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Sign In — Free (10 views/day)Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, founded in 1995, is a community nonprofit in the Arts, Culture & Humanities sector that reported $2.0M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue decreased 8% compared to the prior year.
Porchlight, Chicagos home for music theatre, illuminates the past, present and future of this American art form through live performance, youth education and outreach programs that positively impact and connect us to the community.
Productions: Porchlight Music Theatre is the award-winning center for music theatre in Chicago, bringing the magic of musicals to our theatre home at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts in the citys...
Productions: Porchlight Music Theatre is the award-winning center for music theatre in Chicago, bringing the magic of musicals to our theatre home at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts in the citys Gold Coast and to neighborhoods across the city. Porchlight has built a national reputation for boldly reimagining classic musicals, supporting new works and young performers, and showcasing Chicagos most notable music theatre artists, all through the intimate, diverse and powerful theatrical lens of the Chicago Style. The companys many accolades include a total of 190 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations resulting in 53 Jeff Awards (including five consecutive Best Production awards for the years 2013-2017), 43 Black Theatre Alliance nominations and 15 awards, and 28 After Dark Awards. Porchlights 30-year production history includes more than 76 mainstage works with 16 Chicago premieres and five world premieres.
Education and Outreach: Porchlights education and outreach program provides focused training and experiences for Chicago youth to create, practice, perform and appreciate the unique American art form...
Education and Outreach: Porchlights education and outreach program provides focused training and experiences for Chicago youth to create, practice, perform and appreciate the unique American art form of music theatre. Through its fee-based classes and summer camps, Porchlight welcomes children from 4-17 years of age, many of whom received full or partial scholarships. Porchlight also provides customized in-school, after-school and community organization programs that include focused skills training, supporting the production of full-length musicals across the city, as well as our signature Sing Out! literacy and theater residency that leads students to create their own musical adaptation of a book. In the 2024-2025 season, Porchlight partnered with 7 schools, reaching hundreds of local kids. Porchlight is a strategic source vendor and a qualified and preferred arts partner with Chicago Public Schools.
Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency
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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)
Sign In — Free (10 views/day)| 2024 | 2023 | Change | |
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| Revenue | $1,960,035 | $2,139,778 | -0.1% |
| Expenses | $1,972,386 | $2,173,976 | -0.1% |
| Net Income | $-12,351 | $-34,198 | -0.6% |
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Sign In| Name | Title | Hours/Week | Role | Reportable Comp | Other Comp | Total |
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| Michael Weber | Artistic Director COO | 40.00 |
Officer
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$90,920 | $0 | $90,920 |
| Jeannie Lukow | Former Executive Director CEO | 40.00 |
Officer
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$84,866 | $0 | $84,866 |
| Jenna Deja | Interim Executive Director | 40.00 |
Officer
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$32,860 | $0 | $32,860 |
| Scott Vandermyde | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Michelle Cucchiaro | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Brenda Didier | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rhona Frazin | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| William Gilmer | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles Laff | Board Member | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kenny Ingram | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tamara Sims | Board Member | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Lowenthal | Board Member | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robin Simon | Board Member | 2.00 |
Director
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Higgins | Vice Chair | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Todd Arp | Co-Treasurer | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Brandon Harrington | Chair | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nate Groonwald | Secretary | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sue Suchy | Co-Treasurer | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,960,035 | $1,972,386 | $833,802 | $-12,351 |
| 2024 | $2,139,778 | $2,173,976 | $802,221 | $-34,198 |
| 2023 | $2,648,091 | $2,826,952 | $576,750 | $-178,861 |
| 2022 | $2,078,143 | $2,233,637 | $859,908 | $-155,494 |
| 2021 | $1,443,229 | $896,802 | $1,051,603 | $546,427 |
| 2020 | $1,564,605 | $1,716,389 | $477,880 | $-151,784 |
| 2019 | $2,137,466 | $1,756,916 | $575,192 | $380,550 |
| 2018 | $1,543,823 | $1,676,976 | $182,128 | $-133,153 |
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