Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
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Mission
The Straz Center's mission is to inspire, educate and enrich our entire community through the transformative power of the performing arts. We envision the Straz Center as a welcoming international cultural institution renowned for innovation, creativity and celebration of the human spirit.
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ARTS PROGRAMMING:IN 2009-2010, THE CENTER RECEIVED THE LARGEST PHILANTHROPIC GIFT MADE TO A CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. THE DONATION IS DEDICATED IN ITS PERPETUITY TO BENEFIT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND ITS PROGRAMS. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. FOUNDATION, THE TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS RENAMED THE DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IS THE TAMPA BAY AREA'S PREMIER VENUE, PRODUCER, EDUCATOR AND ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. AS THE LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX SOUTH OF THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND AS AN INDEPENDENT PRESENTER, THE STRAZ CENTER BOOKS TOURING BROADWAY SHOWS AND IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE-WEEK MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CENTER IS ABLE TO BOOK THE FIRST NATIONAL TOURS OF THE BEST OF BROADWAY.THE STRAZ CENTER WENT LIVE DURING THE 2017-2018 SEASON SERVING OVER 545,000 PEOPLE, WITH 1,659 PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. WE DONATED 49,777 TICKETS TO INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS ATTENDED WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE RESOURCES TO ATTEND A LIVE PERFORMANCE. OUR PATEL CONSERVATORY STAFF LOGGED 176,885 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS IN OUR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE AWARDED 543 ARTS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $316,852 AS ALWAYS, WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR 949 VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOULDERED 73,987 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN DEDICATED SUPPORT THE CENTER. A TOTAL OF 717 STRAZ EMPLOYEES KEPT THE STRAZ RUNNING THROUGH 2017/2018. OUR OVER $108,000,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY REFLECTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR THAT THE STRAZ CENTER SERVES AS A VIBRANT, ENERGETIC FORCE DRIVING CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROGRAMMING OFFERED IN 2017/2018 CONSISTS OF:BROADWAY - (13 SHOWS): BOOK OF MORMON, THE BODYGUARD, THE COLOR PURPLE, DISNEY'S CINDERELLA, WAITRESS, AND THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.CLASSICAL MUSIC PRESENTED (29 SHOWS): BLACK VIOLIN, FLORIDA ORCHESTRA-NEW YORK YANKEES YOUTH CONCERT, TBS-ATOUROFTHESYMPHONY, TFO-BEETHOVENS SYMPHONY NO. 7 AND TFO-MUSIC OF STAR TREK & STAR WARS.COMEDY PRESENTED (18 SHOWS): BLAME IT ON BIANCA DEL RIO COMEDY TOUR, DARCI LYNNE & FRIENDS LIVE, LITTLE BLACK DRESS, THE FEARLESSLY FUNNY GIRLS' NIGHT OUT AND RANDY RAINBOW LIVE.DANCE PRESENTED (17 SHOWS):-BALLET: BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA AND STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW - YAGP GALA.-CONTEMPORARY/MODERN: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM AND SHAPING SOUND.-OTHER: FRANK REY 2018 RECITAL "FRANK REY DANCERS IN CONCERT", PATEL CONSERVATORY POPULAR DANCE INTENSIVE, PATEL ON THE EDGE AND TANGO BUENOS AIRES: SPIRIT OF ARGENTINA.EDUCATION EVENTS: 2018 HSC ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, PATEL JAZZ JAM - FALL PRIVATE LESSONS RECITAL AND PATEL ST. ANDREW'S CONCERT (MASTERWORK).FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTED (8 SHOWS): ART ON THE WALK HOLIDAY, CUBE PAINTING - 2017-2018 AND PAW PATROL LIVEL - THE GREAT PIRATE ADVENTURE.FILM PRESENTED (3 SHOWS): HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS & TFO AND JOHN CLEESE - MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL.JOBSITE THEATER SHOWS PRESENTED (6 SHOWS): GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984", SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST AND THE THREEPENNY OPERA.LECTURES PRESENTED (13 SHOWS): AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH ANDERSON COOPER & ANDY COHEN, NAT GEO-CRISTINA MITTERMEIER:STANDING AT THE WATER'S EDGE AND UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA 2018 FELLOWS FORUM.MUSIC PROGRAMS PRESENTED (38 SHOWS): AN EVENING WITH LINDSEY STIRLING, CHRIS THILE CONCERT, DANIEL GIRON - LIVE IN CONCERT, FLORIDA YOUTH CONCERT 2018, LUCIA MICARELLI, SHANNON MCNALLY - CLUB JAEB, THE REVELERS - RIVERFEST 2018 AND VALLEY'S END ALBUM RELEASE PARTY "COMING HOME". POPULAR MUSIC PRESENTED (7 SHOWS): LIVE & LOCAL - ROBERT DEBOURG AND MEGAN HILTY - BROADWAY STARS IN CONCERT AND STRAIGHT NO CHASER.THEATER PROGRAMS (50 SHOWS): 2018 FL STATE THESPIAN, FESTIVAL-PEACE, LOVE, THESPIANS", BUBBLE GUPPIES LIVE, CHAMBER THEATRE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS - ENCORE - FIELD TRIP, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, M.A.D. THEATRE PRESENTS - "IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU", NAT'L THEATRE LIVE-ANGELS IN AMERICA-PERESTROIKA, ON YOUR FEETL, PATEL A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SILLY SAM THE MUSIC MAN, THE ILLUSIONISTS PRESENT ADAM TRENT AND GINGER MINJ - CROSSDRESSER FOR CHRIST. IN ADDITION TO OUR PHENOMENAL VARIETY OF BROADWAY, OPERA, MUSIC, THEATRE, SPEAKERS, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, CLASSICAL BALLET, CLUB JAEB SINGER-SONGWRITERS AND KID-AND-FAMILY PERFORMANCES, WE SOLIDIFIED A PRESENCE FOR LOCAL TAMPA BAY-AREA ARTISTS ON OUR CAMPUS. IN 2017-2018, WE CONTINUED TO REACH OUT IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA BY CONTINUING TO ACTIVATE THE RIVERWALK WITH ART AND FREE PERFORMANCES SO ALL CAN ENJOY THE STRAZ - EVEN WITHOUT A TICKET. WE ENHANCED OUTREACH INTO OUR GREATER COMMUNITY BY CREATING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHOWS, INCLUDING SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCES IN OUR PATEL CONSERVATORY MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS. THE JAEB COURTYARD ALSO SERVED AS THE SHOWCASE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN FOURTH FRIDAY ARTISTS. OUR OUTDOOR EXHIBITS INCLUDE A TAMPA BAY AREA VETERANS' VISUAL ART DISPLAY, INSTALLED ART ON THE WALK AND A REVOLVING VISUAL ART GALLERY ON THE WATERFRONT. THESE FREE EVENTS CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY SPACE AND PLACE OUTSIDE OUT WALLS AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE SPACES, OPENING THE STRAZ TO THE PUBLIC IN MORE EXCITING WAYS. THE STRAZ CENTER'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE AND ENRICH OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION POWER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE STRAZ CENTER AND COMMUNITIES OF ARTS PATRONS AND DONORS WILL FORGE AHEAD WITH US INTO THE GREATER EVOLUTION OF OUR ROLES AS AN ECONOMIC FORCE, AN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST DESTINATION, A BASTION OF WORLD CLASS ARTS AND A COMMUNITY PARTNER OF UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO FULFILL OUR MISSION. IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING UNEQUIVOCALLY OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, IT'S THAT THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES. WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE STRAZ CENTER SERVES TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR REGION, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES AND THE BEAUTY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT BY MAKING THE ARTS AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. IN THE COMING YEARS, THE STRAZ CENTER HAS EXCITING PLANS TO RENOVATE AND UPGRADE THE FACILITIES WHILE CONTINUING TO ATTRACT SPECTACULAR ARTISTS AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE NEW SHOWS AND PERFORMANCES. THE STRAZ CENTER IS EXCITED TO REPORT TO ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AS IT LOOKS FORWARD, CELEBRATING ITS RICH HISTORY AND EMBRACING, WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, THE PRESENT MOMENTUM THAT DETERMINES ITS FUTURE.IN 2017-2018, THE STRAZ CENTER MARKETING TEAM SUPPORTED ALL TICKETED AND FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING OPERA TAMPA, DEVELOPMENT, FOOD & BEVERAGE, EDUCATION AND OPERATIONS. DIVISIONS OF THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT INCLUDE EVENT MARKETING, EDUCATION MARKETING, INSTITUTIONAL MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, VIDEO PRODUCTION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AS WELL AS A DIGITAL AREA WHICH INCLUDES THREE WEBSITES (STRAZCENTER.ORG, OPERATAMPA.ORG AND PATELCONSERVATORY.ORG), EMAIL MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA.DURING THE 2017-2018 SEASON, THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED 736 EVENTS AND 209 CAMPS AND CLASSES- RESULTING IN $21.25 MILLION IN TICKET REVENUE, $2.1 MILLION IN TUITION REVENUE AND $1.45 MILLION IN FACILITY FEE REVENUE. THE MARKETING TEAM ALSO NEGOTIATED MORE THAN $3.84 MILLION IN ADDED VALUE, OVER AND ABOVE PAID ADVERTISING EXPOSURE. THE PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY $4.3 MILLION IN MEDIA COVERAGE. THE GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM PRODUCED 3,572 JOBS. THE VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM PRODUCED 1,431 JOBS, COMMERCIALLY VALUED AT $743,100.TOTAL COSTS FOR MARKETING SERVICES SUPPORTING ARTS PROGRAMMING INCLUDED IN THE EXPENSE BASE ABOVE FOR FY 17/18 AMOUNTED TO $2,706,988. IN-KIND MARKETING SERVICES RECEIVED IN FY 17/18 AMOUNTED TO $651,294.A COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CONTINUED TO BE A STRONG GROWING ASPECT OF THE STRAZ'S CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN 2017-2018. WE ASPIRED TO BETTER SERVE AND REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY WITH MORE TRAINING SESSIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES TO STEER OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS THE GREATEST COMMUNITY IMPACT. FOR THE YEAR, WE FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS OF PRIORITY: COMMUNITY TICKETS - INCLUSION ALSO MEANS FINANCIAL ACCESS, SO WE USED THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE EXPAND OUR CURRENT REACH IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR EXCITING OPERATION TICKETS PROGRAM. WE CONTINUE OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU - TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE STRAZ AND TO SHARE OUR STORY OF WHO WE ARE, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.STRAZ ACCESS- AS ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR AUDIENCE, WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND EXPAND OUR ACCESS-FOR-ALL FOOTPRINT AROUND THE CAMPUS INSIDE AND OUT.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is stated in the filing as “See schedule o for the organization's mission statement.”.
Their activities were defined as: “To promote interest in the experience of performing arts.”.
- As per legal requirements, the non-profit's state of operation is reported as FL.
- The non-profit's address in 2019 as per the filing is 1010 NORTH WC MACINNES PLACE, TAMPA, FL, 33602.
- The form of the non-profit organization shows 805 employees as of 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $1,717,311.
- The organization has 59 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1980.
- The organization pays $12,916,517 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,315,332 in fundraising expenses.
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