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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES.

Totals

Total revenue
$44,197,361
Total expenses
$49,944,026
Contributions and grants received
$15,176,027
Grants paid
$71,750
Program service revenue
$27,862,707
Investment income
$1,272,607
Other revenue
-$113,980
Total assets, end of year
$78,310,189
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,313,531
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$59,996,658
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$41,212,324
Management and general expenses
$5,663,694
Fundraising expenses
$3,068,008
Program service expenses (Part III)
$41,212,324

Program services were 82.5% 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

    $1,254,831

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $66,603

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,854,593

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $591,921

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE REVENUE

    total $23,731,829 · related or exempt $23,731,829

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY REVENUE

    total $4,130,878 · related or exempt $4,130,878

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $366,821 · excluded $366,821

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $955 · excluded $955

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,497,707

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

    securities $591,921

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $905,786

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $905,786 · excluded $905,786

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $82,905

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

    $1,254,831

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $454,811

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$371,906 · excluded -$371,906

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $164,552

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $127,581

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $36,971 · excluded $36,971

  • 11a · Other revenue: AMEX MOMENTUM SPONSORSHIP

    total $220,000 · unrelated business $220,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $220,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $71,750 · program services $71,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,822,750 · program services $994,197 · management and general $711,237 · fundraising $117,316

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,214,137 · program services $14,745,542 · management and general $1,696,084 · fundraising $1,772,511

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,267,434 · program services $1,130,525 · management and general $109,920 · fundraising $26,989

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,024,491 · program services $2,514,076 · management and general $214,446 · fundraising $295,969

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,556,034 · program services $1,258,648 · management and general $150,495 · fundraising $146,891

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,258,700 · program services $704,426 · management and general $425,953 · fundraising $128,321

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $41,251 · program services $37,495 · management and general $3,756

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $134,728 · management and general $134,728

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $71,968 · management and general $71,968

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,877 · program services $10,462 · management and general $33,696 · fundraising $1,719

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,575,788 · program services $3,571,985 · management and general $30 · fundraising $3,773

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,105,037 · program services $629,541 · management and general $466,878 · fundraising $8,618

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $819,414 · program services $150,222 · management and general $668,772 · fundraising $420

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $152,185 · program services $152,185

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,245,491 · program services $1,845,158 · management and general $400,333

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,660,400 · program services $1,517,024 · management and general $111,966 · fundraising $31,410

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $66,467 · program services $27,075 · management and general $33,274 · fundraising $6,118

  • 20 · Interest

    total $224,915 · program services $177,547 · management and general $35,719 · fundraising $11,649

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $521,396 · program services $412,456 · management and general $64,197 · fundraising $44,743

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $323,993 · program services $28,005 · management and general $295,988

  • 24a · Other expenses: PHYSICAL PRODUCTION COS

    total $8,653,119 · program services $8,640,816 · management and general $7,615 · fundraising $4,688

  • 24b · Other expenses: FACILITY FEES

    total $1,059,001 · program services $1,059,001

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD DISCOUNT

    total $747,804 · program services $662,998 · management and general $2,993 · fundraising $81,813

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,279,896 · program services $871,190 · management and general $23,646 · fundraising $385,060

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,522,837 · end of year $1,150,082

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,791,162 · end of year $4,969,120

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,145,380 · end of year $11,741,489

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $683,302 · end of year $480,192

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $728,824 · end of year $1,813,868

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

    $19,621,630

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

    $10,114,111

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,426,661 · end of year $9,507,519

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,129,220 · end of year $17,113,571

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,335,000 · end of year $2,055,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $110,158 · end of year $61,298

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,531,919 · end of year $29,418,050

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,140,843 · end of year $5,270,762

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,001,419 · end of year $10,118,345

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

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

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,151,959 · end of year $924,424

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,088,242 · end of year $14,373,970

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,022,000 · end of year $45,622,688

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE BELIEVE THEATRE CREATES AN EXTRAORDINARY CONNECTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES THAT ONLY STARTS ON THE STAGE. THEATRE CREATES THE ENERGY THAT FEEDS A CITY, A CULTURE, AND A SOCIETY. THEATRE REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF LOS ANGELES BY PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THEATRE OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER, BY NURTURING NEW ARTISTS, BY ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES, AND BY DEVELOPING YOUTH OUTREACH AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AT OUR THREE THEATRES, THE AHMANSON THEATRE, THE MARK TAPER FORUM, AND THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE, WE INVITE AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE THE BROADEST RANGE OF THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN THE COUNTRY. WE PRODUCE AND PRESENT THE MOST CELEBRATED SHOWS STRAIGHT FROM BROADWAY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND LIVELY STORIES THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR COMPLICATED WORLD, AND ADVENTUROUS NEW PLAYS FROM FRESH VOICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AS ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST INFLUENTIAL NONPROFIT THEATRE COMPANIES, LOS ANGELES' CENTER THEATRE GROUP CONTINUES ITS 55-YEAR TRADITION OF USING THE ART OF THEATRE TO BROADEN HORIZONS AND ILLUMINATE NEW PERSPECTIVES AT ITS 3 THEATRES: THE AHMANSON THEATRE, MARK TAPER FORUM AND KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE.

  • AHMANSON THEATRE: CLUE* (33 PERFORMANCES, 47,346 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); DUEL REALITY (12 PERFORMANCES, 9,203 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (32 PERFORMANCES, 54,710 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); OLD FRIENDS (34 PERFORMANCES, 48,054 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); LIFE OF PI (31 PERFORMANCS, 38,724 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); PARADE* (16 PERFORMANCES, 17,421 TOTAL ATTENDANCE)*PRODUCTION CROSSES TWO FISCAL YEARS.

    Expenses $17,985,790 · Grants $71,750 · Revenue $20,150,124

  • MARK TAPER FORUM: AMERICAN IDIOT (53 PERFORMANCES, 31,011 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT (46 PERFORMANCES, 20,310 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); HAMLET (34 PERFORMANCES, 17,271 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); MUSE/IQUE (6 PERFORMANCES, 2,814 TOTAL ATTENDANCE)

    Expenses $8,621,885 · Revenue $6,370,847

  • KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE: CAT KID COMIC CLUB (51 PERFORMANCES, 11,614 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); EL OTRO OZ (12 PERFORMANCES, 2,231 TOTAL ATTENDANCE)

    Expenses $678,937 · Revenue $1,341,736

  • CENTER THEATRE GROUP'S EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (E&CP) WORK SUPPORTS CTG'S OVERALL MISSION: SERVING THE DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF LOS ANGELES BY PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THEATRE OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER, BY NURTURING NEW ARTISTS, BY ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES, AND BY DEVELOPING YOUTH OUTREACH AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. OUR CTG CORE VALUES OF CENTERING LOS ANGELES; LIFELONG LEARNING, INSPIRATION, AND HUMAN CONNECTION; AND RESPECT, COMPASSION, SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, AND AREDI LEAD OUR WAY.E&CP SPECIFICALLY SERVES OUR MISSION BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND WITH DIRECT AND FREQUENT INPUT FROM OUR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES; PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THEATREMAKERS, AND SCHOOLS; PROVIDING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS; AND CREATING PROGRAMS TO EQUIP AND COLLABORATE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF THEATREMAKERS. THE E&CP TEAM KEEPS JUSTICE, INCLUSION, AND ANTIRACISM PRACTICES AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORK. FOR FY25, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ENGAGED 7,583 STUDENTS, 925 EDUCATORS, AND 5,421 ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS THROUGH LIVE PROGRAMMING, STUDENT MATINEES, WORKSHOPS, READINGS, INTERNSHIPS, CAREER FAIRS, IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, TICKETING INITIATIVES, ACTIVATIONS, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, AND, IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, OUR LA WILDFIRE RELIEF RESPONSE.

    Expenses $13,925,712

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Forbes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • William Ahmanson

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • William Lindsay

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Miles Benickes

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gail Berman-Masters

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jana Bezdek

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Walden

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cecilia Estolano

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noah Francis

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harry Abrams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nnamdi Asomugha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Axel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Borns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Buckhantz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dannielle Campos Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Chang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Cheung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Chozen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Clossey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Cronin-Hurst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Dennis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Snehal Desai

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $524,177
    From this org
    $500,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,877
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $450,000
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $877
    Filer's total
    $524,177
  • Gary Frischling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Gillyard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Glaser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Manuela Cerri Goren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Greenblatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Grode

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aliza Karney Guren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stanley Iezman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Mikita

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Miramontez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Moriarty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kari Nakama

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanne Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Patricof

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meghan Pressman

    CEO/MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $593,427
    From this org
    $543,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,549
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $539,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,647
    Deferred
    $33,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,199
    Filer's total
    $593,427
  • Kristine Louis Reynal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Ring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Rosenwald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Sandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elliott Sernel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn A Sonnenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay P Srinivasan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Stern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marsha Tauber Sallai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Vitti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim McLane Wardlaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shana C Waterman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Weitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hattie Winston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Shepherd

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $302,087
    From this org
    $293,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,799
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $8,799
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $302,087
  • Douglas Baker

    PRODUCTING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $321,618
    From this org
    $296,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,755
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,863
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,278
    Nontaxable benefits
    $477
    Filer's total
    $321,618
  • Sarah E Sullivan Director Of

    INSTITUATIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $277,438
    From this org
    $268,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,469
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $8,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $400
    Filer's total
    $277,438
  • Camille Schenkkan

    DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $172,925
    From this org
    $167,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,425
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $5,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $400
    Filer's total
    $172,925
  • Jody Horwitz

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $168,077
    From this org
    $167,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $877
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $877
    Filer's total
    $168,077
  • Joseph Philip Hamlin

    DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $171,717
    From this org
    $165,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,853
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,976
    Nontaxable benefits
    $877
    Filer's total
    $171,717
  • Lindsay H Allbaugh

    ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,080
    From this org
    $163,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,313
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,467
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $4,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $400
    Filer's total
    $169,080

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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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
MEGHAN PRESSMAN WAS REIMBURSED FOR REGISTRATION AND ONGOING MEMBERSHIP DUES AT THE SOHO WAREHOUSE (SOCIAL CLUB). THIS REIMBURSEMENT IS INCLUDED IN HER TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES WERE PAID DURING THE YEAR THAT WERE DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601349349312895

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