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← WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,042,709
Total expenses
$44,258,009
Contributions and grants received
$30,525,484
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$914,313
Investment income
$13,957
Other revenue
$1,588,955
Total assets, end of year
$592,002,023
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,745,928
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$538,256,095
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,688,135
Management and general expenses
$5,626,341
Fundraising expenses
$1,943,533
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,688,135

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,568,660

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,956,824

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $653,284

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $914,313 · related or exempt $914,313

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,727 · excluded $13,727

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $236,705

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $236,705

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $236,705 · related or exempt $85,805 · unrelated business $150,900

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $653,514

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

    securities $653,284

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $230

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $230 · excluded $230

  • 11a · Other revenue: COMMISSION

    total $1,349,514 · excluded $1,349,514

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,736 · excluded $2,736

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,352,250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,271,962 · program services $1,071,428 · management and general $1,200,534

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,804,058 · program services $8,285,401 · management and general $785,813 · fundraising $732,844

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $164,811 · program services $123,145 · management and general $11,897 · fundraising $29,769

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,224,280 · program services $1,830,288 · management and general $294,586 · fundraising $99,406

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,006,505 · program services $845,607 · management and general $103,556 · fundraising $57,342

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $526,401 · program services $68,525 · management and general $457,876

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,046 · management and general $98,046

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $288,000 · fundraising $288,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,207,185 · program services $3,961,247 · management and general $238,441 · fundraising $7,497

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,784,583 · program services $3,699,806 · fundraising $84,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $821,917 · program services $397,860 · management and general $409,502 · fundraising $14,555

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $797,896 · program services $656,312 · management and general $141,584

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $42,050 · program services $42,050

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,220,475 · program services $2,024,658 · management and general $187,285 · fundraising $8,532

  • 17 · Travel

    total $389,934 · program services $263,312 · management and general $77,585 · fundraising $49,037

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,011 · program services $3,011

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,919,330 · program services $6,200,388 · management and general $1,242,329 · fundraising $476,613

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,480,451 · program services $1,159,109 · management and general $232,243 · fundraising $89,099

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPENING EVENTS

    total $2,594,539 · program services $2,594,539

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAGE PRODUCTION

    total $1,071,683 · program services $1,071,683

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

    total $834,776 · program services $760,993 · management and general $70,568 · fundraising $3,215

  • 24d · Other expenses: SCENERY AND COSTUMES

    total $789,315 · program services $789,315

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $916,801 · program services $839,458 · management and general $74,496 · fundraising $2,847

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,089,884 · end of year $15,147,758

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,012,602 · end of year $1,026,329

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $73,685,883 · end of year $45,637,253

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,000

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $180,030

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $121,468 · end of year $962,696

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

    $491,631,124

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

    $8,395,088

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $483,236,036

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $495,445,342 · end of year $45,809,921

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,105,515 · end of year $4,522,882

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $723,046

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $23,000,000 · end of year $48,500,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $417,117,996 · end of year $445,825,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $133,031,668 · end of year $92,430,755

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CREATES CONNECTIONS BY CULTIVATING BONDS BETWEEN EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES WITH EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCES IN ACTIVE DIALOGUE ACROSS THE ARTS IN OUR FLEXIBLE INTIMATE SPACES, INVITING CONVERSATION AND NEW RELATIONSHIPS. OUR ART AND OUR AUDIENCES REFLECT THE DYNAMIC ENERGY OF ALL FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY. OUR WORK ASKS ALL OF US TO CONSIDER AND EMBRACE THE COMPLEXITIES OF SOCIETY. TOGETHER, WE WELCOME THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS WHERE THE WORLD TRADES IDEAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PAC) CONTRIBUTES TO THE REVITALIZATION OF LOWER MANHATTAN BY WELCOMING A DIVERSE PUBLIC AND PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS.

  • ARTISTIC AND PROGRAM:ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BILL RAUCH AND THE PRODUCING TEAM SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND PRESENTED THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S INAUGURAL SEASON, OFFERING A RICH AND DIVERSE PROGRAM OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. THE SEASON WELCOMED NEW YORKERS AND VISITORS FROM ALL 50 STATES AND SHOWCASED ARTISTS ACROSS DISCIPLINES WHILE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $14,312,069 · Revenue $1,000,118

  • ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING:IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KHADY KAMARA, THE ORGANIZATION PRIORITIZED STRATEGIC GROWTH, GOVERNANCE, AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. KEY EFFORTS INCLUDED MARKETING PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXPANDING FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES, AND STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PLANS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND FUTURE SUCCESS.

    Expenses $10,026,703

  • CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN AND FACILITIES PLANNING:SCIAME CONSTRUCTION, SERVING AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE WITH COMMISSIONING AND PUNCH LIST WORK ONGOING. PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF $41,201,916 WERE INCURRED AND CAPITALIZED IN 2023. THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN SEPTEMBER 2023. WITH THE BUILDING PLACED IN SERVICE $ 7,919,330 IN DEPRECIATION EXPENSE WAS RECORDED IN 2023.

    Expenses $8,800,655

  • Expenses $3,548,708

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael R Bloomberg

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dominic Casserley

    VICE-CHAIR AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter H Darrow

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward P Henry

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frank Bisignano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ric Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven M Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Daldry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Deavere Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Douglas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Earls

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ariel Emanuel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harold Ford Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia E Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rev Phillip A Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Van Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katy Knight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Livingston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zenia Mucha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Ellen Nachtigall Biben

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Kathryn Nagle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Indra Nooyi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory G Olafson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blessing Omakwu Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Osborne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald O Perelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Rechler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Skyler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry A Silverstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Stroman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ann Tighe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Torres-Springer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Vince

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Wilpon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Khady Kamara

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $616,451
    From this org
    $579,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,033
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $538,468
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $950
    Deferred
    $18,858
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,175
    Filer's total
    $616,451
  • Leslie Koch President Ceo

    THRU FEB 2023/PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $586,384
    From this org
    $555,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,479
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $548,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,524
    Deferred
    $4,931
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,548
    Filer's total
    $586,384
  • Warren Elliott Elghanayan

    VP OF CONSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $667,138
    From this org
    $590,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $471,027
    Bonus
    $116,600
    Other
    $2,622
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,089
    Filer's total
    $667,138
  • William Rauch

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,252,981
    From this org
    $1,188,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $606,185
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $582,740
    Deferred
    $5,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,756
    Filer's total
    $1,252,981
  • James Connors

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $491,962
    From this org
    $458,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,090
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $451,069
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,803
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,290
    Filer's total
    $491,962
  • Frank Lapera

    SIR. DIR OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

    Total calculated
    $471,888
    From this org
    $444,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,521
    Bonus
    $156,967
    Other
    $1,108
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,292
    Filer's total
    $471,888
  • Christopher Gateau

    SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $463,804
    From this org
    $426,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,304
    Bonus
    $150,930
    Other
    $745
    Deferred
    $17,131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,694
    Filer's total
    $463,804
  • George Cooper

    DIRECTOR OF DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $295,696
    From this org
    $282,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,283
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,693
    Bonus
    $47,700
    Other
    $2,020
    Deferred
    $620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,663
    Filer's total
    $295,696
  • Maxim Semiglazov

    DIR. OF FINANCE & COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $308,921
    From this org
    $287,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,207
    Bonus
    $47,000
    Other
    $540
    Deferred
    $14,733
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,441
    Filer's total
    $308,921
  • Robert John Pilon

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $298,249
    From this org
    $258,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,163
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,276
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $15,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,489
    Filer's total
    $298,249

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 · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FOR HOUSING EXPENSE AND ASSOCIATED TAX GROSS UP TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. THESE BENEFITS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN COLUMN B(II) HEREIN AND IN THEIR 2023 FORM W-2, BOX 5, AS TAXABLE MEDICARE WAGES.

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.

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.

  • WTC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SUPPORT LLC

    STAFFING AGENCY · NY · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413599349300506

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