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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$47,618,232
Total expenses
$39,303,786
Contributions and grants received
$29,465,642
Grants paid
$1,965,435
Program service revenue
$3,736,231
Investment income
$14,138,138
Other revenue
$278,221
Total assets, end of year
$404,372,948
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,565,673
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$401,807,275
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,231,216
Management and general expenses
$10,144,161
Fundraising expenses
$1,928,409
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,231,216

Program services were 69.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $879,233

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $4,682,945

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,903,464

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,048,134

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT AND TOURING INCOME

    total $1,957,445 · related or exempt $1,957,445

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT FEES

    total $900,397 · related or exempt $900,397

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DORMITORY AND DINING REVENUE

    total $842,348 · related or exempt $842,348

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RECORDING INCOME

    total $31,714 · related or exempt $31,714

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SUMMER AND ONLINE PROGRAMS

    total $1,673 · related or exempt $1,673

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $2,654 · related or exempt $2,654

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,129,317 · unrelated business $457 · excluded $3,128,860

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,346 · excluded $2,346

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $213,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $196,177

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,823

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,823 · unrelated business $16,723 · excluded $100

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $83,300,598 · other assets $57,531

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

    securities $72,349,308 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,951,290 · other assets $57,531

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,008,821 · excluded $11,008,821

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $100,450

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $879,233

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $186,741

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$86,291 · excluded -$86,291

  • 11a · Other revenue: COMMISSIONS FOR ARTIST MANAGEMENT

    total $195,402 · excluded $195,402

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEE

    total $42,000 · excluded $42,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $107,941 · excluded $107,941

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $345,343

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,965,435 · program services $1,965,435

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,467,365 · program services $765,700 · management and general $1,702,554 · fundraising $999,111

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,093,892 · program services $8,717,011 · management and general $2,365,864 · fundraising $11,017

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $886,101 · program services $735,400 · management and general $119,093 · fundraising $31,608

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $377,222 · program services $317,245 · management and general $49,976 · fundraising $10,001

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,253,005 · program services $954,038 · management and general $221,155 · fundraising $77,812

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $145,635 · management and general $145,635

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,339 · management and general $53,339

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · management and general $60,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $62,980 · fundraising $62,980

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,248,613 · management and general $1,248,613

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,277,614 · program services $937,250 · management and general $1,196,744 · fundraising $143,620

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,754,429 · program services $2,375,881 · management and general $378,548

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,393,933 · program services $445,124 · management and general $725,624 · fundraising $223,185

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $709,976 · program services $219,921 · management and general $480,110 · fundraising $9,945

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,340,300 · program services $1,162,331 · management and general $125,407 · fundraising $52,562

  • 17 · Travel

    total $908,094 · program services $891,036 · management and general $5,030 · fundraising $12,028

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $575,713 · program services $546,564 · management and general $28,839 · fundraising $310

  • 20 · Interest

    total $58,920 · management and general $58,920

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,604,375 · program services $1,935,447 · management and general $475,690 · fundraising $193,238

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $406,722 · program services $347,099 · management and general $43,927 · fundraising $15,696

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $4,354,772 · program services $4,354,772

  • 24b · Other expenses: DINING SERVICE/CATERING

    total $668,579 · management and general $650,143 · fundraising $18,436

  • 24c · Other expenses: SCHOOL OPERATIONS

    total $208,306 · program services $141,581 · fundraising $66,725

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP/DUES/SUBS

    total $123,830 · program services $123,830

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $304,636 · program services $295,551 · management and general $8,950 · fundraising $135

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,118,728 · end of year $2,871,498

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,848,291 · end of year $7,726,015

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $45,179,353 · end of year $55,947,309

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $29,701 · end of year $101,126

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $305,842

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $451,895 · end of year $492,082

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

    $155,311,734

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

    $46,656,124

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $103,094,646 · end of year $108,655,610

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $59,678,147 · end of year $43,316,967

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $169,803,571 · end of year $183,460,342

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,827,869 · end of year $1,801,999

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,294,838 · end of year $876,706

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $196,297 · end of year $219,867

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,129,726 · end of year $1,469,100

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $132,401,509 · end of year $133,923,785

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $248,315,673 · end of year $267,883,490

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, WAS FOUNDED IN 1924 TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED YOUNG MUSICIANS TO ENGAGE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ARTISTRY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.)THE INSTITUTE IS A TUITION-FREE MUSIC CONSERVATORY THAT IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL GIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE & TRAIN EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED YOUNG MUSICIANS TO ENGAGE A LOCAL & GLOBAL COMMUNITY

  • THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC IS A TUITION-FREE SCHOOL OF MUSIC THAT STRIVES TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED MUSICIANS TO ENGAGE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC. STUDENTS RECEIVE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION FROM THE INSTITUTE'S CELEBRATED FACULTY, WITH A STUDENT BODY OF 164 AND 130 FACULTY MEMBERS. CURTIS ALSO OWNS AND OPERATES A DORMITORY BUILDING WITH FULL DINING SERVICES FOR ITS ON-CAMPUS STUDENTS.

    Expenses $18,646,906 · Grants $1,860,635 · Revenue $1,778,786

  • CURTIS PRESENTS OVER 175 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES EACH YEAR FEATURING STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND FACULTY, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HONE THEIR CRAFT AND SHAPE THEIR ARTISTIC POINT-OF VIEW ON STAGE IN FRONT OF LIVE AUDIENCES.

    Expenses $8,584,310 · Grants $104,800 · Revenue $1,957,445

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roberto Diaz

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $829,308
    From this org
    $761,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,894
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $738,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $37,696
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,198
    Filer's total
    $829,308
  • Lawrence Bomback

    TREASURER, SR VP OF ADMIN TO 6/24

    Total calculated
    $355,451
    From this org
    $334,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,333
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $161,002
    Deferred
    $12,302
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,031
    Filer's total
    $355,451
  • Vincent Ford

    SR VP DIGITAL STRATEGY & INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $306,090
    From this org
    $273,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,857
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,233
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,103
    Filer's total
    $306,090
  • Nicholas A Diberardino

    TRUSTEE/PROVOST, DEAN

    Total calculated
    $284,607
    From this org
    $243,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,319
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,288
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,986
    Filer's total
    $284,607
  • Paul Bryan

    DIR. OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION

    Total calculated
    $257,856
    From this org
    $218,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,719
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,137
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,799
    Filer's total
    $257,856
  • Pamela Frank

    FACULTY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $243,478
    From this org
    $195,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,190
    Hours/week
    12

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,288
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,750
    Filer's total
    $243,478
  • Kimberly Gould

    VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE AND CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $236,892
    From this org
    $212,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,188
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,704
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,633
    Filer's total
    $236,892
  • Ida Kavafian

    FACULTY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $221,694
    From this org
    $179,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,359
    Hours/week
    12

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,832
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,503
    Deferred
    $25,070
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,289
    Filer's total
    $221,694
  • Michael Andrew Lane

    VP TOURING AND ARTIST MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $198,879
    From this org
    $175,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,986
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,893
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,397
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,589
    Filer's total
    $198,879
  • Marcella Generose

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $188,362
    From this org
    $166,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,927
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,854
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,073
    Filer's total
    $188,362
  • Patricia K Johnson

    VP COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $182,128
    From this org
    $158,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,735
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,393
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,738
    Filer's total
    $182,128
  • Stephen L Casciano

    SR DIR FACILITIES AND CAMPUS SAFETY

    Total calculated
    $167,585
    From this org
    $159,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,397
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $662
    Filer's total
    $167,585
  • Mary Claire Sullivan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $144,124
    From this org
    $124,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,287
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Amy Yang

    TRUSTEE/FACULTY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $123,424
    From this org
    $102,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,264
    Hours/week
    30
  • Erin Keefe

    TRUSTEE/FACULTY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $64,377
    From this org
    $61,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,066
    Hours/week
    12
  • Deborah M Fretz

    CHAIR/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Bok

    VICE CHAIR/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Edward A Montgomery Jr

    VICE CHAIR/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Jacobs

    TREASURER/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis Barbarin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Brody

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony B Creamer III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Fowler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Freyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mignon Groch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Horn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marsha Hunter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Jandrucko

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda E Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Liem

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yuen Sung Liu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connie B McCann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John H McFadden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank J Mechura

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Medveckis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert H Mundheim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Richard Neu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert H Rock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark E Rubenstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Tolson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Penelope P Watkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Wind

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nadia Zerhouni

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
A HOUSING ALLOWANCE WAS PROVIDED FOR IDA KAVAFIAN AS PART OF HER COMPENSATION PACKAGE. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINES 4A-B
LAWRENCE BOMBACK RECEIVED A PAYMENT UPON MUTUAL SEPARATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $161,002, WHICH IS INCLUDED SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III). ROBERTO DIAZ PARTICIPATES IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. UNDER THIS PLAN, CONTRIBUTIONS BECAME VESTED ON MAY 31, 2025. PAYMENT OF PLAN BENEFITS TO THE PARTICIPANT WERE MADE ON MAY 31, 2025, AND NOVEMBER 15, 2025. VESTED PLAN AMOUNTS WILL BE REPORTED ON THE PARTICIPANT'S 2025 FORM W-2 AND ON NEXT YEAR'S FORM 990.

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.

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
2024
Filed
9 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640789349300719

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