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← STRATHMORE HALL FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STRATHMORE HALL FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,099,167
Total expenses
$15,533,057
Contributions and grants received
$4,459,691
Grants paid
$104,263
Program service revenue
$6,953,667
Investment income
$736,059
Other revenue
$1,949,750
Total assets, end of year
$25,321,853
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,905,905
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,415,948
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,484,370
Management and general expenses
$1,870,888
Fundraising expenses
$1,177,799
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,484,370

Program services were 80.4% 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)

    $1,199,752

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,259,939

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $133,649

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RECEIPTS

    total $5,805,648 · related or exempt $5,805,648

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LICENSE FEES

    total $1,138,519 · related or exempt $1,138,519

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $9,500 · unrelated business $9,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $208,169 · excluded $208,169

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,568,839

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,568,839

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,568,839 · excluded $1,568,839

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,000,939

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

    securities $2,473,049

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $527,890

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $527,890 · excluded $527,890

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,853,330

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,650,920

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $202,410 · related or exempt $202,410

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $178,501 · excluded $178,501

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $178,501

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $104,263 · program services $104,263

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $762,644 · program services $378,065 · management and general $294,048 · fundraising $90,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,168,823 · program services $4,123,092 · management and general $401,838 · fundraising $643,893

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,156 · program services $15,156

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $727,060 · program services $644,223 · fundraising $82,837

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $440,456 · program services $334,460 · management and general $54,149 · fundraising $51,847

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $143,446 · program services $109,536 · management and general $33,910

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,812 · management and general $52,812

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $88,823 · management and general $88,823

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $109,990 · program services $35,989 · management and general $74,001

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,362,977 · program services $1,284,411 · management and general $34,377 · fundraising $44,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $520,717 · program services $365,663 · management and general $144,960 · fundraising $10,094

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,361 · program services $15,361

  • 17 · Travel

    total $285,348 · program services $274,900 · management and general $6,927 · fundraising $3,521

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $290,973 · program services $184,449 · management and general $15,613 · fundraising $90,911

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $698,069 · management and general $698,069

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,656 · management and general $39,656

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $2,436,746 · program services $2,425,246 · fundraising $11,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: FACILITY OPERATIONAL SE

    total $844,168 · program services $573,797 · management and general $258,218 · fundraising $12,153

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PRODUCTION

    total $807,968 · program services $806,806 · fundraising $1,162

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT &

    total $509,507 · program services $485,485 · management and general $2,665 · fundraising $21,357

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,094 · program services $323,468 · management and general -$329,178 · fundraising $113,804

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,750 · end of year $4,704

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,816,837 · end of year $671,815

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,200,239 · end of year $2,003,036

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $227,365 · end of year $517,712

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $67,241 · end of year $63,156

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $424,490 · end of year $360,282

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

    $21,602,474

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

    $9,884,882

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,996,319 · end of year $11,717,592

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,210,106 · end of year $9,507,806

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $475,750 · end of year $475,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $991,298 · end of year $1,020,282

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,252,190 · end of year $2,231,039

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $932,491 · end of year $654,584

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,920,802 · end of year $11,291,767

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,330,316 · end of year $10,124,181

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE AMPLIFY DISTINCTIVE ARTISTIC VOICES AND CURATE EXPERIENCES TO ENRICH EVERY LIFE AND SHAPE STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

  • PERFORMING ARTS: STRATHMORE CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A WORLD CLASS, 1,976 SEAT PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER, FOR THE COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT OF NEARLY 250,000 VISITORS YEAR-ROUND. IT IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING CHILDREN TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVE POTENTIAL AND COMMITTED TO REACHING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY'S AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF MORE THAN 395 CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND FESTIVALS EACH YEAR. KEY ARTISTIC OFFERINGS FOR FY25 INCLUDED A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL TOURING ARTISTS. STRATHMORE WAS PLEASED TO HOST AFRO CUBAN ALLSTARS (CUBA/US), SONA JOBARTEH (GAMBIA), HAMID RAHMANIAN'S SONG OF THE NORTH (PERSIA), YOUSSOU N'DOUR (SENEGAL) DJANGO REINHARDT FESTIVAL ALL STARS (FRANCE), NAGHASH (ARMENIA), CHUCHO VALDES (CUBA), NILS FRAHM (GERMANY), MARIZA (PORTUGAL) AND YAMATO (JAPAN). THE SERIES ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT RISING LEADERS IN THE JAZZ GENRE PARTICULARLY THOSE WORKING IN THE LARGE ENSEMBLE FORMAT INCLUDING GRAMMY WINNING ARTURO O'FARRILL'S AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN COLLABORATION WITH BRAZILIAN ICON HAMILTON DE HOLANDA. GRAMMY NOMINATED MIHO HAZAMA WAS ALSO FEATURED - BLENDING A LARGE FORMAT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH STRING MUSICIANS INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM MARYLAND CLASSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AS GUESTS ON TWO SELECTIONS. A CENTERPIECE OF STRATHMORE'S SEASON WAS AN OUTDOOR VIDEO AND AUDIO INSTALLATION CELEBRATING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHAMPIONING AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. CRAIG WALSH'S MONUMENTS PROJECT FEATURED LARGE-SCALE NIGHTTIME PROJECTED IMAGES ON STRATHMORE'S CAMPUS TREES, COMPLEMENTED BY RELATED CUSTOM AUDIO STORIES ON STRATHMORE'S WEB SITE TO BE ENJOYED BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE VISIT. STRATHMORE'S MANSION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR RISING MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES. THE INTIMATE MUSIC ROOM HOSTS TWO DOZEN CONCERTS ANNUALLY FEATURING CLASSICAL, CROSSOVER, JAZZ, INTERNATIONAL, ROOTS AND AMERICANA MUSIC STYLES.

    Expenses $4,954,586 · Grants $104,263 · Revenue $4,232,696

  • RETAIL AND OPERATIONS: STRATHMORE INTEGRATES THE LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY INTO ITS PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS THROUGH ITS GIFT SHOP, WHICH FEATURES HANDMADE ITEMS AND WORK BY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CRAFT GUILDS, ITS TEA ROOM, WHERE LOCAL MUSICIANS PERFORM WEEKLY, AND THROUGH ITS GALLERY SALES PROGRAM, WHICH FEATURES THE WORK OF, AND PROVIDES SALES SUPPORT FOR, VISUAL ARTISTS.

    Expenses $3,487,464 · Revenue $1,502,166

  • COMMUNICATIONS: STRATHMORE COMMUNICATES REGULARLY TO ENGAGE WITH ITS PATRONS, SHARING ORIGINAL ARTISTIC CONTENT AND CONNECTING AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH, STRATHMORE EMPLOYED ITS WEBSITE, SOCIAL PLATFORMS, AND EMAIL TO INFORM PATRONS AND DONORS ABOUT PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, AND EXPERIENCES AT ALL OF STRATHMORE'S VENUES. STRATHMORE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH EMBEDDED COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AND CURATORS TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS OF ALL COMMUNITIES RECEIVE INFORMATION IN WAYS IT IS MOST MEANINGFUL TO THEM, WHETHER THAT IS IN A SPECIAL LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITY CONVENERS THROUGH GROUP SALES, OR IN HEAVILY FREQUENTED GATHERING PLACES.

    Expenses $682,974

  • VISUAL ARTS: THIS YEAR EXHIBITIONS FEATURED ART FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, ACADEMIC ART PROGRAMS, AND LONG-ESTABLISHED ART GUILDS. OUR SEASON OPENED WITH ARTFLOWS, THREE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THAT OVERLAPPED WITH ARTWORK FROM AFRICAN, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS. THIS SHOW DEMONSTRATED THAT INDIVIDUALS ON LIMITED BUDGETS CAN BUILD AND APPRECIATE A PERSONAL ART COLLECTION THAT GROWS AND EXPANDS INCREMENTALLY THROUGHOUT A LIFETIME. AS THE PROGRAM BUILDS AUDIENCES TO SUPPORT A MARKET FOR ORIGINAL ART, WE ALSO PRESENTED ART PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINED THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY ART COLLECTING. A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY'S MASTERS OF ARTS CANDIDATES ALLOWS STRATHMORE TO BUILD A PIPELINE OF EMERGING ARTISTS ANNUALLY IN OUR SOLO GALLERY SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, WE CREATED AN EXHIBITION SERIES FOR THOSE EMERGING ARTISTS TO RETURN TO STRATHMORE IN OUR MAIN GALLERY SPACES WITH OUR INTERSECTIONS SERIES, A WAY FOR FOLLOWERS TO RE-CONNECT WITH ESTABLISHED ARTISTS ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS. LASTLY, TWO FAMILIAR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS RETURNED TO STRATHMORE. THE CREATIVE CRAFTS COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF 8-10 ART GUILDS DEVOTED TO AMERICAN CRAFT, AND THE COLORED PENCIL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN RETURNED WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION. IN A YEAR THAT EXPANDED OUR COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE JOY AND PRIDE IN ORIGINAL ART, AND ART OWNERSHIP, STRATHMORE EXHIBITED 588 ARTISTS AND OVER 1200 OBJECTS IN OUR MANSION GALLERIES AND AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE. AND AS WE CELEBRATED A MILESTONE IN THE MUSIC CENTER, CHICAGO BASED ARTIST AIMEE BEAUBIEN INSTALLED HOTHOUSE ON THE UPSIDE, A PARACORD AND PHOTOGRAPHY WORK THAT HUNG FROM THE CEILING IN ATOMIC COLORS DEMONSTRATING OUR INTRENCHED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY CONNECTION IN VIVID LAYERING IN A SPACE THAT CELEBRATES CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $378,622 · Revenue $39,476

  • ARTS EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: FY25 WAS A FULL AND EXCITING YEAR OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR BLOOM, STRATHMORE'S ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE. STUDENT CONCERTS, YOUTH ENSEMBLES, AND NUMEROUS OUTREACH PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE WITH ROBUST ENROLLMENT. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS JOINTLY OFFERED WITH MISSION BELONGING, INCLUDING CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS AND A DAY OF BELONGING. OUR SIGNATURE PARTNERSHIP WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MCPS) CONTINUED WITH CURRICULUM-CONNECTED PROGRAMS SUCH AS EAST COUNTY STRINGS, NORTH COUNTY STRINGS/LATIN MUSIC INITIATIVE, IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS, AND SUMMER CAMPS OFFERED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY RECREATION AND LINKAGES TO LEARNING. THE WINDOWS SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES PAIRED WITH SOME OF OUR MAINSTAGE PROGRAMS OFFERED PATRONS GLIMPSES INTO WORLDS THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE ENCOUNTER. THESE ACTIVITIES BRING TO LIFE THE DISTINCT SOUNDS OF LANGUAGES, REGIONS, AND MUSICAL TRADITIONS, WHILE ALSO EXPLORING UNIVERSAL THEMES LIKE RESILIENCE, FAMILY, YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE, LONGING, FEAR, AND DREAMS. REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO NURTURING ARTISTS, WE CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF OUR FLAGSHIP ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, AND LAUNCHED THE ARTISTIC ADVANCEMENT FELLOWSHIP.

    Expenses $2,980,724 · Revenue $1,372,239

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Pete Briskman

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcel Lettre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven P Hollman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda A Herman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lewis Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Theodore R Goldstock

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen R Lefkowitz

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Pratt

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Musgrove

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 05/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Chod

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Czajkowski

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyler Anthony

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jean Accius

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hope L Brown-Saxton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fariba Kassiri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward J Rich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah M Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia L Cifuentes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christoph A Syllaba

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cathy Bernard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine S Leggett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Wu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bayo Oyewole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Sackett

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William E Kirwan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noreen Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Jeffries Hazangeles

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $356,813
    From this org
    $318,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,328
    Bonus
    $29,707
    Other
    $708
    Deferred
    $19,688
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,382
    Filer's total
    $356,813

  • Bess Amerman

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $184,873
    From this org
    $149,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,891
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,501
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $481
    Deferred
    $6,336
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,555
    Filer's total
    $184,873

  • Joi Brown

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/VP OF PR

    Total calculated
    $179,718
    From this org
    $156,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,849
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,338
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $531
    Deferred
    $6,457
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,392
    Filer's total
    $179,718

  • Alaina Sadick Goss

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MAR

    Total calculated
    $146,297
    From this org
    $111,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,380
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heidi Onkst

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $152,488
    From this org
    $130,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,798
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $434
    Deferred
    $5,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,632
    Filer's total
    $152,488

  • Drew Martorella

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,577
    From this org
    $149,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,212
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,846
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $519
    Deferred
    $6,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,157
    Filer's total
    $182,577

  • Karen Isley

    STAGEHAND

    Total calculated
    $173,855
    From this org
    $130,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,647
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,208
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,647
    Filer's total
    $173,855

  • Carlyle Smith

    DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TE

    Total calculated
    $143,645
    From this org
    $138,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,507
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 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 7
MONICA JEFFRIES HAZANGELES RECEIVED A $29,707 BONUS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

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
28 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610339349301116

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