Changing lives through performing arts.(continued on schedule o)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.7M a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $36K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.4M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 20 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$16.6M
Spent
$17.8M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$39.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$16.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$16.6M
FY2021$20.1M
FY2022$27.2M
FY2023$31.9M
FY2024$32.2M
FY2025$39.8M
Expenses
$17.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$17.8M
FY2021$12.4M
FY2022$23.8M
FY2023$30.3M
FY2024$32.7M
FY2025$40.3M
Net assets
$39.8M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$39.8M
FY2021$47.3M
FY2022$47.9M
FY2023$51.3M
FY2024$52.9M
FY2025$52.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1979.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $14.5M Management & general 10% · $1.8M Fundraising 8% · $1.5M

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

37 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former President & CEO
$256,463Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Programming Officer
$233,589Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO
$223,757Pt VII · Sec A
CFO (10/1/19-1/3/20)
$123,796Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Marketing Officer
$106,849Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$104,662Pt VII · Sec A
Education & Outreach Officer
$103,634Pt VII · Sec A
CFO (11/11/19-Present)
$13,272Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Crockett’s $308K as President & CEO is at the 44th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Susan Crockett$307,729$310,242$287,215$320,148$220,103$223,757
Robert Rossi$285,155$273,789$251,166$270,898$206,567$233,589
Zev Buffman—————$256,463
Sarah Prout$195,444$172,618$136,088$140,943$104,424$13,272
Sharon Reid-Kane$172,239$152,489$127,212$127,034—$103,634
Megan Brennan$172,017$152,265$125,634$127,337—$106,849
Kathryn Samy$152,354—————
Suzanne Delaney——$135,650$123,688—$104,662

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

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

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Engages the community to master, experience, discover, and explore quality performing arts.

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2 programs · $14.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Programming

Programming has included nationally and internationally acclaimed dance companies, major symphony orchestras, renowned and emerging classical soloists, chamber ensembles, broadway tour companies, and nationally recognized pop, rock and jazz artists.

$13.9Mprogram expense
02

The marcia p. Hoffman school of the arts ("the school") was established on the ruth eckerd hall campus in 2003 and is an integral part of ruth eckerd hall, inc. Its stated purpose is to provide lifelong learning opportunities which provide accessibility to and exploration, discovery and mastery of the arts.

$605Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$36K
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $168K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,800
Unitemized GrantFY2022$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,840
Unitemized GrantFY2021$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,240
Unitemized GrantFY2020$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$18,750
Unitemized GrantFY2019$11,250

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$16.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Money outPt IX
$17.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$14.5M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$39.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$52.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$44K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$398K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$424K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Gains on assetsLn 7$187K
Total revenueLn 12$16.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.7M
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33.4M
Other assetsLn 15$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$52.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.4M
Net assetsLn 32$39.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5461
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.9M$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.7M$7.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32.2M$33.4M
Total assetsLn 16$52.1M$52.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.6M$12.4M
Net assetsLn 32$40.5M$39.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$30K$30K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$688K$252K$436K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.1M$3.5M$162K$424K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$28K$12K$12K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$517K$405K$58K$55K
Payroll taxesLn 10$419K$325K$61K$33K
Legal feesLn 11b$23K$9K$11K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$52K$21K$26K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$13K$5K$6K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$61K$61K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6.4M$6.0M$26K$405K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$783K$730K$3K$50K
Office expensesLn 13$649K$524K$65K$60K
Information technologyLn 14$312K$135K$142K$35K
RoyaltiesLn 15$137K$134K$2K$495
OccupancyLn 16$631K$511K$60K$60K
TravelLn 17$64K$56K$1K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$1K$942$7K
InterestLn 20$217K$87K$109K$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.9M$1.5M$297K$80K
InsuranceLn 23$476K$194K$235K$47K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$318K$135K$2K$180K
All other expensesLn 24e$85K$13K$57K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$17.8M$14.5M$1.8M$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $39.8M$40.3M−$517K$52.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $32.2M$32.7M−$425K$52.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $31.9M$30.3M$1.6M$51.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $27.2M$23.8M$3.4M$47.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $20.1M$12.4M$7.6M$47.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $16.6M$17.8M−$1.3M$39.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $16,582,416 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,715,876$5,021,530
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $18,407,629$9,720,942
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $374,166$423,542
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,900,673$1,416,402
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $31,398,344$16,582,416
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $43,100$30,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,465,490$5,728,873
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $19,142,088$12,088,973
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,650,678$17,847,846
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,747,666−$1,265,430
Part VI · Governance 19 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $16,582,416 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,182,508 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$996,745
VIII-1c Fundraising events$398,264
VIII-1e Government grants$2,199,338
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,427,183
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$43,508
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,021,530
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,301,183 · Excluded from tax $252,213$9,553,396
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $236,083$236,083
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $369,421$369,421
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $187,459$187,459
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$108,986−$108,986
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $141,005$141,005
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,468,729 · Unrelated business $105,244 · Excluded from tax $1,986,913$16,582,416
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $17,847,846 across 23 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $30,000$30,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $252,358 · Management $435,893$688,251
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,489,900 · Management $161,963 · Fundraising $423,983$4,075,846
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,126 · Management $11,924 · Fundraising $4,407$28,457
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $404,520 · Management $57,532 · Fundraising $55,380$517,432
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $325,014 · Management $61,253 · Fundraising $32,620$418,887
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,093 · Management $11,366 · Fundraising $2,273$22,732
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,940 · Management $26,175 · Fundraising $5,235$52,350
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $5,082 · Management $6,353 · Fundraising $1,270$12,705
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $61,435$61,435
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,953,292 · Management $25,975 · Fundraising $405,311$6,384,578
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $729,611 · Management $3,104 · Fundraising $50,392$783,107
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $523,930 · Management $64,960 · Fundraising $60,358$649,248
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $135,288 · Management $141,741 · Fundraising $35,033$312,062
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $134,491 · Management $1,610 · Fundraising $495$136,596
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $511,471 · Management $59,951 · Fundraising $59,964$631,386
IX-17 TravelPrograms $56,367 · Management $1,424 · Fundraising $6,102$63,893
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,413 · Management $942 · Fundraising $7,067$9,422
IX-20 InterestPrograms $86,970 · Management $108,712 · Fundraising $21,742$217,424
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,497,164 · Management $296,529 · Fundraising $80,306$1,873,999
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $193,673 · Management $235,239 · Fundraising $46,911$475,823
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $135,379 · Management $2,167 · Fundraising $179,958$317,504
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,923 · Management $56,630 · Fundraising $15,156$84,709
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $14,521,005 · Management $1,832,878 · Fundraising $1,493,963$17,847,846
Part X · Balance sheet $52,262,542 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,855,723$3,704,331
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,354,841
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,055,234$3,298,343
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $159,472$36,092
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $89,360$91,456
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $264,732$431,233
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $32,153,693$33,397,068
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,730,821$7,264,927
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $154,153$132,447
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,643,160$2,551,804
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $52,106,348$52,262,542
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,001,595$426,206
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,102,318$4,396,588
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $119,028$93,668
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,607,193$12,430,359
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,958,355$30,801,181
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,540,800$9,031,002
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $40,499,155$39,832,183
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $52,106,348$52,262,542
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $39,832,183 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$16,582,416
XI-2 Total expenses$17,847,846
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,265,430
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$40,499,155
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$552,315
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$760
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$46,903
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$39,832,183

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