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VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER INC

EIN 13-3004747 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$71,294,644
Expenses 2024
$58,791,090

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
150 W 65TH 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 · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE ORGANIZATION'S FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE, AS ADOPTED IN ITS BY-LAWS, IS(1) TO PRESENT, DEVELOP, AND ENCOURAGE THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS; (2) TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF DRAMA AND CLASSICAL, ARTISTIC, MUSICAL, LITERARY AND SOCIAL TRADITION BY THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AVAILABLE TO THE LARGEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCES, ENCOMPASSING THE FULL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SPECTRUM; (3) TO MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO LINCOLN CENTER THEATER BY MAINTAINING THE LOWEST PRACTICABLE TICKET PRICES; (4) TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF THEATER ARTS AND DRAMA IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THE ORGANIZATION'S ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH AN ATMOSPHERE OF FREEDOM TO PURSUE CREATIVE OBJECTIVES AND WITH WORKING CONDITIONS ALTOGETHER ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM; AND (5) TO PROVIDE THE PREMISES, ATMOSPHERE AND SUPPORT FOR GROUPS OF PERFORMERS WHO SHARE THE ARTISTIC STANDARDS, PURPOSES AND ASP

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATER AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS AND MUSICALS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

  • THEATRICAL PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS, INCLUDING ARTISTIC STAFF AND FACILITIESTHE ORGANIZATION PRESENTS NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT AND MITZI E. NEWHOUSE THEATERS AT LINCOLN CENTER, AS WELL AS WORKS BY YOUNG AND EMERGING ARTISTS (THE LCT3 PROGRAM) AT THE CLAIRE TOW THEATER AT LINCOLN CENTER. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTIONS WERE PRESENTED: "MCNEAL" (BEAUMONT THEATER, 76 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 83,220);"FLOYD COLLINS" (BEAUMONT THEATER, 98 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 81,700);"THE BLOOD QUILT" (NEWHOUSE THEATER, 65 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 16,779);"GHOSTS" (NEWHOUSE THEATER, 82 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 22,697);"SIX CHARACTERS" (TOW THEATER, 50 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 5,224);"FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981" (TOW THEATER, 50 PERFS., ATTENDANCE 5,267).

    Expenses $47,143,012 · Grants $134,041 · Revenue $24,879,603

  • MARKETING, EDUCATION & OUTREACHTHE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS EACH YEAR IN SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS AT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER (LCT). OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONNECT THE ARTISTRY ON OUR STAGES TO NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT CREATIVE TEACHING AND IMAGINATIVE STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH THEATER. OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS USE THEATER AS A TOOL TO SPARK CURIOSITY, FOSTER COMPASSION, AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES. LCT HAS FIVE MAIN EDUCATION INITIATIVES THAT SERVE BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED BY TEACHING ARTISTS AS WELL AS FREE TICKETS FOR OUR PRODUCTIONS. THE SHAKESPEARE PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAYWRIGHT BY APPROACHING HIS LANGUAGE AS ACTORS. THE LEAD (LEARNING ENGLISH AND DRAMA) PROJECT HELPS MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKING SKILLS BY UTILIZING THEATER TECHNIQUES. THE SONGWRITING IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM BRINGS PROFESSIONAL LYRICISTS AND COMPOSERS INTO CLASSROOMS TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE SONGS FROM A CHARACTER'S POINT OF VIEW. AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVES INCLUDE PERFORMANCE PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. LCT'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACH A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 4,700 STUDENTS AND 80 TEACHERS EACH YEAR. LCT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INVITE PEOPLE INTO OUR BUILDING TO FIND COMMUNITY AND TAP INTO THEIR CREATIVITY THROUGH PROGRAMMING IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES. WE ALSO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL RESIDENCIES, WHICH BRING TEACHING ARTISTS INTO COMMUNITIES ACROSS NYC TO ENGAGE IN STORYTELLING, PLAY, AND CREATIVE EXPLORATION WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. THE THEATER'S MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM IS AN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SERVICING APPROXIMATELY 20,000 LINCOLN CENTER THEATER MEMBERS, EACH OF WHOM, AFTER PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL FEE, IS ENTITLED TO PURCHASE ONE TICKET TO EACH OF THE THEATER'S PRODUCTIONS AT A SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNT (SUBJECT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES TO AVAILABILITY) AND TO RECEIVE SPECIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICE IN THE ORDERING OF TICKETS. OVER 45,000 YOUNGER MEMBERS, UNDER THE LINCTIX PROGRAM, ARE ENTITLED TO MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS WITHOUT THE PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL FEE.

    Expenses $2,512,494 · Revenue $1,248,471

  • SPECIAL ARTISTIC PROJECTS.SPECIAL ARTISTIC PROJECTS INCLUDE DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOPS AND READINGS OF NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS (THE PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM), COMMISSIONS FOR NEW PLAYS AND OPERAS, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE LINCOLN CENTER THEATER REVIEW, A JOURNAL OF THE DRAMA. GRANTS AND AWARDS WITHIN THIS PROGRAM SERVICE ARE THE CULLMAN AWARD FOR CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT.

    Expenses $444,866 · Grants $30,000

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.

  • Andre S Bishop To 63025

    PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $984,502
    From this org
    $941,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,232
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $908,914
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $32,356
    Deferred
    $27,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,965
    Filer's total
    $984,502
  • Kewsong Lee

    CHAIRMAN OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David F Solomon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James-Keith Brown

    CHAIR, EXEC. COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan Z Cohen

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane Lisman Katz

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Pohly To 6525

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John W Rowe

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Warren

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marlene Hess

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brooke Garber Neidich

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Annette Tapert Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison M Blinken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Byrd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • H Rodgin Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ida Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ide Dangoor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Shari Eberts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtland E Fields

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Gallea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Louis Gates Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy B Graham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David J Greenwald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Anuj Gupta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Tomilson Hill To 6525

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $71,294,644
    Expenses
    $58,791,090
    Contributions
    $23,867,548
    Grants paid
    $164,041
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $60,643,840
    Expenses
    $44,845,442
    Contributions
    $13,156,583
    Grants paid
    $50,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $23,707,421
    Expenses
    $50,185,207
    Contributions
    $10,883,790
    Grants paid
    $60,000

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
    $49,101,670
    Expenses
    $46,588,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,436,902
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,952,200
    Expenses
    $17,030,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $199,499,593
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,550,345
    Expenses
    $30,751,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $166,456,784
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $72,853,604
    Expenses
    $63,928,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $171,870,004
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,585,875
    Expenses
    $46,280,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,025,926

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.

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 2024 return

  • LCT RAGTIME JOINT VENTURE

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 60.67% owned · general or managing partner

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 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.