Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,706,434
- Total expenses
- $3,938,936
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,796,182
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $904,329
- Investment income
- $1,372
- Other revenue
- $4,551
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,963,184
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,610,638
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,352,546
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,872,262
- Management and general expenses
- $783,697
- Fundraising expenses
- $282,977
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,872,262
Program services were 72.9% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,755
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$81,939
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,712,488
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2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES
total $810,427 · related or exempt $810,427
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2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS
total $93,902 · related or exempt $93,902
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3 · Investment income
total $1,372 · excluded $1,372
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,755
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $4,551 · excluded $4,551
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,551
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $398,960 · program services $231,397 · management and general $119,688 · fundraising $47,875
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,180,129 · program services $684,475 · management and general $354,038 · fundraising $141,616
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $166,123 · program services $96,351 · management and general $49,837 · fundraising $19,935
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $150,960 · program services $87,557 · management and general $45,288 · fundraising $18,115
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11g · Fees: other
total $126,136 · program services $88,295 · management and general $31,534 · fundraising $6,307
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $269,051 · program services $269,051
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16 · Occupancy
total $100,150 · program services $80,120 · management and general $15,022 · fundraising $5,008
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20 · Interest
total $52,612 · management and general $52,612
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $215,040 · program services $172,032 · management and general $32,256 · fundraising $10,752
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $1,001,702 · program services $1,001,702
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24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION
total $278,073 · program services $161,282 · management and general $83,422 · fundraising $33,369
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $245,563 · end of year $91,561
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $459,019 · end of year $1,722,425
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $877 · end of year $1,170
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $15,293 · end of year $13,437
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,146,910
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,013,169
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $5,307,945 · end of year $5,133,741
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $19,632 · end of year $850
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $163,725 · end of year $146,921
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $348,400 · end of year $423,162
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $335,000 · end of year $475,000
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $616,156 · end of year $565,555
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,048,649 · end of year $3,638,982
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $536,399 · end of year $1,713,564
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI IS A PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ROOTED IN HISTORIC OVER-THE- RHINE, DEDICATED TO ENGAGING, ENRICHING AND INSPIRING AUDIENCES THROUGH OUR THOUGHT-PROVOKING WORLD AND REGIONAL PREMIER PRODUCTIONS, CREATING AND SUSTAINING CAREERS IN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE, BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SHARING IMPACTFUL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.
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PROVIDED LIVE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AND OTHER PROGRAMMING TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE YEAR. ALSO PROVIDED OUTREACHING EDUCATION SERVICES TO VARIOUS STUDENTS AND ACTORS.
Expenses $2,872,262 · Revenue $904,329
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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LINDA HOLTHAUS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARK HAGGARD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHY BURKLOW PHD
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KALI HACIAS BOECHER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HOLLY BRIANS RAGUSA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
AMY BIXEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERICA BOCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
OTTO BUDIG JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KWESI CALLISTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ZINA CAMBLIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM CAROTHERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LEE ELLEN DRECHSLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DENISE ESTEVES-HICKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHIP GERHARDT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TIM GIGLIO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BEVERLY GRANT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEVE KING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANDREW MALONEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANTHONY MCNAMARA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
D LYNN MEYERS
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO
- Total calculated
- $214,433
- From this org
- $212,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,933
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $212,500
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,933
- Filer's total
- $214,433
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SHEKHAR MITRA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ERICA OSBORN LEFT IN AUGUST 2026
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRIS RAMOS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MAURA SCHILLING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALEX SCHUTTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MEGHAN SIMONSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ASHLEE YOUNG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARY STAGAMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ATHENA AVGOUSTI-BAUER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BROCK DALTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MICHAEL ZIMMER
CFOO
- Total calculated
- $184,528
- From this org
- $176,057
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,471
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $176,057
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,471
- Filer's total
- $184,528
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 · 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 3
- EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD PRESIDENT REVIEW COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL. THE PROCESS INCLUDES REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY INDEPENDENT PERSON(S), USE OF COMPARABILITY DATA, AND CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION.
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 3 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642479349300344
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