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COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC

EIN 31-0749884 COLUMBUS, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2023
$35,324,070
Expenses 2023
$28,705,496

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
2000
Street
55 E STATE ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

6 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CAPA ENRICHES LIVES BY CULTIVATING AND NURTURING THE ARTS, SPREADING AN APPRECIATION THAT CAN BE FELT IN HEARTS, MINDS AND THE ECONOMY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION THROUGH OUR FOUR STRATEGIC PILLARS: (1) AS AN ARTS LEADER BY SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLABORATING WITH ARTS GROUPS TO RAISE THE ARTS PROFILE IN OUR COMMUNITY; (2) AS A DYNAMIC PRESENTER OF EXCEPTIONAL ARTS PROGRAMMING THAT CHALLENGES, INSPIRES, ENTERTAINS, AND ENGAGES AUDIENCES; (3) THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THAT PROVIDES COMMUNITY ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND AUGMENT OTHER ARTS EDUCATION EFFORTS; AND (4) THROUGH STEWARDSHIP OF PERFORMING ARTS SPACES OFFERING TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR VISITORS, ARTISTS, AND RENTERS BY PROVIDING AND OPERATING FIRST-CLASS PERFORMING ARTS SPACES AND PRESERVING HISTORIC THEATRES

Activities or mission (Part I)

CAPA ENRICHES LIVES BY CULTIVATING AND NURTURING THE ARTS. SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1969, CAPA HAS ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR PRESENTING DIVERSE PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING, RESTORING HISTORIC THEATRES, EXCELLENCE IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT, AND POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.EACH SEASON, CAPA'S PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS SERVE OVER 800,000 PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL OHIO AND BEYOND, THROUGH PERFORMANCES IN OUR VENUES AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. OUR LARGEST PRODUCTION EACH YEAR IS FESTIVAL LATINO, OHIO'S LARGEST FREE HISPANIC/LATINO FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 165,000 INDIVIDUALS IN 2024. CAPA PRESENTS PERFORMANCES IN OUR THEATRES INCLUDE DIVERSE GENRES: BLUES, THE BROADWAY IN COLUMBUS SERIES (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROADWAY IN COLUMBUS), CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT, CLASSIC FILMS (THE CAPA SUMMER MOVIE SERIES IS THE NATION'S LONGEST-RUNNING CLASSIC FILM SERIES), COMEDY, DANCE, FOLK, GOSPEL, JAZZ, POP, AND MUCH MORE.

    Expenses $10,829,547 · Revenue $14,921,210

  • CAPA OWNS AND/OR MANAGES 10 THEATRE SPACES IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, INCLUDING FOUR HISTORIC THEATRES. OUR THEATRE OPERATIONS INCLUDE FACILITATING RENTAL EVENTS, MAINTAINING THE THEATRES, AND PROVIDING TICKETING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2023-24, 889 TICKETED EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN CAPA'S VENUES, SERVING 708,354 TICKETED PATRONS.

    Expenses $10,740,031 · Revenue $11,033,409

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $378,884 · Revenue $192,204

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lawrence Fisher

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Michael Schoedinger

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Stephanie Green

    CHAIR (THRU 7/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Karen Hough Majidzadeh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David English

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicole Callam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Corna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristina Daiker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynnda Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Ezzie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Finn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Debra Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Ifeduba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Linda Kaufmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Krouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Lach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • T Earl Levere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Marie Peters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kimberly Lee Minor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ramona Reyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Toshia Safford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Satterwhite

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Stickney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Holly Stokes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,324,070
    Expenses
    $28,705,496
    Contributions
    $6,038,468
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $29,883,198
    Expenses
    $25,247,421
    Contributions
    $4,758,862
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,667,951
    Expenses
    $21,847,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,991,712

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,160,584
    Expenses
    $8,282,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,413,722

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,173,985
    Expenses
    $17,255,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,823,383

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,759,437
    Expenses
    $22,130,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,163,105

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,865,405
    Expenses
    $19,000,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,749,255

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • COLUMBUS PICTURES LLC

    SUPPORT/INVESTMENT IN COLUMBUS BASED FILM MAKING · OH · income $0 · assets $0

  • HISTORIC DREXEL LLC

    DORMANT · OH · income $0 · assets $0

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

  • CAPA PROPERTIES LLC

    RELATED · REAL ESTATE HOLDING-LAND LEASE OF THE PALACE THEATRE · OH · 1% owned · share of assets $4,826,381

  • PALACE THEATRE MT

    RELATED · DORMANT · OH · 100% owned · share of income $69,042 · share of assets $2,423,588

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • PALACE THEATRE MANAGER LLC

    C · MAJORITY OWNER OF CAPA PROPERTIES, LLC · OH · 100% owned · share of income $4,635 · share of assets $4,398,380 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.