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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,829,772
Total expenses
$2,317,583
Contributions and grants received
$492,999
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,235,032
Investment income
$101,741
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,609,858
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,584,696
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,025,162
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,930,874
Management and general expenses
$386,709
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,930,874

Program services were 83.3% 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

    $492,999

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE FEES

    total $1,074,996 · related or exempt $1,074,996

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $534,526 · related or exempt $534,526

  • 2c · Program service revenue: THEATER RENTALS

    total $246,742 · related or exempt $246,742

  • 2d · Program service revenue: NOVELTY COMMISSIONS

    total $122,948 · related or exempt $122,948

  • 2e · Program service revenue: LOGE SEAT RENTALS

    total $98,682 · related or exempt $98,682

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $157,138 · related or exempt $157,138

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,948 · excluded $106,948

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

    other assets $5,207

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,207

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,207 · excluded -$5,207

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,123,286 · program services $869,132 · management and general $254,154

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $54 · management and general $54

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,731 · management and general $27,731

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,147 · program services $3,945 · management and general $33,202

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,686 · program services $7,266 · management and general $420

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,148 · program services $3,896 · management and general $11,252

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $190,320 · program services $182,676 · management and general $7,644

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,945 · management and general $9,945

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $345,675 · program services $343,458 · management and general $2,217

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $130,809 · program services $122,641 · management and general $8,168

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & CLEANING

    total $167,576 · program services $166,501 · management and general $1,075

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONCESSIONS

    total $150,993 · program services $150,993

  • 24c · Other expenses: SERVICE CHARGES/FEES

    total $62,383 · program services $37,310 · management and general $25,073

  • 24d · Other expenses: CLEANING SUPPLIES

    total $16,554 · program services $16,554

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,276 · program services $26,502 · management and general $5,774

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,971,969 · end of year $2,266,020

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $728,099 · end of year $1,108,274

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $66,872 · end of year $68,876

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $73,970 · end of year $74,048

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $20,144 · end of year $22,827

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,535 · end of year $16,861

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

    $15,074,329

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

    $12,066,571

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,835,243 · end of year $3,007,758

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,462 · end of year $45,194

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $519,455 · end of year $607,079

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $431,974 · end of year $272,979

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,313,892 · end of year $704,638

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,512,973 · end of year $5,025,162

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING AND PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES THAT ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE STRANAHAN THEATER WITH A CAPACITY OF NEARLY 2,400 SEATS AND THE LARGEST PROSCENIUM STAGE IN NORTHWEST OHIO PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT ENRICHES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

  • THE STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NON-PROFIT IN 1969 AND HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE THEN. OPERATING AS THE STRANAHAN THEATER AND GREAT HALL, IT HAS BEEN USED AS A PREMIER NON-PROFIT VENUE BY CITIZENS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. WITH A CAPACITY OF NEARLY 2,400 SEATS, THE STRANAHAN IS THE LARGEST PROSCENIUM STAGE THEATER IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRANAHAN THEATER AND GREAT HALL IS HOST TO LOCAL DANCE RECITALS, GRADUATIONS, ORCHESTRAS, OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFITS, WEDDINGS, DANCE COMPETITIONS, AS WELL AS NATIONAL ACTS AND BROADWAY. WITH ITS WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING, WE ARE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATRONS WE SERVE.

    Expenses $1,930,874 · Revenue $2,235,032

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Bell

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jan Skunda

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Boggs

    SECRETARY THRU JAN 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jared Lefevre

    SECRETARY/TREASURER BEG. JAN 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Foster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott Fought

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeffrey Maxie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Olivia Summons

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kelly O'Boyle

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ST PERFORMING ARTS LLC

    MANAGE THE STRANAHAN THEATER AND GREAT HALL · OH · income $2,806,627 · assets $2,488,058

    Directly controlled by STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST

  • STRANAHAN THEATER PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC

    OWN BUILDING AND LAND FOR THE STRANAHAN THEATER AND GREAT HALL · OH · income $0 · assets $2,722,550

    Directly controlled by STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521969349300232

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