THE HOBBY CENTER FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A116

Classification

1000

Street

800 BAGBY ST STE 300

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 300). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

• HCPA OPERATING COMPANY

  EIN 31-1747525

• HCPA SERVICES COMPANY

  EIN 31-1747629

Mission and programs · 2024

• Presented Programming and Rentals:The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts welcomes hundreds of thousands of audience members each year to diverse, high quality performing arts programming presented by the Hobby Center in three performance spaces across the campus including Sarofim Hall, Zilkha Hall and the Founders Club. The primary driver of impact is the Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center series, a cornerstone of the Hobby Center's artistic programming, and one of the most successful Broadway Series in the country. See Schedule OIn addition to Broadway, during the 2024-2025 Season, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts continued to expand its presented programming beyond the Broadway Series with a series of 34 performances including a dynamic and diverse mix of Houston based and touring artists across disciplines including theater, dance, and music. As a presenter, the Hobby Center books the artists directly and holds full responsibility for audience engagement. In addition to artistic programs curated and presented by the Hobby Center, the campus is also home to many performances produced and presented by partners, notably Principal Resident Company, Theater Under the Stars, who presents a full season of musical theater performances in Sarofim Hall each year, as well as a group of 12 Houston-based nonprofit arts organizations, known as the Hobby Center's Arts Partners, who present artistic programming primarily in Zilkha Hall. Additionally, many other users present performances across the campus through program-related rentals that features a wide variety of artistic, entertainment, and social events.

  Expenses $30,586,863 · Revenue $31,491,178

• Education and Engagement:An expanded Education Department is leading the development of programs on stage, in the classroom and in the community. Education and accessibility initiatives are central to the Hobby Center's reach in Houston through programs like the ExxonMobil Discovery Series that, during the 2024-2025 Season, welcomed nearly 20,000 fifth grade students and teachers for free performances in Sarofim Hall and Zilkha Hall, including bus transportation provided by the Hobby Center.

  Expenses $1,069,687

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $46,189,489

  Expenses

  $36,719,432

  Contributions

  $11,375,656

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $33,985,463

  Expenses

  $33,260,127

  Contributions

  $3,904,392

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $39,846,729

  Expenses

  $37,971,999

  Contributions

  $1,835,226

  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

  $35,132,729

  Expenses

  $31,738,897

  Assets (EOY)

  $77,710,927

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,249,942

  Expenses

  $7,631,368

  Assets (EOY)

  $78,248,185

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,522,209

  Expenses

  $19,931,042

  Assets (EOY)

  $81,335,263

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,384,445

  Expenses

  $10,882,281

  Assets (EOY)

  $83,906,185

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,697,280

  Expenses

  $28,195,116

  Assets (EOY)

  $83,906,185

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,024,881

  Expenses

  $9,927,665

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,679,434

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,783,593

  Expenses

  $9,037,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $76,089,937

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,004,002

  Expenses

  $8,570,508

  Assets (EOY)

  $74,611,054

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,657,323

  Expenses

  $7,931,669

  Assets (EOY)

  $74,138,701

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,410,658

  Expenses

  $7,740,129

  Assets (EOY)

  $72,620,133

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

• HCPA SERVICES COMPANY

  $1,104,553

  2024 · General support

• HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE

  $727,641

  2024 · General support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $87,605

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $70,930

  2024 · ARTS

• CULLEN TRUST FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

  $50,000

  2024 · To support education and accessibility programs including the ExxonMobil Discovery Series

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $45,130

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $44,500

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $43,806

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $34,500

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $30,000

  2023 · GRANTS

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.

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