- Revenue 2024
- $7,159,607
- Expenses 2024
- $6,790,761
Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A60Z
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 615 LOUISIANA STREET
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 · 2024
Mission
WE CONNECT AUDIENCES WITH EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS THROUGH DIVERSE PERFORMANCES AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES. WE IGNITE AND CULTIVATE PASSION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TO CREATE COMMUNITY, INSPIRE DIALOGUE AND ENRICH OUR WORLD.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON CONNECTS AUDIENCES WITH EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS THROUGH DIVERSE PERFORMANCES AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES. WE IGNITE AND CULTIVATE PASSION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TOGETHER WE EXPLORE THE VAST LANDSCAPE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION TO DISCOVER NEW UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OURSELVES, CREATE COMMUNITY, INSPIRE DIALOGUE, AND ENRICH OUR WORLD.
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PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON OFFERS CULTURALLY DIVERSE PROGRAMMING RANGING FROM WORLD-RENOWED MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, SPEAKERS AND A VARIETY OF OF OTHER PERFORMANCE-BASED EVENTS THAT ENGAGE A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS. PROGRAMMING IS PARTIALLY UNDERWRITTEN BY FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF MAKING THESE WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES AFFORDABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES. OUR 2024-2025 SEASON SHOWCASED 32 DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IN 63 PERFORMANCES, COMPLEMENTED BY NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. FROM THE LIVELY KODO DRUMMERS FROM JAPAN TO THE STUNNING BALLET FOLKLORICO DE MEXICO TO FAMILY FAVORITE BLUEY'S BIG PLAY, THE SEASON HAD SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND REFLECTED THE RICH DIVERSITY AND INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. A SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON WAS PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON'S PARTNERSHIP WITH SOLANGE KNOWLES AND HER COLLECTIVE SAINT HERON WHICH PRESENTED ELDORADO BALLROOM HOUSTON, A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE SERIES CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD AND ITS HISTORIC ELDORADO BALLROOM. THE SERIES DREW MORE THAN 5,200 ATTENDEES ACROSS FIVE PERFORMANCES FEATURING CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND GOSPEL MUSIC AS WELL AS FILM AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ART IN JONES HALL, ELDORADO BALLROOM AND THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON.
Expenses $4,971,590 · Revenue $4,305,453
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $487,399 · Revenue $3,000
As filed on the 2024 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 · 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.
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H William SwanstromH WILLIAM SWANSTROM
BOARD CHAIR/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Vijay D'CruzVIJAY D'CRUZ
BOARD VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Curt D KargesCURT D KARGES
TREASURER/VICE PRESIDENT/D
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tymothi O TombarTYMOTHI O TOMBAR
SECRETARY/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Willie Cw ChiangWILLIE CW CHIANG
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Melanie GrayMELANIE GRAY
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
G Mark JodonG MARK JODON
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Emily T KuoEMILY T KUO
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Theresa MallettTHERESA MALLETT
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Norah G AdamsNORAH G ADAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
S Kris AgarwalS KRIS AGARWAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeffrey A BallJEFFREY A BALL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leah R BennettLEAH R BENNETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Charles C BoettcherCHARLES C BOETTCHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian D BravoBRIAN D BRAVO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roxann Thomas ChargoisROXANN THOMAS CHARGOIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Charles D DavidsonCHARLES D DAVIDSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Tejuana L EdmondTEJUANA L EDMOND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Theresa A EinhornTHERESA A EINHORN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Mary FischerMARY FISCHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephen M GillSTEPHEN M GILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean GormanSEAN GORMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shawn K JacksonSHAWN K JACKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy Kd KingWENDY KD KING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joel LambertJOEL LAMBERT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- $7,159,607
- Expenses
- $6,790,761
- Contributions
- $2,355,026
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $6,355,987
- Expenses
- $5,359,820
- Contributions
- $2,512,265
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $6,462,674
- Expenses
- $5,799,077
- Contributions
- $2,474,290
- 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
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,467,356
- Expenses
- $4,264,693
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,007,329
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,022,539
- Expenses
- $4,590,657
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,735,277
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,980,884
- Expenses
- $4,646,517
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,842,526
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,060,248
- Expenses
- $5,112,477
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,263,614
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,915,726
- Expenses
- $4,781,794
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,626,711
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,294,881
- Expenses
- $4,511,595
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,333,843
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,317,488
- Expenses
- $3,947,482
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,603,581
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,818,067
- Expenses
- $4,307,749
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,140,080
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $4,533,094
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,507,581
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.
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
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$88,750
2024 General support
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$80,000
2023 ARTS AND CULTURE
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$75,500
2024 ARTS AND CULTURE
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$75,000
2022 General support
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$57,000
2024 CULTURE & ARTS
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2024 ARTS
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 Support for the 2024-2025 season
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2023 Support for the 2023-2024 season
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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
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PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON FOUNDATION
501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · TX
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
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SOCIETY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.