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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KIMMEL CENTER INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 12 July 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$13,355,703 changed to $95,738,481
Total expenses
$15,944,007 changed to $85,487,077
Contributions and grants received
$483,334 changed to $7,848,523
Grants paid
$0 changed to $50,000
Program service revenue
$11,794,291 changed to $59,175,779
Investment income
$759,853 changed to $25,089,579
Other revenue
$318,225 changed to $3,624,600
Total assets, end of year
$264,389,584 changed to $258,457,167
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,894,610 changed to $28,096,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$233,494,974 changed to $230,360,303
Program services expenses
$14,858,447 changed to $77,944,755
Management and general expenses
$850,420 changed to $5,116,720
Fundraising expenses
$235,140 changed to $2,425,602
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,858,447 changed to $77,944,755

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Ross S Richards

Listed only on the later return

  • Anne C Ewers
  • Christopher Hanes
  • Crystal Brewe
  • Edward J Cambron
  • Erika H James PhD
  • Jacob A Jessup
  • John Fry
  • Kenneth Nash
  • Michael Cobb-Durkin
  • Stanley M Applegate
  • Walter Brown

Listed under a different title

  • Elizabeth Murphy: BOARD MEMBER then BOARD MEMBER (THRU 06/30/24)
  • Michael Zisman: CO-CHAIR then BOARD MEMBER
  • Mitchell Bassion: SECRETARY/CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER then SECRETARY
  • Ralph W Muller: CO-CHAIR then CHAIR
  • Sulaiman Rahman: BOARD MEMBER then DIRECTOR (THRU 12/31/23)

Totals

Total revenue
$95,738,481
Total expenses
$85,487,077
Contributions and grants received
$7,848,523
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$59,175,779
Investment income
$25,089,579
Other revenue
$3,624,600
Total assets, end of year
$258,457,167
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,096,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$230,360,303
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$77,944,755
Management and general expenses
$5,116,720
Fundraising expenses
$2,425,602
Program service expenses (Part III)
$77,944,755

Program services were 91.2% 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

    $960,896

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $737,810

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,149,817

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $33,517,228 · related or exempt $33,517,228

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COST RECOVERY REVENUE

    total $14,533,052 · related or exempt $14,533,052

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TICKET SURCHARGE

    total $4,014,556 · related or exempt $4,014,556

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $3,121,215 · related or exempt $3,121,215

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TICKET PHILADELPHIA

    total $1,992,832 · related or exempt $1,992,832

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,996,896 · related or exempt $1,996,896

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,210,086 · unrelated business -$22,751 · excluded $9,232,837

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $43,425,622

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

    securities $27,546,129

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $15,879,493

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,879,493 · excluded $15,879,493

  • 11a · Other revenue: RESTAURANT

    total $962,116 · excluded $962,116

  • 11b · Other revenue: PARKING

    total $568,691 · unrelated business $30,864 · excluded $537,827

  • 11c · Other revenue: INSURANCE REIMBURSEMNT

    total $562,000 · excluded $562,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,531,793 · related or exempt $1,531,793

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,624,600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,483,070 · program services $17,121,653 · management and general $841,004 · fundraising $1,520,413

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,314,985 · program services $1,163,815 · management and general $61,793 · fundraising $89,377

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,460,872 · program services $3,161,486 · management and general $120,159 · fundraising $179,227

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,645,446 · program services $1,465,416 · management and general $61,807 · fundraising $118,223

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $935,210 · management and general $935,210

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $501,737 · program services $60,420 · management and general $441,317

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $270,928 · management and general $270,928

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $35,970 · fundraising $35,970

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $341,786 · management and general $341,786

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $404,695 · program services $12,328 · management and general $392,367

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,102,352 · program services $4,082,932 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $14,420

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $768,395 · program services $491,478 · management and general $213,815 · fundraising $63,102

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,489,915 · program services $1,358,464 · management and general $89,176 · fundraising $42,275

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $531,798 · program services $531,798

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,624,449 · program services $5,624,449

  • 17 · Travel

    total $104,106 · program services $87,410 · management and general $10,926 · fundraising $5,770

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $79,437 · program services $78,191 · management and general $771 · fundraising $475

  • 20 · Interest

    total $175,585 · program services $175,585

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,738,344 · program services $9,736,622 · management and general $1,722

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,022,505 · program services $1,022,505

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST/PERFORMANCE FEES

    total $21,037,306 · program services $21,037,306

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAMS OTHER

    total $8,116,243 · program services $8,116,243

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION & EXHIBITION

    total $1,577,547 · program services $1,577,547

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $64,403 · program services $39,717 · management and general $18,658 · fundraising $6,028

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,609,993 · program services $949,390 · management and general $1,310,281 · fundraising $350,322

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,333,883 · end of year $22,287,876

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,629,547 · end of year $8,110,247

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,699,408 · end of year $1,619,444

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $646,052 · end of year $1,525,981

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

    $306,871,771

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

    $161,188,816

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $147,467,678 · end of year $145,682,955

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $70,116,866 · end of year $73,740,278

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $390,420 · end of year $414,407

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,105,730 · end of year $5,075,979

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,888,591 · end of year $7,516,861

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $17,122,946 · end of year $15,801,923

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,769,407 · end of year $4,639,177

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $113,666 · end of year $138,903

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $139,207,092 · end of year $135,234,219

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $94,287,882 · end of year $95,126,084

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE KIMMEL CENTER INC, D/B/A ENSEMBLE ARTS PHILLY'S MISSION IS TO SHARE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION WITH THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SHARE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $77,141,195 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $60,707,572

  • TO PROVIDE VITAL ARTS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE.

    Expenses $803,560

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Matias Tarnopolsky

    BOARD MEMBER/PRES AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,072,718
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $918,657
    Other
    $154,061
    Hours/week
    20 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $716,273 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $201,880 related
    Other
    $0 + $504 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $119,850 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,211 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,072,718 related

  • Anne C Ewers

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $680,420
    From this org
    $672,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,099
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,377
    Bonus
    $381,854
    Other
    $3,090
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,099
    Filer's total
    $680,420

  • Mario Mestichelli

    BD MBR(NON-VOTING)/CFO/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $427,674
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $368,363
    Other
    $59,311
    Hours/week
    20 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $342,859 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $504 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,911 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,674 related

  • Ralph W Muller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 15 related

  • Robert Corrato

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Mark S Dichter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • John Fry

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Osagie O Imasogie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Brook Lenfest

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Jami Wintz McKeon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Julia Haller MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • Elizabeth Murphy

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 06/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Erika H James PhD

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 02/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Sulaiman Rahman

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • Caroline B Rogers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 14 related

  • Adrienne Simpson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

  • Richard B Worley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 7 related

  • Michael Zisman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 6 related

  • Ryan Fleur

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/COO

    Total calculated
    $501,540
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $440,479
    Other
    $61,061
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $414,975 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $504 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,661 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $501,540 related

  • Mitchell Bassion

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $305,803
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $270,303
    Other
    $35,500
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $269,974 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $329 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,165 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,335 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $305,803 related

  • Crystal Brewe

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $351,815
    From this org
    $300,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,942
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $12,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,040
    Filer's total
    $351,815

  • Jacob A Jessup

    AVP, CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $222,082
    From this org
    $200,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,555
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $8,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,435
    Filer's total
    $222,082

  • Christopher Hanes

    KC STAGE LABOR

    Total calculated
    $260,300
    From this org
    $185,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,294
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,006
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,386
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,908
    Filer's total
    $260,300

  • Michael Cobb-Durkin

    KC STAGE LABOR

    Total calculated
    $245,003
    From this org
    $174,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,888
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,722
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,166
    Filer's total
    $245,003

  • Kenneth Nash

    KC STAGE LABOR

    Total calculated
    $240,498
    From this org
    $170,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,870
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,627
    Filer's total
    $240,498

  • Walter Brown

    KC STAGE LABOR

    Total calculated
    $242,825
    From this org
    $173,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,719
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,106
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,022
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,697
    Filer's total
    $242,825

  • Edward J Cambron

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,995
    From this org
    $197,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,449
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $197,546
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,449
    Filer's total
    $213,995

  • Stanley M Applegate

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $201,595
    From this org
    $185,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $185,323
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,272
    Filer's total
    $201,595

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

Answered no

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 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, LINES 4A-B
SEVERANCE THE FOLLOWING FORMER OFFICERS RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT. THE SEVERANCE PAYMENT IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II , COLUMN B(III) AS PART OF OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION : EDWARD J. CAMBRON - $197,546 STANLEY M. APPLEGATE $185,323 PART I, LINE 4B: THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER, INC. BOARD MEMBER AND OFFICER, MATIAS TARNOPOLSKY, WAS THE PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION (POA) THROUGHOUT CALENDAR YEAR 2023. AS PART OF HIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, MR. TARNOPOLSKY PARTICIPATED IN A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. AMOUNTS ARE CREDITED TO THE PLAN EACH YEAR AND PLAN BALANCES ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE AND/OR PAYMENT IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. AMOUNTS ACCRUED UNDER THE PLAN IN THE CURRENT YEAR OF $93,450 ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C).
PART I , LINE 5 :
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS CERTAIN EXECUTIVES PARTICIPATE IN AN ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN. THE PLAN IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWS THE PAYOUTS UNDER THE PLAN PRIOR TO PAYMENT. PAYMENTS UNDER THE PLAN ARE DEPENDENT ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL GOALS ESTABLISHED FOR EACH PARTICIPANT. THE FINANCIAL GOALS INCLUDE REVENUE AND NET EARNINGS. THE INCENTIVE PAYMENTS REPORTED ON THIS 2023 FORM 990 RELATE TO COMPENSATION PAID IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023. PART I , LINE 6 : SEE ABOVE AND SCHEDULE O FOR KIMMEL CENTER'S COMPENSATION POLICY.

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

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.

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.

  • KC BROAD ST THEATER LLC

    PERFORMING ARTS · PA · income $0 · assets $15,119,517

    Directly controlled by KIMMEL CENTER INC

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • TICKET PHILADELPHIA

    RELATED · TICKET SALES · PA · 70.68% owned · share of income $944,905 · share of assets $8,046,547 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by KIMMEL CENTER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521919349301032

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