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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,360,559
Total expenses
$39,015,545
Contributions and grants received
$4,264,045
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,790,585
Investment income
$6,162,896
Other revenue
$143,033
Total assets, end of year
$425,227,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,780,979
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$419,447,011
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$32,369,716
Management and general expenses
$4,616,983
Fundraising expenses
$2,028,846
Program service expenses (Part III)
$32,369,716

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $509,638

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,754,407

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

    total $11,920,351 · related or exempt $7,133,608 · unrelated business $4,786,743

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $400,832 · related or exempt $400,832

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $255,154 · related or exempt $255,154

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TEACHER TRAINING, PERF

    total $214,248 · related or exempt $214,248

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,553,299 · excluded $3,553,299

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $221,810,783

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

    securities $219,201,186

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,609,597

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,609,597 · excluded $2,609,597

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $356,037

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $213,004

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $143,033 · related or exempt $131,590 · unrelated business $11,443

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,170,071 · program services $1,941,914 · management and general $96,134 · fundraising $132,023

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,993,991 · program services $12,515,184 · management and general $626,047 · fundraising $852,760

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $474,927 · program services $428,104 · management and general $18,506 · fundraising $28,317

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,511,202 · program services $2,263,620 · management and general $97,853 · fundraising $149,729

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,188,622 · program services $1,071,435 · management and general $46,316 · fundraising $70,871

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $65,882 · management and general $65,882

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $439,839 · program services $439,839

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $940,177 · management and general $940,177

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $638,735 · program services $410,601 · management and general $17,425 · fundraising $210,709

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $434,783 · program services $383,484 · management and general $95 · fundraising $51,204

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,181,973 · program services $1,086,579 · management and general $32,219 · fundraising $63,175

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,400,945 · program services $3,145,518 · management and general $170,284 · fundraising $85,143

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,788 · program services $61,820 · management and general $8,586 · fundraising $15,382

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,821 · program services $3,078 · fundraising $2,743

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,040,147 · program services $3,738,488 · management and general $201,106 · fundraising $100,553

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $552,216 · program services $394,440 · management and general $78,888 · fundraising $78,888

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $2,102,111 · program services $2,102,111

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEGAL SETTLEMENT

    total $2,093,800 · management and general $2,093,800

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBITS & COLLECTIONS

    total $1,249,044 · program services $1,249,044

  • 24d · Other expenses: PERFORMANCES & LECTURES

    total $596,601 · program services $596,601

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $848,870 · program services $537,856 · management and general $123,665 · fundraising $187,349

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $22,093 · end of year $399,627

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,065,618 · end of year $9,127,285

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,337,035 · end of year $3,017,214

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $348,318 · end of year $479,440

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $264,386 · end of year $224,825

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $130,396 · end of year $365,831

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

    $170,470,865

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

    $66,968,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $106,347,526 · end of year $103,502,515

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,654,882 · end of year $33,994,880

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $240,015,496 · end of year $273,922,093

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $156,766

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $216,245 · end of year $194,280

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,705,488 · end of year $5,014,577

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $766,402

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $696,563 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $274,854,167 · end of year $287,632,400

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $128,302,543 · end of year $131,814,611

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER IS A PLACE OF MEETING GUIDED BY THE JEWISH TRADITION OF WELCOMING THE STRANGER AND INSPIRED BY THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY. WE WELCOME PEOPLE OF ALL COMMUNITIES AND GENERATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL EXPERIENCES THAT CELEBRATE DISCOVERY AND HOPE, FOSTER HUMAN CONNECTIONS, AND CALL UPON US TO HELP BUILD A MORE JUST SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PLACE OF MEETING GUIDED BY THE JEWISH TRADITION AND INSPIRED BY AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS.

  • COMMUNITY GATHERINGS: SKIRBALL SERVES AS A VENUE FOR 400+ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, LIFE CYCLE, AND CORPORATE EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS.

    Expenses $12,967,688 · Revenue $7,133,608

  • MUSEUM: SKIRBALL PROTECTS AND CONSERVES 30,000 OBJECTS OF JUDAIC HISTORY AND CULTURE AND PRESENT 7 TO 10 EXHIBITIONS PRESENTING JEWISH STORIES AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCES TO BUILD A SENSE OF SHARED HUMANITY AND APPRECIATION FOR A PLURAL SOCIETY.

    Expenses $8,327,790 · Revenue $400,832

  • EDUCATION: SKIRBALL OFFERS K-12 SCHOOL TOURS TO ITS MUSEUM, ARTS EDUCATION CURRICULUM, AND TEACHER TRAININGS SERVING 40,000 LOCAL STUDENTS FREE OF CHARGE. ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE BOOK GROUPS, DOCENT LED MUSEUM TOURS, APPLIED ARTS CLASSES, AND LECTURE SERIES.

    Expenses $5,684,191 · Revenue $214,248

  • PERFORMANCE, FILM, & LITERARY ARTS: SKIRBALL PRESENT 50+ DANCE, MUSIC, FILM, LECTURE, AND LITERARY ART PROGRAMS, OFTEN FREE OF CHARGE.

    Expenses $5,390,047 · Revenue $255,154

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Kornberg

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $557,897
    From this org
    $532,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $470,500
    Bonus
    $61,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,500
    Filer's total
    $557,897
  • Robert Kirschner

    SENIOR SCHOLAR OF JEWISH STUDIES

    Total calculated
    $420,711
    From this org
    $411,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,684
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $250,000
    Deferred
    $4,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,383
    Filer's total
    $420,711
  • Leslie Johnson

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $326,076
    From this org
    $311,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,313
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,313
    Filer's total
    $326,076
  • Pamela R Kohanchi

    SECRETARY, SR VP, GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $277,652
    From this org
    $206,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,961
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,691
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $63,048
    Filer's total
    $277,652
  • Benjamin Elisondo

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $266,969
    From this org
    $247,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,873
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,096
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,841
    Filer's total
    $266,969
  • Reuben Sanchez

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $236,512
    From this org
    $211,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,948
    Filer's total
    $236,512
  • Sheri Bernstein

    MUSEUM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $230,386
    From this org
    $187,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,435
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,951
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,401
    Filer's total
    $230,386
  • Jered Seth Gold

    VP, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $212,462
    From this org
    $171,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,269
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,713
    Filer's total
    $212,462
  • Jocelyn Tetel

    VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $211,815
    From this org
    $193,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,797
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,802
    Filer's total
    $211,815
  • Douglas Paul Jenzen

    VP, ENGAGEMENT & ACCESS

    Total calculated
    $211,200
    From this org
    $194,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,579
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,457
    Filer's total
    $211,200
  • Marlene Braga

    VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $186,814
    From this org
    $177,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,572
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,242
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,572
    Filer's total
    $186,814
  • Sean Sheridan

    EXECUTIVE CHEF

    Total calculated
    $169,985
    From this org
    $151,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,231
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,754
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,231
    Filer's total
    $169,985
  • Dr Uri D Herscher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $32,734
    From this org
    $32,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Philip De Toledo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Arthur H Bilger

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jay S Wintrob

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cindy Ruby

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Howard M Bernstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Giselle Fernandez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melvin Gagerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc H Gamsin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Glassman

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcie Goldstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ethan Goldstine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emiliana Guereca-Zeidenfeld

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Guerin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mitchell A Kamin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert C Kopple

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Millman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Ramer

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kenneth A Ruby

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ruth Suzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan Victor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter M Weil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Hirsch Wohl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Ziffren

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • D Zeke Zeidler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marvin Zeidler

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 1/24)

    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. 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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
PER CONTRACT, JESSICA KORNBERG, PRESIDENT & CEO, IS ENTITLED TO FLY BUSINESS CLASS FOR WHEN SUCH CLASS IS AVAILABLE OR, IF UNAVAILABLE, FIRST CLASS, AND SHALL AT HER OPTION BRING HER SPOUSE WITH HER IN THE SAME CLASS OF AIR TRAVEL AT THE EXPENSE OF SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER. THIS BENEFIT IS AVAILABLE WHEN TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. NO COMPANION TRAVEL BENEFITS WERE EXERCISED DURING 2023.
PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION PERIODICALLY COMPARES IT'S EMPLOYEES WAGES WITH INDUSTRY SALARY SURVEYS. THIS ENSURES THAT COMPENSATION IS COMPARABLE BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY. THERE IS A WRITTEN CONTRACT TO WHICH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES ANY CHANGES.
PART I, LINE 4A
ROBERT KIRSCHNER, SENIOR SCHOLAR OF JEWISH STUDIES, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $250,000 PAID IN JUNE 2023.
PART I, LINE 7
THE BELOW INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED A BONUS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023. THIS BONUS WAS NOT CONTINGENT ON THE REVENUES OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION: JESSICA KORNBERG - $61,800

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
2 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540949349300804

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