AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A65

Classification

1000

Street

713 CONGRESS AVE

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

• PROGRAMMING: AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE PARAMOUNT AND STATESIDE THEATRES REMAIN PREMIER HISTORIC VENUES FOR AUSTINITES AND TOURISTS ALIKE TO FIND CONNECTION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE WIDE BREADTH OF TALENTED ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS WHO GRACE OUR STAGES ALL YEAR LONG. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON CELEBRATING BEAUTY AND HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT WHEREVER IT IS FOUND, AND OUR DIVERSE LINEUPS SHOWCASE THESE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONS NIGHTLY. THROUGHOUT THESE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, THE ATA PRIORITIZES BUILDING IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, OFFERS REDUCED VENUE AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL RATES FOR OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND STRIVES TO FACILITATE A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WE PARTNER WITH 100+ LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS THE ARTS AT NOT COST TO THEM, ALLEVIATING THE ECONOMIC BARRIERS SO MANY ARE FACING. WE ARE TIGHTLY WOVEN INTO THE LIVE MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD, AND FILM COMMUNITIES THAT AUSTIN IS RENOWNED FOR, BEING PRINCIPAL VENUES FOR THE SXSW FILM FESTIVAL, THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, AND THE SUMMER CLASSIC FILM SERIES. THE ATA HAS ALSO ELEVATED THE COMEDY SCENE IN AUSTIN TO THE NATIONALLY NOTEWORTHY WITH THE PRODUCTION OF OUR MOONTOWER JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL.

  Expenses $12,826,280 · Revenue $9,920,547

• EDUCATION: ATA'S PARAMOUNT EDUCATION IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S LARGEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS, EXPERTLY DELIVERING FOUR PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON EQUITABLE ACCESS AND CONNECTION TO THE ARTS FOR CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH. OUR PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT IMPROVING LITERACY RATES IN SOME OF AUSTIN'S MOST UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS, CONSISTENTLY CLOSING PERFORMANCE GAPS BETWEEN TITLE 1 STUDENTS AND THEIR NON-TITLE 1 PEERS. THE PARAMOUNT ITSELF PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, AS MORE THAN 15,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY ATTEND HIGH-CALIBER PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS IN OUR CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT VENUES. WITH THESE EFFORTS, STUDENTS STRENGTHEN THEIR CREATIVE CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE CURRICULUM RETENTION, AND GAIN VALUABLE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. EACH PROGRAM OFFERS COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS, REDUCED FEES, OR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATING IN THESE IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $1,797,594 · Revenue $1,390,357

• PRESERVATION: CONSTRUCTED IN 1915 AND LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S FEW SURVIVING EXAMPLES OF A FULLY OPERATIONAL, EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY VAUDEVILLE THEATRE AND WORKING HEMP-HOUSE SYSTEM. STANDING NEXT DOOR IS THE STATESIDE THEATRE, AN ART DECO BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 1935 THAT WAS THE FIRST IN AUSTIN BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO SHOW MOTION PICTURES. THE THEATRES CONTINUE TO HONOR THE VAUDEVILLE VISION BY BEING HOME TO A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES; IN A TYPICAL YEAR BRINGING IN 250,000 GUESTS TO ATTEND EVENTS FROM CONCERTS, FILMS, COMEDY, LIVE PODCASTS, MAGIC SHOWS, SPOKEN WORD, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MORE. WE WORK TO PRESERVE THE SPIRIT OF THE THEATRES AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL BUILDINGS; RESTORATION PROJECTS ARE ONGOING TO ENSURE THESE LANDMARKS REMAIN INTACT AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY FOR ANOTHER CENTURY. THE AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE MANAGES ALL PRESERVATION WORK AT THE PARAMOUNT AND STATESIDE THEATRES.

  Expenses $1,515,891 · Revenue $1,172,473

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

  $20,419,399

  Expenses

  $20,920,141

  Contributions

  $7,509,986

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $32,519,660

  Expenses

  $19,680,803

  Contributions

  $20,376,096

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $27,456,925

  Expenses

  $18,547,517

  Contributions

  $7,951,625

  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

  $16,804,900

  Expenses

  $14,944,894

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,197,443

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,251,946

  Expenses

  $8,259,668

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,051,816

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,091,084

  Expenses

  $7,831,139

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,338,879

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,413,391

  Expenses

  $11,058,529

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,452,116

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,511,761

  Expenses

  $9,694,050

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,478,011

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,999,222

  Expenses

  $8,545,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,097,086

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,283,880

  Expenses

  $7,580,041

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,577,758

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,011,370

  Expenses

  $7,264,290

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,125,633

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,099,797

  Expenses

  $7,427,017

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,911,426

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,794,578

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,461,043

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $431,970

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $297,469

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE

• GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

  $222,000

  2024 · PROMOTE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND DESTINATIONS THAT ATTRACT AUSTIN-BASED TOURISM

• GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

  $200,000

  2023 · PROMOTE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND DESTINATIONS THAT ATTRACT AUSTIN-BASED TOURISM

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $74,360

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $59,360

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $52,550

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

  $50,000

  2024 · THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $46,870

  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.

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.

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