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← DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,189,348
Total expenses
$9,146,420
Contributions and grants received
$5,216,868
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,654,247
Investment income
$279,660
Other revenue
$38,573
Total assets, end of year
$12,944,804
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,005,412
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,939,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,662,940
Management and general expenses
$1,648,034
Fundraising expenses
$835,446
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,662,940

Program services were 72.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,018,767

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,198,101

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $192,448

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Performance ticket sal

    total $2,087,492 · related or exempt $2,087,492

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Education programs

    total $432,425 · related or exempt $432,425

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Other performance

    total $114,303 · related or exempt $114,303

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Other program income

    total $19,039 · related or exempt $19,039

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Set & costume rental

    total $988 · related or exempt $988

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $105,006 · excluded $105,006

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $174,654

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $174,654

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $174,654 · excluded $174,654

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $77,512

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $38,939

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $38,573 · related or exempt $38,573

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $556,743 · program services $162,026 · management and general $283,734 · fundraising $110,983

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,926,724 · program services $3,159,257 · management and general $472,638 · fundraising $294,829

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $56,102 · program services $48,970 · management and general $3,844 · fundraising $3,288

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $396,124 · program services $298,592 · management and general $61,397 · fundraising $36,135

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $332,223 · program services $246,951 · management and general $55,303 · fundraising $29,969

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,206 · management and general $6,206

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,700 · management and general $26,700

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $222,808 · fundraising $222,808

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,967 · management and general $24,967

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,447,193 · program services $1,363,295 · management and general $82,998 · fundraising $900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $160,728 · program services $1,090 · management and general $159,438 · fundraising $200

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $46,311 · program services $3,805 · management and general $37,407 · fundraising $5,099

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $12,011 · program services $12,011

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $196,267 · program services $127,984 · management and general $68,063 · fundraising $220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,819 · program services $8,553 · management and general $2,843 · fundraising $20,423

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,288 · program services $12,582 · management and general $2,678 · fundraising $2,028

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,451 · management and general $7,451

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $99,144 · program services $53,397 · management and general $45,747

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,006 · program services $13,000 · management and general $18,006

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production expenses

    total $1,070,829 · program services $1,047,297 · management and general $16,548 · fundraising $6,984

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing & postage

    total $181,682 · program services $12,954 · management and general $132,621 · fundraising $36,107

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $95,779 · program services $69,707 · management and general $14,836 · fundraising $11,236

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank and Other Fees

    total $78,300 · program services $9,749 · management and general $55,487 · fundraising $13,064

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $122,015 · program services $11,720 · management and general $69,122 · fundraising $41,173

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,341,608 · end of year $371,964

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,316,962 · end of year $1,966,628

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,159,184 · end of year $992,509

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $136,016 · end of year $99,826

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

    $2,515,252

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

    $2,275,343

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $261,469 · end of year $239,909

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,113,267 · end of year $2,406,946

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,601,588 · end of year $6,867,022

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,456 · end of year $80,807

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $674,691 · end of year $701,562

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $147,400

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $114,710 · end of year $75,643

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,149,767 · end of year $975,625

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,780,470 · end of year $10,963,767

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Dayton Performing Arts Alliance is an integrated organization encompassing Dayton Ballet, Opera and Philharmonic. We remain the only organization in the nation to include all three art forms. Our fundamental conviction is that the arts are for everyone. Our driving purpose is to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to fall in love with the performing arts.

  • Dayton Philharmonic - Founded in 1933, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) has a distinguished place as one of the Miami Valley's oldest and longest standing cultural institutions. A regional orchestra with 76 contracted musicians and rich in artistic tradition, the Philharmonic is proud to call the world class, state of the art Benjamin and Marion Schuster Performing Arts Center its home. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the three crowning jewels, alongside Dayton Ballet and Dayton Opera, in a ground-breaking and innovative merger initiated in 2012, forging three art forms into one organization named The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance. DPO Artistic Director and Conductor Neal Gittleman inspires each listener's imagination with his unique programming, in-depth comments, easy-going style, and infectious enthusiasm for music. He shares in the DPAA's goal to be the indispensable source for traditional, diverse and innovative experiences in ballet, opera and orchestral music. The Dayton Philharmonic proudly presents a wide variety of genres throughout each season, including masterworks, superpops, rockin orchestra and family programs totaling 40-60 stunning performances each season.

    Expenses $3,031,418 · Revenue $1,183,860

  • Dayton Ballet - The third oldest ballet company in the United States, Dayton Ballet is known for its innovative and collaborative endeavors. As a dance company committed to producing and presenting new work as well as promoting ballets by evolving choreographers, the Dayton Ballet proudly presented it 85th season of performances with the 2022-2023 season. Dayton Ballet hosts a season of four to five performances that includes familiar traditional story ballets, such as Cinderella, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake, the classic family friendly holiday staple the Nutcracker and new and innovative works. The historic 1,139 seat Victoria Theatre and the state-of-the-art 2,300 seat Schuster Center are both home to the Dayton Ballet.

    Expenses $1,511,847 · Revenue $817,763

  • Dayton Opera - The Dayton Opera performed its first season in 1961-1962. In 2003, Dayton Opera moved to its new home at the State-of-the-art Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, enabling the company to produce bigger and better productions in an acoustically superior theatre. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kathleen Clawson, Dayton Opera presents four to five productions each season, from engaging operas from the classic repertoire, such as The Barber of Seville and Madame Butterfly and producing groundbreaking new works, such as the Consul and Dead Man Walking, created by thought-provoking 20th century composers to grand sweeping operatic events, from Aida to La Boheme to Carmen. In 2023, the first performance of Wagner in Dayton in a half century drew large, young audiences to the Dayton Opera's own, brand-new production of Das Rheingold, and the opera saw its most diverse audience ever with a production of Charlie Parker's Yardbird. Dayton Opera has proven itself as a world-class opera company, attracting richly talented singers and stage directors from across the country and around the world.

    Expenses $1,102,995 · Revenue $233,118

  • Learning and Community Engagement - Programs in education help build the audiences of the future. DPAA'S programs include two distinguished pre-professional programs: The second-oldest youth orchestra in the United States, The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, founded in 1938, and the second-oldest Ballet School in the United States, The Dayton Ballet School, founded in 1927, which includes the pre-professional performance ensemble Dayton Ballet Studio Company. A wide range of concert experiences for children and youth immerse them in the joys of Ballet, Opera and Orchestra performance in the concert hall, and traveling programs bring the arts into classrooms and schools across fourteen countries. The Q The Music Program in Dayton Public Schools provides intensive, daily, after-school string and wind ensemble instruction to elementary- and middle-school students that serve low-income neighborhoods and provide a clear and solid path to high school success and college admission.

    Expenses $1,016,680 · Revenue $458,079

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ed Tomme

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joe Zehenny

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joe Gruenberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tom Burkhardt

    Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Patricia McDonald

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joshua Ward

    Assistant Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vernon Fernandes

    Chair Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ron Anderson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zachary Beck

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Crusey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Coombs

    Trustee - Start 07/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allyson Danis

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samuel Dorf

    Trustee - Start 07/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Goodspeed

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Gross

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary-Kathryn Haddad

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Howard

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Jones

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Kennendy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robyn Lightcap

    Trustee - Start 07/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara O'Hara

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Press

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Burt Saidel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Thie

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rodney Veal

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Wahl

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Zehringer

    Trustee - Start 07/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Nugent

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $221,966
    From this org
    $215,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,708
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,258
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $258
    Filer's total
    $221,966

  • Teri Warwick

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $154,748
    From this org
    $144,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,796
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,952
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,428
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,368
    Filer's total
    $154,748

  • Neal Gittleman

    Artistic Director & Conductor - DPO

    Total calculated
    $180,029
    From this org
    $174,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,481
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,223
    Nontaxable benefits
    $258
    Filer's total
    $180,029

  • Kathleen Clawson

    Artistic Director - Dayton Opera

    Total calculated
    $129,279
    From this org
    $125,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,192
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Sieveking

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $149,470
    From this org
    $145,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,410
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brittany Laughlin

    VP- Marketing & Audience Development

    Total calculated
    $147,384
    From this org
    $139,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,154
    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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501329349306370

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