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METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT &

EIN 91-1846837 OMAHA, NE

Largest nonprofits in Nebraska

Revenue 2023
$101,579,850
Expenses 2023
$93,717,655

Program services were 92.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1000
Street
455 N 10TH 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 · 2023

Mission

MECA'S MISSION IS TO RELIEVE THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT OWNED CONVENTION, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES LOCATED IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. MECA MANAGES AND OPERATES CHI HEALTH CENTER CENTER OMAHA, CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD OMAHA, AND THE RIVERFRONT.

  • SEE ATTACHED SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE O DESCRIBING THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $87,102,884 · Revenue $93,861,215

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Diane Duren

    CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jay Noddle

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tom Kelley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Susie Buffett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ben Gray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Roger Dixon

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $644,313
    From this org
    $612,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,211
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $359,255
    Bonus
    $235,000
    Other
    $17,847
    Deferred
    $9,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,311
    Filer's total
    $644,313
  • Robert Freeman

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tom O'Gorman

    VP CORPORATE SALES &

    Total calculated
    $358,218
    From this org
    $322,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,046
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,216
    Bonus
    $193,956
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,763
    Filer's total
    $358,218
  • Denise Niebrugge

    VP CONVENTION SALES & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $186,081
    From this org
    $161,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,835
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,746
    Bonus
    $28,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,484
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,351
    Filer's total
    $186,081
  • Katherine Bassett-Raymond

    VP PARKS

    Total calculated
    $216,946
    From this org
    $200,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,386
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,560
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,010
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,376
    Filer's total
    $216,946
  • Kevin Raymond

    VP OPERATIONS & IT

    Total calculated
    $302,605
    From this org
    $276,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,340
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,265
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,917
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,423
    Filer's total
    $302,605
  • Diane Mills

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $290,554
    From this org
    $252,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,352
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,202
    Bonus
    $65,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,572
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,780
    Filer's total
    $290,554

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $101,579,850
    Expenses
    $93,717,655
    Contributions
    $4,694,674
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $164,605,242
    Expenses
    $160,558,751
    Contributions
    $4,905,314
    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
    $136,073,148
    Expenses
    $133,542,829
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,980,538
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $95,451,675
    Expenses
    $89,998,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,635,208
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,472,145
    Expenses
    $64,246,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,045,641
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,480,923
    Expenses
    $57,961,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,376,828
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,020,616
    Expenses
    $43,673,894
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,022,421
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,924,501
    Expenses
    $41,301,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,393,316
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,111,985
    Expenses
    $41,475,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,284,128
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,004,945
    Expenses
    $40,766,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,937,070
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,856,799
    Expenses
    $41,337,477
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,086,826
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $40,970,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,110,574

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.