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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,706,693
Total expenses
$2,442,431
Contributions and grants received
$488,992
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,104,568
Investment income
$113,133
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,757,085
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,467,661
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,289,424
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,920,995
Management and general expenses
$521,436
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,920,995

Program services were 78.7% 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

    $488,992

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE FEES

    total $913,426 · related or exempt $913,426

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $529,118 · related or exempt $529,118

  • 2c · Program service revenue: THEATER RENTALS

    total $253,800 · related or exempt $253,800

  • 2d · Program service revenue: NOVELTY COMMISSIONS

    total $135,131 · related or exempt $135,131

  • 2e · Program service revenue: GREAT HALL RENTALS

    total $92,675 · related or exempt $92,675

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $180,418 · related or exempt $180,418

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $114,704 · excluded $114,704

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $230

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

    other assets $1,801

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,571

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,571 · excluded -$1,571

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,151,676 · program services $868,561 · management and general $283,115

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,448 · management and general $31,448

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,945 · management and general $35,945

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,801 · program services $860 · management and general $66,941

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,508 · program services $1,405 · management and general $24,103

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,780 · program services $2,937 · management and general $7,843

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $142,189 · program services $134,972 · management and general $7,217

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,556 · management and general $9,556

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $368,912 · program services $366,546 · management and general $2,366

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $112,354 · program services $103,985 · management and general $8,369

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & CLEANING

    total $196,253 · program services $194,994 · management and general $1,259

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONCESSIONS

    total $145,725 · program services $145,725 · management and general $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: SERVICE CHARGES/FEES

    total $55,003 · program services $36,175 · management and general $18,828

  • 24d · Other expenses: TICKETING

    total $27,356 · program services $27,356

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,925 · program services $37,479 · management and general $24,446

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,266,020 · end of year $2,461,259

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,108,274 · end of year $1,058,334

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $68,876 · end of year $65,385

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $74,048 · end of year $172,422

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,827 · end of year $17,788

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,861 · end of year $105,084

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

    $15,238,636

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

    $12,400,662

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,007,758 · end of year $2,837,974

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,194 · end of year $38,839

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $607,079 · end of year $452,729

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $272,979 · end of year $274,887

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $704,638 · end of year $740,045

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,025,162 · end of year $5,289,424

Mission and programs · 2024

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, 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 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 $1,920,995 · Revenue $2,104,568

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Bell

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Olivia Summons

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott Fought

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Foster

    TRUSTEE (ENDING 12/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jared Lefevre

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeffrey Maxie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Janet Skunda

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Miller

    GENERAL MANAGER (9/1/24-12/15/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joseph Santiago

    GENERAL MANAGER (BEG 12/15/24)

    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 $2,672,840 · assets $2,860,779

    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 $2,558,795

    Directly controlled by STRANAHAN THEATER TRUST

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641539349300344

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