EIN 13-1847137

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
973
Year formed
1956
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts sustains, encourages, and promotes the performing arts while educating the public through myriad programs. More than 20 million people have engaged with Lincoln Center's educational offerings. The organization maintains a performing arts complex and several performance facilities at the Lincoln Center site in New York, NY.
Total revenues
$182,748,154
2022
Total expenses
$129,984,536
2022
Total assets
$1,229,932,738
2022
Num. employees
973
2022

Program areas at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Facility services - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts provides facility maintenance, parking, security and cleaning services for ten constituent organizations comprising Lincoln Center and the 16.3-acre area where most reside. the Lincoln Center campus welcomes visitors from around the world to ticketed and free performances, special events, and civic celebrations.
Performance programming - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts presents an expansive roster of free and choose what you pay performances, discussions, educational initiatives, and civic activations annually, open to the public. At the heart of this work is the celebration of the vibrant cultural communities of nyc, supporting the resident constituent Arts organizations on the Lincoln Center campus, and spurring innovation in the Arts, all embedded with values of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. See schedule o for continuation.
Lincoln Center redevelopment - Lincoln Center development project embraces Lincoln Center's goal of fostering the Performing Arts to improve the cultural life of communities throughout the united states and the world by overseeing the activities associated with renovating, modernizing and reconfiguring buildings on the Lincoln Center campus open to the public for educational and cultural performances. In addition, included in total expenses reported above are $10,031,416 in financing costs related to campus capital projects.
Education, engagement and accessibility - Lincoln Center's founders believed that "the Arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many." Since its founding, more than 20 million people have engaged with Lincoln Center's myriad educational programs on its campus, atits affiliated schools and institutions, online, and beyond. Lcpa is committed to presenting the finest examples of Performing Arts to the broadest possible audience and offering extensive education and community engagement programming geared to new audiences and underserved communities. These have included a performance series for young people, free performances and discount ticket offerings, programs and services for people with disabilities, community engagement programs for families, professional development for artists and educators, and a wide array of educational programs that help develop students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills through the inquiry-based methods of art-making.expenses $3,152,042. Incl grants of $255,000. Revenue $185,714.innovation and other ventures - in the community, lcpa expands its presence with a host of initiatives to make the Arts more accessible. Lincoln Center also continues to experiment with new ways to increase public access and exposure to high quality Arts content.the collider is Lincoln Center's r&d lab for the Performing Arts. In its inaugural season it welcomed 10 creatives from a variety of disciplines who gathered to create projects at the intersection of the Arts, technology, and social justice. the cohort of fellows met on a monthly basis for 10 months and presented their developing projects to an internal audience of staff, funders, and artists within Lincoln Center's network.following the close of the first program year, six fellows have advanced their projects for wider audiences. These include public installations in high schools across new york city, a premiere of a neuroscience-based opera and an immersive theatrical experience detailing rhodesian freedom fighters. In addition to the ten fellows, the collider projects have each attracted their own collaborators and artists. Currently there are over 20 practitioners working in the orbit of the program. Expenses $2,910,386. Incl grants of $0. Revenue $2,134,682.

Grants made by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Lincoln Center Development Project (LCPA)To Provide Funding for Redevelopment of the Lincoln Center Campus$2,407,604

Who funds Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
David Geffen FoundationGeneral Support$25,000,000
National Philanthropic TrustCulture & Arts$20,194,043
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$12,210,183
...and 137 more grants received totalling $105,300,557

Personnel at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

NameTitleCompensation
Henry TimmsBoard Member$1,469,816
Jim O'HaraExecutive Vice President , Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Leah JohnsonExecutive Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer$522,195
Kristine M SudanoExecutive Vice President , Chief Development Officer 2 and 21 - 12 and 21$392,398
Melique JonesExecutive Vice President, Chief People Officer
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$105,531,088
Program services$54,112,297
Investment income and dividends$380,059
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$21,464,367
Net income from fundraising events$-966,915
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$62,081
Miscellaneous revenues$2,165,177
Total revenues$182,748,154

Form 990s for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2021-062022-05-16990View PDF
2020-062021-05-25990View PDF
2019-062020-09-04990View PDF
2018-062019-08-17990View PDF
2017-062018-06-14990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC$131,887,930
Joe's PubNew York, NY$70,543,996
Denver Center for the Performing ArtsDenver, CO$68,524,134
Metropolitan Opera AssociationNew York, NY$163,754,215
Orpheum THEATRE GROUPMemphis, TN$48,397,887
Lyric Opera of ChicagoChicago, IL$78,366,900
Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY$67,707,000
Data update history
May 13, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 13 new personnel
May 9, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
May 7, 2023
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $1,035,000 from LuEsther T Mertz Charitable Trust
October 3, 2022
Updated personnel
Identified 11 new personnel
July 28, 2022
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $250,000 from Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsPerforming arts organizationsPerforming arts centersTheatersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsOperates internationallyNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
70 Lincoln Ctr Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
lincolncenter.org/i/about 
Phone
(212) 875-5000
Facebook page
LincolnCenterNYC 
Twitter profile
@lincolncenter 
IRS details
EIN
13-1847137
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1956
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A61: Performing Arts Centers
NAICS code, primary
711110: Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
Parent/child status
Central organization
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