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JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

EIN 53-0245017 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$516,578,163
Expenses 2024
$306,297,976

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1200
Street
2700 F ST NW

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

5 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 · 2024

Mission

AS THE NATION'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AND A LIVING MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, WE ARE A LEADER FOR THE ARTS ACROSS AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD, REACHING AND CONNECTING WITH ARTISTS, INSPIRING AND EDUCATING COMMUNITIES. WE WELCOME ALL TO CREATE, EXPERIENCE, LEARN ABOUT AND ENGAGE WITH THE ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (KENNEDY CENTER) SERVES AS BOTH A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIAL AND THE NATION'S CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

  • THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IS AMERICA'S PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY, ANNUALLY HOSTING 1,700 PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS FOR VISITORS TOTALING 1.0 MILLION PEOPLE, WITH TELEVISED PRODUCTIONS, EVENTS AND BROADCASTS REACHING 75 MILLION MORE. THE ORGANIZATION (A) PRODUCES AND PRESENTS MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE, COMEDY, AND OTHER ART; (B) SUPPORTS ARTISTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW WORKS; AND (C) SERVES AS THE NATION'S CULTURAL CENTER AND LEADER IN ARTS EDUCATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AND RECEIVES VISITORS FROM EVERY STATE AND COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD TO LEARN ABOUT HIS VISION AND LEGACY FOR THE ARTS, HIS LIFE AND HIS PRESIDENCY.

    Expenses $269,188,086 · Grants $1,876,835 · Revenue $89,227,744

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ambassador Sergio Gor

    SECRETARY (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr David M Rubenstein

    CHAIRMAN (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr John Falconetti

    TREASURER (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ms Jennifer Fischer

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • President Donald J Trump

    CHAIRMAN (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Dana Kraft

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Brian D Ballard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Bryan Rafanelli

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Carl H Lindner III

    TRUSTEE (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Christopher G Korge

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Dan Scavino

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr David C Bohnett

    TRUSTEE (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Douglas Manchester

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Evan Ryan

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Henry R Munoz III

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Jon Voight

    TRUSTEE (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Jonathan Batiste

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Kelcy Warren

    TRUSTEE (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Lee Greenwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Lewis Ferebee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Marc I Stern

    TRUSTEE (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Michael Donilon

    TRUSTEE (01/25 - 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Paolo Zampolli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Robert Castellani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mr Robert Drury Lenhard

    TRUSTEE (THRU 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $516,578,163
    Expenses
    $306,297,976
    Contributions
    $409,882,785
    Grants paid
    $1,876,835
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $306,877,220
    Expenses
    $266,224,689
    Contributions
    $182,598,373
    Grants paid
    $1,393,990
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $286,438,548
    Expenses
    $279,943,484
    Contributions
    $140,861,307
    Grants paid
    $1,676,313

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
    $239,686,348
    Expenses
    $252,661,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $619,695,551

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $131,887,930
    Expenses
    $138,496,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $656,902,311

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $198,487,719
    Expenses
    $196,242,584
    Assets (EOY)
    $635,866,603

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $326,464,245
    Expenses
    $254,886,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $661,370,760

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $319,131,963
    Expenses
    $279,625,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $556,989,780

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 2024 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 2024 return

  • JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERF ARTS

    ANNUITIES · MA · income $56,485 · assets $562,423

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.