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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,538,306
Total expenses
$1,020,360
Contributions and grants received
$1,258,841
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$262,696
Investment income
$16,064
Other revenue
$705
Total assets, end of year
$2,111,070
Total liabilities, end of year
$148,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,963,039
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$797,352
Management and general expenses
$94,783
Fundraising expenses
$128,225
Program service expenses (Part III)
$797,352

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $390,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $399,715

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $469,126

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $854

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES

    total $92,988 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CULTURAL COMMUNITY RESOUCES

    total $169,708 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,064 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $16,064

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $705 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $705

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $705

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,699 · program services $86,692 · management and general $11,921 · fundraising $24,086

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $386,542 · program services $273,106 · management and general $37,556 · fundraising $75,880

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,868 · program services $20,396 · management and general $2,805 · fundraising $5,667

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,108 · program services $27,631 · management and general $3,800 · fundraising $7,677

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,995 · program services $1,568 · management and general $312 · fundraising $115

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,956 · program services $18,828 · management and general $3,743 · fundraising $1,385

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,497 · program services $0 · management and general $3,497 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $99,437 · program services $78,146 · management and general $15,540 · fundraising $5,751

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,824 · program services $11,988 · management and general $635 · fundraising $201

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,424 · program services $69,111 · management and general $7,988 · fundraising $3,325

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,069 · program services $16,890 · management and general $895 · fundraising $284

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $102,802 · program services $98,046 · management and general $2,854 · fundraising $1,902

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,262 · program services $7,723 · management and general $409 · fundraising $130

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $3,720 · program services $3,478 · management and general $184 · fundraising $58

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,176 · program services $68,567 · management and general $2,165 · fundraising $1,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,981 · program services $15,182 · management and general $479 · fundraising $320

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $271,226 · end of year $395,909

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $104,266 · end of year $312,129

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $84,970 · end of year $50,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,745 · end of year $12,884

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

    $2,707,507

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

    $2,205,186

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $533,887 · end of year $502,321

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $540,504 · end of year $837,827

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,480 · end of year $6,523

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $59,105 · end of year $32,999

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $107,759 · end of year $108,509

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,207,284 · end of year $1,615,979

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $159,970 · end of year $347,060

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER GROWS THE ARTS, IN AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SUPPORT UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF LOCAL PERFORMING ARTISTS, ART GROUPS, AUDIENCES, AND ARTS EDUCATION TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

  • THE CENTER PROVIDES THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY WITH RESOURCES AND A FACILITY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PURSUE THEIR CRAFT. THROUGH ITS CULTURAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAM, THE SAMMONS CENTER IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF AN AFFORDABLE FACILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE, OPERATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR SMALL AND MIDSIZE PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS IN NORTH TEXAS. IT IS HOME TO 14 PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS REPRESENTING DANCE, THEATER, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, AND CHORAL MUSIC. IT PROVIDES LOW-COST REHEARSAL, AUDITION, MEETING, WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE SPACE TO ITS RESIDENT GROUPS AND MORE THAN 90 OTHER NONPROFIT CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $239,863 · Revenue $169,708

  • THE SAMMONS CENTERS CRITICAL MISSION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ARE BOTH ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION AND SUCCESS WHILE MAKING THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. IT HOSTS TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTS GROUPS. IT PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING TWO CITYWIDE EVENTS HELD EACH APRIL, DALLAS ART MONTH AND DALLAS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH. IT SUPPORTS AND ASSISTS ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ARTS GROUPS OF ANY SIZE BY PROVIDING FREE ONLINE INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND ACCESS TO CURRENT BEST PRACTICE CONCEPTS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS RELATED TO ARTS MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $159,833

  • ADDITIONALLY, THE SAMMONS CENTER PRESENTS ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES. CONCERT PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF SAMMONS JAZZ, THE PREMIER JAZZ SERIES IN NORTH TEXAS FEATURING LOCAL JAZZ MUSICIANS; SAMMONS CABARET, A SERIES HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL SINGERS IN A CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC; AND SAMMONS CENTER DISCOVERY, A PRESENTATION OF UNIQUE GENRES, MUSICIANS, AND INSTRUMENTS. SAMMONS JAZZ INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE YOUTH JAZZ OUTREACH INITIATIVE SERVING UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH AGES 6-12.

    Expenses $397,656 · Revenue $92,988

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Riddle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zaida Basora

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • G Timothy Hardin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lucas Lachance

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Alvarado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Bensing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Black

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seema Deshpande

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faynetta Fort

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Poinsatte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Smitha Radhakrishnan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanna St Angelo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,700
    From this org
    $109,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,000
    Hours/week
    39

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530519349300718

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