Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WE AMPLIFY DISTINCTIVE ARTISTIC VOICES AND CURATE EXPERIENCES TO ENRICH EVERY LIFE AND SHAPE STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $14.1 million
- Spending
- $15.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- -0.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 49%
- Employees
- 213
- Volunteers
- 484
- Highest pay
- $356,813, president and ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 50 out of 100. Higher than 16% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 15% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 26 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 34% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2525 of 25 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $5.0 million spent. PERFORMING ARTS: STRATHMORE CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A WORLD CLASS, 1,976 SEAT PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER, FOR THE COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT OF NEARLY 250,000 VISITORS YEAR-ROUND. IT IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING CHILDREN TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVE POTENTIAL AND COMMITTED TO REACHING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY'S AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF MORE THAN 395 CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND FESTIVALS EACH YEAR. KEY ARTISTIC OFFERINGS FOR FY25 INCLUDED A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL TOURING ARTISTS. STRATHMORE WAS PLEASED TO HOST AFRO CUBAN ALLSTARS (CUBA/US), SONA JOBARTEH (GAMBIA), HAMID RAHMANIAN'S SONG OF THE NORTH (PERSIA), YOUSSOU N'DOUR (SENEGAL) DJANGO REINHARDT FESTIVAL ALL STARS (FRANCE), NAGHASH (ARMENIA), CHUCHO VALDES (CUBA), NILS FRAHM (GERMANY), MARIZA (PORTUGAL) AND YAMATO (JAPAN). THE SERIES ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT RISING LEADERS IN THE JAZZ GENRE PARTICULARLY THOSE WORKING IN THE LARGE ENSEMBLE FORMAT INCLUDING GRAMMY WINNING ARTURO O'FARRILL'S AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN COLLABORATION WITH BRAZILIAN ICON HAMILTON DE HOLANDA. GRAMMY NOMINATED MIHO HAZAMA WAS ALSO FEATURED - BLENDING A LARGE FORMAT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH STRING MUSICIANS INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM MARYLAND CLASSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AS GUESTS ON TWO SELECTIONS. A CENTERPIECE OF STRATHMORE'S SEASON WAS AN OUTDOOR VIDEO AND AUDIO INSTALLATION CELEBRATING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHAMPIONING AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. CRAIG WALSH'S MONUMENTS PROJECT FEATURED LARGE-SCALE NIGHTTIME PROJECTED IMAGES ON STRATHMORE'S CAMPUS TREES, COMPLEMENTED BY RELATED CUSTOM AUDIO STORIES ON STRATHMORE'S WEB SITE TO BE ENJOYED BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE VISIT. STRATHMORE'S MANSION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR RISING MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES. THE INTIMATE MUSIC ROOM HOSTS TWO DOZEN CONCERTS ANNUALLY FEATURING CLASSICAL, CROSSOVER, JAZZ, INTERNATIONAL, ROOTS AND AMERICANA MUSIC STYLES.
- $3.5 million spent. RETAIL AND OPERATIONS: STRATHMORE INTEGRATES THE LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY INTO ITS PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS THROUGH ITS GIFT SHOP, WHICH FEATURES HANDMADE ITEMS AND WORK BY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CRAFT GUILDS, ITS TEA ROOM, WHERE LOCAL MUSICIANS PERFORM WEEKLY, AND THROUGH ITS GALLERY SALES PROGRAM, WHICH FEATURES THE WORK OF, AND PROVIDES SALES SUPPORT FOR, VISUAL ARTISTS.
- $682,974 spent. COMMUNICATIONS: STRATHMORE COMMUNICATES REGULARLY TO ENGAGE WITH ITS PATRONS, SHARING ORIGINAL ARTISTIC CONTENT AND CONNECTING AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH, STRATHMORE EMPLOYED ITS WEBSITE, SOCIAL PLATFORMS, AND EMAIL TO INFORM PATRONS AND DONORS ABOUT PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, AND EXPERIENCES AT ALL OF STRATHMORE'S VENUES. STRATHMORE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH EMBEDDED COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AND CURATORS TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS OF ALL COMMUNITIES RECEIVE INFORMATION IN WAYS IT IS MOST MEANINGFUL TO THEM, WHETHER THAT IS IN A SPECIAL LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITY CONVENERS THROUGH GROUP SALES, OR IN HEAVILY FREQUENTED GATHERING PLACES.
- $378,622 spent. VISUAL ARTS: THIS YEAR EXHIBITIONS FEATURED ART FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, ACADEMIC ART PROGRAMS, AND LONG-ESTABLISHED ART GUILDS. OUR SEASON OPENED WITH ARTFLOWS, THREE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THAT OVERLAPPED WITH ARTWORK FROM AFRICAN, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS. THIS SHOW DEMONSTRATED THAT INDIVIDUALS ON LIMITED BUDGETS CAN BUILD AND APPRECIATE A PERSONAL ART COLLECTION THAT GROWS AND EXPANDS INCREMENTALLY THROUGHOUT A LIFETIME. AS THE PROGRAM BUILDS AUDIENCES TO SUPPORT A MARKET FOR ORIGINAL ART, WE ALSO PRESENTED ART PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINED THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY ART COLLECTING. A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY'S MASTERS OF ARTS CANDIDATES ALLOWS STRATHMORE TO BUILD A PIPELINE OF EMERGING ARTISTS ANNUALLY IN OUR SOLO GALLERY SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, WE CREATED AN EXHIBITION SERIES FOR THOSE EMERGING ARTISTS TO RETURN TO STRATHMORE IN OUR MAIN GALLERY SPACES WITH OUR INTERSECTIONS SERIES, A WAY FOR FOLLOWERS TO RE-CONNECT WITH ESTABLISHED ARTISTS ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS. LASTLY, TWO FAMILIAR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS RETURNED TO STRATHMORE. THE CREATIVE CRAFTS COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF 8-10 ART GUILDS DEVOTED TO AMERICAN CRAFT, AND THE COLORED PENCIL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN RETURNED WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION. IN A YEAR THAT EXPANDED OUR COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE JOY AND PRIDE IN ORIGINAL ART, AND ART OWNERSHIP, STRATHMORE EXHIBITED 588 ARTISTS AND OVER 1200 OBJECTS IN OUR MANSION GALLERIES AND AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE. AND AS WE CELEBRATED A MILESTONE IN THE MUSIC CENTER, CHICAGO BASED ARTIST AIMEE BEAUBIEN INSTALLED HOTHOUSE ON THE UPSIDE, A PARACORD AND PHOTOGRAPHY WORK THAT HUNG FROM THE CEILING IN ATOMIC COLORS DEMONSTRATING OUR INTRENCHED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY CONNECTION IN VIVID LAYERING IN A SPACE THAT CELEBRATES CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY.
- $3.0 million spent. ARTS EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: FY25 WAS A FULL AND EXCITING YEAR OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR BLOOM, STRATHMORE'S ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE. STUDENT CONCERTS, YOUTH ENSEMBLES, AND NUMEROUS OUTREACH PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE WITH ROBUST ENROLLMENT. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS JOINTLY OFFERED WITH MISSION BELONGING, INCLUDING CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS AND A DAY OF BELONGING. OUR SIGNATURE PARTNERSHIP WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MCPS) CONTINUED WITH CURRICULUM-CONNECTED PROGRAMS SUCH AS EAST COUNTY STRINGS, NORTH COUNTY STRINGS/LATIN MUSIC INITIATIVE, IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS, AND SUMMER CAMPS OFFERED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY RECREATION AND LINKAGES TO LEARNING. THE WINDOWS SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES PAIRED WITH SOME OF OUR MAINSTAGE PROGRAMS OFFERED PATRONS GLIMPSES INTO WORLDS THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE ENCOUNTER. THESE ACTIVITIES BRING TO LIFE THE DISTINCT SOUNDS OF LANGUAGES, REGIONS, AND MUSICAL TRADITIONS, WHILE ALSO EXPLORING UNIVERSAL THEMES LIKE RESILIENCE, FAMILY, YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE, LONGING, FEAR, AND DREAMS. REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO NURTURING ARTISTS, WE CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF OUR FLAGSHIP ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, AND LAUNCHED THE ARTISTIC ADVANCEMENT FELLOWSHIP.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1982.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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