Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,092,549
- Total expenses
- $6,700,546
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,275,483
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $3,472,932
- Investment income
- $160,998
- Other revenue
- $183,136
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,262,706
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,498,873
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $12,763,833
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,162,938
- Management and general expenses
- $949,643
- Fundraising expenses
- $587,965
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,162,938
Program services were 77.1% 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
$120,144
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$145,200
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,010,139
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$48,729
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2a · Program service revenue: TICKET AND SUBSCRIPTIO
total $3,130,560 · related or exempt $3,130,560
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2b · Program service revenue: DRAMA SCHOOL TUITION
total $338,149 · related or exempt $338,149
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2c · Program service revenue: COSTUME AND PROP RENTA
total $4,223 · related or exempt $4,223
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3 · Investment income
total $161,246 · excluded $161,246
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6a · Gross rents
real property $56,418
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $56,418
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $56,418 · related or exempt $56,418
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $133,400
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $133,648
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$248
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$248 · excluded -$248
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$27,871
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$120,144
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$46,323
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$18,452 · excluded -$18,452
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$169,260
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$60,331
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $108,929 · related or exempt $108,929
-
11a · Other revenue: SPONSORSHIPS (NEG COMM
total $33,994 · related or exempt $33,994
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11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $2,247 · related or exempt $2,247
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11e · Other revenue, total
$36,241
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $348,623 · program services $177,582 · management and general $136,833 · fundraising $34,208
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,855,438 · program services $2,303,470 · management and general $258,104 · fundraising $293,864
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $39,936 · program services $34,687 · management and general $2,065 · fundraising $3,184
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $294,013 · program services $264,508 · management and general $7,804 · fundraising $21,701
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $306,637 · program services $253,003 · management and general $28,652 · fundraising $24,982
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $74,697 · management and general $74,697
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $574,075 · program services $360,585 · management and general $213,490
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13 · Office expenses
total $28,845 · program services $15,556 · management and general $8,859 · fundraising $4,430
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14 · Information technology
total $36,005 · program services $14,402 · management and general $14,402 · fundraising $7,201
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15 · Royalties
total $277,624 · program services $277,624
-
16 · Occupancy
total $347,009 · program services $266,332 · management and general $70,728 · fundraising $9,949
-
17 · Travel
total $14,577 · program services $8,795 · management and general $4,047 · fundraising $1,735
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20 · Interest
total $53,240 · program services $39,108 · management and general $12,436 · fundraising $1,696
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $432,446 · program services $322,464 · management and general $96,784 · fundraising $13,198
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23 · Insurance
total $129,881 · program services $107,801 · management and general $19,482 · fundraising $2,598
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $356,290 · program services $356,290
-
24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING COSTS
total $155,163 · fundraising $155,163
-
24c · Other expenses: DESIGNERS
total $131,804 · program services $131,804
-
24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES
total $111,161 · program services $100,045 · fundraising $11,116
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24e · All other expenses
total $133,082 · program services $128,882 · management and general $1,260 · fundraising $2,940
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $212,668 · end of year $236,706
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,133,150 · end of year $2,992,509
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,565,361 · end of year $935,016
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $9,907 · end of year $26,446
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $154,411 · end of year $131,924
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$14,545,631
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$5,858,586
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $9,006,650 · end of year $8,687,045
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,568,557 · end of year $2,176,058
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $96,488 · end of year $77,002
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $365,305 · end of year $417,502
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,102,107 · end of year $1,208,757
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,045,704 · end of year $872,614
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,092,145 · end of year $11,157,496
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,141,931 · end of year $1,606,337
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FOUNDED IN 1988, ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY IS A PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL THEATRE COMPANY IN OLD CITY, PHILADELPHIA, DEDICATED TO BRINGING TO LIFE GREAT STORIES BY GREAT STORYTELLERS ON THE STAGE, IN THE CLASSROOM, AND IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS HONORS INCLUDING: 89 AWARDS AND 455 NOMINATIONS FROM THE BARRYMORE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE; THE PRESTIGIOUS "GREAT FRIEND TO KIDS AWARD" FROM THE PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM FOR ARDEN CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORK; AND THE "KEYSTONE OF ACCESSIBILITY" BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR WORK MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING TO LIFE GREAT STORIES BY GREAT STORYTELLERS - ON THE STATE, IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
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IN OUR MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED 2024/25 SEASON, WE PRESENTED FIVE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS AND TWO CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 393 PERFORMANCES PRODUCED, 261 THEATRE PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED, AND MORE THAN 94,000 THEATREGOERS WELCOMED THROUGH OUR DOORS. OUR MAINSTAGE SEASON FEATURED POTUS BY SELENA FILLINGER, INTIMATE APPAREL BY LYNN NOTTAGE, HOLY GRAIL OF MEMPHIS BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER, AUGUST WILSON'S KING HEDLEY II, AND JONATHAN LARSON'S TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL, RENT. FOR ARDEN CHILDREN'S THEATRE, WE PRODUCED PETER PAN, BASED ON THE BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK BY J.M. BARRIE, AND THE HOBBIT, ALSO AN ADAPTATION OF THE CLASSICAL FANTASY NOVEL BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN.
Expenses $5,079,291 · Revenue $3,171,024
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IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOAL OF MAKING ARTS EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE, WE CONTINUED ARDEN FOR ALL PROGRAMMING IN 14 LOCAL SCHOOLS, BENEFITING 3,694 UNIQUE STUDENTS, 2,198 THROUGH AFA RESIDENCY (IN-SCHOOL) AND 1,496 THROUGH AFA STAGE (TICKET ACCESS), AND DISTRIBUTING 4,192 SHOW-RELATED BOOKS.
Expenses $75,461
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OUR ARDEN DRAMA SCHOOL (ADS) WELCOMED 1,648 STUDENTS TO ADS AND ARDEN SUMMER CAMP COMBINED DURING THE 2024/25 SEASON, DISTRIBUTED OVER $35K IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 47 STUDENTS. ALONGSIDE OUR YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THE ARDEN PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICES PROGRAM, WITH THREE FUTURE THEATRE LEADERS MATRICULATING THROUGH THE SEASON-LONG APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
Expenses $8,186 · Revenue $338,149
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
AMY L MURPHY
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $161,862
- From this org
- $130,272
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,590
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,272
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,699
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,891
- Filer's total
- $161,862
-
TERRENCE J NOLEN
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO
- Total calculated
- $168,233
- From this org
- $150,014
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,219
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,014
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,093
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,126
- Filer's total
- $168,233
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MICHAEL A DONATO
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
RAYENNE CHEN
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
RHONDA BALL
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
MICHAEL S MACFARLAND SVP
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
RICHARD L MAIMON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
KELLY COLARELLI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ANNE COOK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ROBERT ELFANT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
NANCY ELFANT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ELIZABETH A FERNANDEZ-VINA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ELIZABETH H GEMMILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
JENNIFER HARMELIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
RICHARD HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
VALERIE I HARRISON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ANNE MARIE HORNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
HOLLY KINSER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
DR SAIFUDDIN T MAMA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
HON ROSALYN K ROBINSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
CHARLES H ROSE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
MONICA ROSENTHAL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
GENVIEVE SHIELDS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
LEE VAN DE VELDE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
STEVE WOLFSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
DIANE DALTO WOOSNAM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
ELLEN YIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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 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
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202611349349310661
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