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SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

EIN 75-1785673 DALLAS, TX

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Revenue 2024
$1,513,647
Expenses 2024
$1,698,160

Program services were 89.0% 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
3630 HARRY HINES BLVD

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

14 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

THE CENTER GROWS THE ARTS, IN AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SUPPORT UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF LOCAL PERFORMING ARTISTS, ART GROUPS, AUDIENCES, AND ARTS EDUCATION TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

  • THE CENTER PROVIDES THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY WITH RESOURCES AND A FACILITY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PURSUE THEIR CRAFT. THROUGH ITS CULTURAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAM, THE SAMMONS CENTER IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF AN AFFORDABLE FACILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE, OPERATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR SMALL AND MIDSIZE PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS IN NORTH TEXAS. IT IS HOME TO 14 PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS REPRESENTING DANCE, THEATER, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, AND CHORAL MUSIC. IT PROVIDES LOW-COST REHEARSAL, AUDITION, MEETING, WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE SPACE TO ITS RESIDENT GROUPS AND MORE THAN 90 OTHER NONPROFIT CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $536,735 · Revenue $176,714

  • THE SAMMONS CENTERS CRITICAL MISSION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ARE BOTH ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION AND SUCCESS WHILE MAKING THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. IT HOSTS TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTS GROUPS. IT PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING TWO CITYWIDE EVENTS HELD EACH APRIL, DALLAS ART MONTH AND DALLAS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH. IT SUPPORTS AND ASSISTS ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ARTS GROUPS OF ANY SIZE BY PROVIDING FREE ONLINE INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND ACCESS TO CURRENT BEST PRACTICE CONCEPTS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS RELATED TO ARTS MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $693,213 · Grants $75,000

  • ADDITIONALLY, THE SAMMONS CENTER PRESENTS ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES. CONCERT PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF SAMMONS JAZZ, THE PREMIER JAZZ SERIES IN NORTH TEXAS FEATURING LOCAL JAZZ MUSICIANS; SAMMONS CABARET, A SERIES HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL SINGERS IN A CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC; AND SAMMONS CENTER DISCOVERY, A PRESENTATION OF UNIQUE GENRES, MUSICIANS, AND INSTRUMENTS. SAMMONS JAZZ INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE YOUTH JAZZ OUTREACH INITIATIVE SERVING UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH AGES 6-12.

    Expenses $281,616 · Revenue $72,312

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.

  • Michael Riddle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Black

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • G Timothy Hardin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lucas Lachance

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Alvarado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Bensing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seema Deshpande

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faynetta Fort

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Poinsatte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Smitha Radhakrishnan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanna St Angelo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,000
    From this org
    $114,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,000
    Hours/week
    39

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
    $1,513,647
    Expenses
    $1,698,160
    Contributions
    $1,236,900
    Grants paid
    $75,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,538,306
    Expenses
    $1,020,360
    Contributions
    $1,258,841
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,021,406
    Expenses
    $968,406
    Contributions
    $743,551
    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
    $820,044
    Expenses
    $964,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,480,385

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,073,361
    Expenses
    $798,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,692,169

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $731,053
    Expenses
    $890,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,368,768

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $927,848
    Expenses
    $930,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,343,181

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $784,519
    Expenses
    $852,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,362,163

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $682,070
    Expenses
    $823,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,418,693

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $654,495
    Expenses
    $783,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,554,964

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $575,715
    Expenses
    $692,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,647,408

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $839,258
    Expenses
    $663,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,771,487

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $618,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,962,469

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

  • UNIVERISTY OF NORTH TEXAS

    $75,000

    2024 SCHOLARSHIPS

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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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.