Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 23-7011544)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$31.6M
FY2021	$37.2M
FY2022	$57.0M
FY2023	$72.6M
FY2024	$62.5M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$16.3M
FY2021	$36.8M
FY2022	$48.0M
FY2023	$61.5M
FY2024	$73.8M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$84.0M
FY2021	$85.5M
FY2022	$90.6M
FY2023	$105.8M
FY2024	$96.1M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1969.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

85%

Program services 85% · $63.0M Management & general 6% · $4.5M Fundraising 9% · $6.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

61 people listed on the 990; $2.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Arvind Manocha

President and CEO

$768,322Pt VII · Sec A

Beth Brummel

Chief Operating Officer

$380,002Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Jaffe

VP, Dev & Special Events

$292,221Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Beesley

VP, Program and Production

$260,468Pt VII · Sec A

Joann Labrecque

VP, Communications & Mrktg

$223,060Pt VII · Sec A

John Giambalvo

VP, Finance

$211,770Pt VII · Sec A

Akua Kouyate

VP, Education

$177,595Pt VII · Sec A

Anne R Kline

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Arvind Manocha’s $768K as President and CEO is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Arvind Manocha	$768,322	$723,476	$701,108	$551,524	$446,845
Beth Brummel	$380,002	$362,261	$347,919	$292,348	$291,624
Sara Jaffe	$292,221	$273,671	$253,260	$221,275	$219,867
Sara Beesley	$260,468	$247,010	$231,323	$189,650	$200,200
Joann Labrecque	$223,060	$212,278	$201,921	$177,962	$171,496
John Giambalvo	$211,770	$192,275	$175,443	$157,978	—
Christopher Eckert	—	$181,892	$183,024	$158,580	$157,967
Akua Kouyate	$177,595	—	—	—	$136,519

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Presents innovative performing arts programs and delivers high-quality arts-learning experiences to over 95,000 children and adults globally through early childhood education initiatives.

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3 programs · $63.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

The filene center venue is located on federal property and wolf trap foundation for the performing arts and the national park service partner in providing concert and performance programming within the park. The filene center at wolf trap is the only national park dedicated to presenting the performing arts.

$54.3Mprogram expense

02

Wolf trap opera (wto), created in 1971, is a highly regarded residency program for opera singers. It offers emerging artists one of the best training and performing experiences in the nation.

$4.3Mprogram expense

03

Each year, wolf trap education delivers high quality arts-learning experiences to 95,000 children and adults, locally, nationally, and internationally. At the heart of wolf trap's education outreach for more than four decades, the wolf trap institute for early learning through the arts (institute) is recognized nationally as a model for…

$4.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INCFY2025$28K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$28K

Grants paid · 8 grants · $286K · 2021–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$52,155

Unitemized GrantFY2024$26,499

Unitemized GrantFY2023$49,000

Unitemized GrantFY2023$26,060

Unitemized GrantFY2022$35,600

Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,000

Unitemized GrantFY2021$48,800

Unitemized GrantFY2021$24,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$62.5M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$34.1M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M

Money outPt IX

$73.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$63.0M

Managementcol C$4.5M

Fundraisingcol D$6.3M

Owns and owesPt X

$96.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16.4M

Total assetsLn 16$103.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M

PeoplePt VI, VII

61

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a49

IndependentVI 1b48

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$22.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$4.0M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.8M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$34.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$1.3M

Gains on assetsLn 7$1.7M

Total revenueLn 12$62.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$4.1M

SavingsLn 2$12.3M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$16.4M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$55.7M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18.6M

Other assetsLn 15$943K

Total assetsLn 16$103.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M

Net assetsLn 32$96.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5420

VolunteersI 6210

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$38.9M	$16.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$43.8M	$55.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$17.0M	$18.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$114.8M	$103.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$9.0M	$7.8M
Net assetsLn 32	$105.8M	$96.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$79K	$79K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.2M	$610K	$327K	$282K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$13.5M	$9.1M	$1.7M	$2.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$621K	$451K	$64K	$107K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2.2M	$1.6M	$81K	$533K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.3M	$956K	$124K	$206K
Legal feesLn 11b	$242K	$47K	$195K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$315K		$315K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$210K			$210K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$96K		$96K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$20.7M	$20.2M	$252K	$292K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3.2M	$2.8M	$20K	$347K
Office expensesLn 13	$2.1M	$1.8M	$88K	$230K
Information technologyLn 14	$517K	$324K	$95K	$97K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.1M	$785K	$98K	$175K
TravelLn 17	$1.4M	$1.3M	$27K	$25K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.4M	$1.2M	$99K	$161K
InsuranceLn 23	$519K		$512K	$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$20.6M	$19.9M	$176K	$587K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2.4M	$1.8M	$204K	$389K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$73.8M	$63.0M	$4.5M	$6.3M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$62.5M	$73.8M	−$11.2M	$96.1M	990 PDF
FY2023	$72.6M	$61.5M	$11.0M	$105.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$57.0M	$48.0M	$8.9M	$90.6M	990 PDF
FY2021	$37.2M	$36.8M	$397K	$85.5M	990 PDF
FY2020	$31.6M	$16.3M	$15.3M	$84.0M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $62,548,638 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $33,927,908$22,922,412

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $35,038,578$34,070,980

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,396,551$4,248,225

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,192,063$1,307,021

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $72,555,100$62,548,638

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $75,060$78,654

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $17,210,318$18,881,545

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $240,608$209,636

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $43,993,461$54,621,191

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $61,519,447$73,791,026

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $11,035,653−$11,242,388

Part VI · Governance 48 of 49 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body49

VI-1b Independent voting members48

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $62,548,638 across 13 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $393,235 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$78,220

VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,115,156

VIII-1e Government grants$3,978,066

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$16,750,970

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,791,560

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$22,922,412

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $33,676,928 · Unrelated business $394,052$34,070,980

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$1,708 · Excluded from tax $2,568,941$2,567,233

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $507,667 · Excluded from tax −$149,950$357,717

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,680,992$1,680,992

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$614,927−$614,927

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $48,150 · Excluded from tax $1,122,846$1,170,996

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $33,676,928 · Unrelated business $1,119,404 · Excluded from tax $4,829,894$62,548,638

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $73,791,026 across 20 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $78,654$78,654

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $609,649 · Management $327,272 · Fundraising $282,377$1,219,298

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,123,740 · Management $1,710,352 · Fundraising $2,693,270$13,527,362

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $450,991 · Management $63,892 · Fundraising $106,569$621,452

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,613,453 · Management $80,595 · Fundraising $532,956$2,227,004

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $956,069 · Management $124,085 · Fundraising $206,275$1,286,429

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $46,540 · Management $195,152$241,692

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $314,619$314,619

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $209,636$209,636

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $96,324$96,324

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,196,274 · Management $251,848 · Fundraising $292,160$20,740,282

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,789,188 · Management $20,390 · Fundraising $347,378$3,156,956

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,813,140 · Management $87,815 · Fundraising $230,421$2,131,376

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $323,898 · Management $95,261 · Fundraising $97,365$516,524

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $784,572 · Management $97,958 · Fundraising $174,629$1,057,159

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,344,027 · Management $26,765 · Fundraising $24,586$1,395,378

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,158,447 · Management $98,616 · Fundraising $161,384$1,418,447

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $511,963 · Fundraising $7,405$519,368

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,876,697 · Management $176,349 · Fundraising $587,473$20,640,519

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,799,200 · Management $203,968 · Fundraising $389,379$2,392,547

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $62,964,539 · Management $4,483,224 · Fundraising $6,343,263$73,791,026

Part X · Balance sheet $103,934,129 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,006,440$4,103,733

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $30,937,698$12,340,670

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $13,324,067$9,644,145

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $642,674$1,941,852

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $109,794$132,960

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,879$451,886

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,958,843$18,647,654

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $43,839,935$55,728,255

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $975,906$942,974

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $114,810,236$103,934,129

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,475,239$3,840,244

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,571,353$3,061,443

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $933,623$905,787

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,980,215$7,807,474

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $46,235,043$52,538,501

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $59,594,978$43,588,154

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $105,830,021$96,126,655

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $114,810,236$103,934,129

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $96,126,655 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$62,548,638

XI-2 Total expenses$73,791,026

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$11,242,388

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$105,830,021

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,539,022

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$96,126,655

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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