EXPERIENCES.

  • PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF BALLET - EXPOSE AUDIENCES, BOTH IN PITTSBURGH AND ON TOUR, TO WORLD-CLASS BALLET THROUGH PRESENTATION OF TRADITIONAL BALLETS BY LEGENDARY MASTERS AND THE COMMISSION AND PRESENTATION OF NEW WORKS BY INNOVATIVE CHOREOGRAPHERS. THERE WERE 42 PERFORMANCES WITH 55,822 PATRONS ATTENDING.

    Expenses $9,502,432 · Revenue $3,757,743

  • SCHOOL - 1,055 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM WHICH ATTRACTS, DEVELOPS AND RETAINS EXCELLENT DANCERS. THE SCHOOL WORKS TO INSTILL A LONG-TERM VALUE OF THE ART FORM IN EACH STUDENT WHILE EMPHASIZING THE STUDY OF DIVERSE, HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM IN A POSITIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $2,270,215 · Grants $244,475 · Revenue $2,012,281

  • ARTS EDUCATION - SERVES MORE THAN 13,000 ADULTS AND CHILDREN EACH YEAR THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT BROADEN AND DIVERSIFY ACCESS TO THE ART FORM. PROGRAMMING TAKES PLACE BOTH ON THE PBT CAMPUS AND IN SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, PUBLIC SPACES AND AT THE THEATER. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO COORDINATES ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES, WHICH INCLUDE CLASSES AND PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS THEATER ACCOMMODATIONS, FOR PATRONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS-BASED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AFFORDS YOUNG CHILDREN FROM DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY BALLET AND DANCE AT PBT.

    Expenses $637,354

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

Listed in Part VII

  • AYANA TETER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DOUG KREPS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICH BEATY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DEBRA DERMODY ESQ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CAMERA BARLOTTA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • EDWIN BEACHLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • GEOFFREY BOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • KARA BROWN DAVIS

    TRUSTEE (EXITED 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • CAROLYN M BYHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • JANET CAMPBELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • CONNIE CESARIO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • JAY COSTA JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • BARBARA COTTREL

    TRUSTEE (EXITED 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • JAMES E CROCKARD III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • MARY FINGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • DAWN FLEISHNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • MACALUS HOGAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • DONA HOTOPP

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • DENA LAMAR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • MARY MCKINNEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • GARFIELD LEMONIUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • PEGGY MCKNIGHT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • LEROY L METZ II

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • KATHLEEN MICLOT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • NATALIE MIHALEK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • MELONIE NANCE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • SANDRA NICHOLAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • RICHARD E RAUH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • LISA SAPERSTEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • STEPHANIE SCIULLO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • ARIANA ORNELAS SMYTH

    TRUSTEE (ENTERED 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • SHELLEY TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • ELIZABETH TETI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • DAVID F TUTHILL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • HILARY S TYSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • JOSEPH VINCENT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • WINTHROP WATSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • KATHRYN GIGLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EXITED 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $181,941
    From this org
    $172,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,189
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,793
    Filer's total
    $181,941
  • NICHOLAS DRAGGA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENTERED 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $49,715
    From this org
    $49,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • ADAM MCKINNEY

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,838
    From this org
    $168,578
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,260
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,578
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,007
    Filer's total
    $186,838
  • DAVID HAMMOND

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $142,822
    From this org
    $130,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,026
    Hours/week
    40
  • LOUIS CASTELLI

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $118,959
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,959
    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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
IN ORDER THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAY ENTERTAIN POTENTIAL DONORS AND OTHER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF THE PITTSBURGH BALLET THREATRE, INC., THE BALLET REIMBURSED 50% OF THE INITIATION FEE AND REIMBURSES 100% OF THE QUARTERLY DUES FOR MEMBERSHIP AT THE DUQUESNE CLUB FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IN ADDITION, SUBSTANTIATED MEALS ARE REIMBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTABLE PLAN. ALL PERSONAL CHARGES ARE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.
PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SERVES AS THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. DURING A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD PRESENTS THEIR ANALYSIS OF COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TOP MANAGEMENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND CONTRACTS ARE DRAFTED AND SIGNED THAT REFLECT THE COMPENSATION CHANGES.

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
17 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541259349301254

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