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LINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION

EIN 20-5886656 COLUMBUS, OH

Revenue 2023
$1,571,483
Expenses 2023
$1,763,536

Program services were 91.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE LINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION IS TO SERVE AS THE STEWARD OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK THEATRE, AS AN INCUBATOR FOR TALENTED, EMERGING ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS A PRESENTER OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND AS A CREATIVE PARTNER THAT IS AN ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE KING-LINCOLN DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OPERATE THE HISTORIC LINCOLN THEATRE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO AND PROVIDE PROGRAMMING THAT SUPPORTS ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES.

  • THE LINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION (LTA) OPERATES THE HISTORIC LINCOLN THEATRE, LOCATED IN THE KING-LINCOLN BRONZEVILLE DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE OPERATION OF THE LINCOLN THEATRE INCLUDES MANAGING RENTALS OF THE THEATRE, REHEARSAL AND BALLROOM SPACES. LTA STAFF ALSO OVERSEE THE OFFICE AND EDUCATION SPACES. THE ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES ARE TO SUPPORT EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS DURING SPACE RENTALS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TICKETING AND MARKETING SUPPORT IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. DURING FY24, OVER 32,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED IN-PERSON EVENTS, CONCERTS, LECTURES, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE.

    Expenses $1,391,462 · Revenue $425,435

  • LTA PROVIDES EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, FROM PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS TO CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THEIR FIRST ART CLASS. OUR FREE PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL, PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS INCLUDED ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS AND A FULL-YEAR INTENSIVE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAINING A CAREER IN THE ARTS. IN FY24, LTA WORKED WITH 69 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS DURING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. LTA ALSO ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATION AND CONVERSATION THROUGH TWO FREE PUBLIC EVENTS. OUR ANNUAL WALK OF FAME HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO OHIO. THE 2024 WALK OF FAME, HELD ON JULY 29, 2023 PAID TRIBUTE TO TWO COLUMBUS CLERGYMEN, REV. LEON TROY AND REV. JAMES P. POINDEXTER. LTA'S COMMUNITY CONVERSATION SERIES IS A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AROUND AN ARTS TOPIC FEATURING A PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED EXPERTS WITH AN AUDIENCE Q&A. IN NOVEMBER 2023, THE LTA HOSTED A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ENTITLED "PRESERVATION OF NOSTALGIA AND ARTICULATING ARTS INNOVATION". THE OBJECTIVE FOR WALK OF FAME AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ARTISTS AND TO CELEBRATE ARTISTS WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE LARGEST LTA EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IS THE PATTERNZ SUMMER CAMP. IN FY24, PATTERNZ SERVED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AGES 6-13 FOR EIGHT WEEKS, WORKING WITH OVER 150 YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE SUMMER AND PROVIDING VALUABLE ARTS EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. YOUTH ENROLLED IN THE 2024 SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS LEARNING ABOUT DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, THEATRE, DJING, AND MUSIC. ARTS EDUCATION IS THE OBJECTIVE FOR PATTERNZ SUMMER CAMP.

    Expenses $91,798 · Revenue $147,409

  • LTA'S PUBLIC PROGRAMS HELD IN FY24 FEATURED LOCAL ARTISTS DURING 19 CONCERTS HELD IN MULTIPLE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE LINCOLN THEATRE. THE ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED IN OUR CONCERT SERIES INCLUDED MUSICIANS, VOCALISTS, GOSPEL CHOIRS, SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS, DANCERS, AND DJS. THE BACKSTAGE AT THE LINCOLN CONCERT SERIES SHOWCASED LOCAL ARTISTS IN AN INTIMATE SETTING, PLACING AUDIENCE MEMBERS ON THE STAGE OF THE LINCOLN WITH THE PERFORMERS. THE CLUB LINCOLN CONCERT SERIES FEATURED EMERGING ARTISTS AND TOOK PLACE IN THE THEATRE'S SECOND-FLOOR BALLROOM. THE WINE DOWN LINCOLN PATIO JAZZ SERIES TOOK PLACE FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 2023 AND FEATURED JAZZ MUSICIANS ON THE LINCOLN THEATRE'S OUTDOOR PATIO. THE OBJECTIVE FOR ALL LTA CONCERT SERIES IS TO SUPPORT AND FEATURE LOCAL ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT THE START OF THEIR CAREERS.

    Expenses $124,410 · Revenue $116,455

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • PETER HERSHA

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANTHONY UNDERDOWN

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANGELA PACE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RALPH SMITHERS JR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HABIBA BANKSTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHELSEA BARNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA BRANDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT BUCHBINDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SYDNEY CHILDS PHD

    DIRECTOR (BEGIN JUNE 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARKETTA FRANKLIN-THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHRYN GEPPERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON JENKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA LACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NYAMA MCCARTHY-BROWN PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE MEREDITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARLON MOORE PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRASHANT NATERI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN RANSIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEVIN SCHAFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOHANNAN TERRELL

    DIRECTOR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,571,483
    Expenses
    $1,763,536
    Contributions
    $797,224
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,340,875
    Expenses
    $1,517,539
    Contributions
    $690,843
    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
    $1,491,824
    Expenses
    $1,409,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,122,867

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $709,125
    Expenses
    $946,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,003,888

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $775,916
    Expenses
    $1,171,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,130,683

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $804,668
    Expenses
    $1,215,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,706,539

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,635,439
    Expenses
    $1,083,726
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,296,037

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.

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.