New York · Nonprofit
LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,000 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $120k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts Inc does
Mission
To provide the bronx & surrounding areas with access to affordable local, national, & international performances that educate & celebrate the traditions of a multi-cultural community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule o:lehman center for the performing arts provides the residents of the bronx and surrounding area with access to affordable local, national, and international performances that entertain, educate, and celebrate the traditions of a multi-cultural community. Over the past 45 years, the center has played an instrumental role in the cultural life of the bronx while emphasizing new york city's reputation as a worldwide hub for the arts.the lehman center concert hall boasts a technically equipped 2,265 seat venue which is the only performing arts center of its size in the bronx. Over the past decade, numerous sound and lighting upgrades have made this theater the "lincoln center" of the bronx. All productions are organized by a professional backstage iatse technical staff to ensure the safety of all employees, artists, and audience members that come to our venue. During the 2024-2025 season lehman center serviced upwards of 80,000 audience members with programmed shows, rental events, graduations, community events, and school performances.the center has played a precious role in the borough's cultural life and contributed to new york city's reputation as an international…
$2,476,281 spent$2,125,067 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,476,281.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.7M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 6% · 2019 12% · 2020 29% · 2021 82% · 2022 48% · 2023 8% · 2024 5% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Michael J Volpe Esq
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- City University of New York - Lehman College · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,000 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $120,000 in grants to LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEHMAN COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing