Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The dcpa engages and inspires nearly 950,000 people every year through broadway tours, locally produced theatre, intimate cabaret, immersive experiences, theatre for young audiences and educational opportunities for all ages. It is a collection of passionate artists who share the world's greatest stories with captivated audiences. Bold in its vision and universal in its appeal, the dcpa's work spans a broad continuum and reflects the diversity of its vibrant community.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts at a glance
In short: Denver Center for the Performing Arts gave $125K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $125K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $125,000
- +750.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $125,000
- Median grant
- $125,000
- Total assets
- $99,730,398
- -5.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Colorado (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Denver Center for the Performing Arts funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Citizens for Arts to Zoo ($125K).
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Denver Center for the Performing Arts gives
- Giving grew 400% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2024) to $167K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $125K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Arts to Zoo Denver, CO | Lobbying Reauthorization | $125,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $99,730,398 | $89,341,492 | $90,404,640 | $125,000 | 1 | $2,557,522 |
| 2024 | $105,404,582 | $69,729,463 | $70,189,786 | $14,700 | Total only | $1,485,708 |
| 2023 | $99,501,158 | $66,757,028 | $66,594,581 | — | — | $694,093 |
| 2022 | $92,374,308 | $68,524,134 | $66,097,749 | $25,000 | 1 | $827,538 |
| 2021 | $101,365,212 | $29,486,888 | $16,475,690 | $167,070 | 1 | $551,442 |
| 2020 | $79,355,103 | $53,451,587 | $51,485,506 | — | — | $547,442 |
| 2019 | $66,354,603 | $74,758,108 | $70,747,615 | — | — | $404,137 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Based on IRS filings
Denver Center for the Performing Arts is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Denver, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $99.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $125K. Net investment income was $2.6M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Denver Center for the Performing Arts is led by Janice Sinden, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 8 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Janice Sinden
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$312K (2019) → $423K (2025)
John Ekeberg
Executive Director & Broadway
Executive Director & Broadw → Executive Director & Broadway, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$194K (2019) → $218K (2025)
Hassan Salem
Chairman
Trustee → Chair-Elect, 2022
Chair-Elect → Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Varin
Managing Director & Theatre Company
Managing Director & Theatre Company → Managing Director & Theatre, 2023
Managing Director & Theatre → Managing Director & Theatre Company, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$172K (2019) → $199K (2025)
Chris Coleman
Artistic Director & Theatre Company
Artistic Director & Theatre Company → Artistic Director & Theatre, 2023
Artistic Director & Theatre → Artistic Director & Theatre Company, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$244K (2019) → $279K (2025)
Alan Salazar
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Tuchman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Manny Rodriguez
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martin Semple
Trustee
Chairman → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Baca
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Reginald Washington
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Sapkin
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Slosky
Trustee
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sylvia Young
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tina Walls
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Dean Singleton
Trustee
Secretary & Treasurer → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brisa Carleson
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Kilstrom
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Fox Pinkowitz
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerome Davis
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Ament
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deb Kelly
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Hioe
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynn McDonald
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Williams
Chief Financial & Administrator Officer
CFO → Chief Financial & Administrator Officer, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$153K (2021) → $255K (2025)
Lisa Roebuck
Vice President of Information Technology
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$129K (2022) → $196K (2025)
Laura Maresca
Chief People & Culture Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$188K (2024) → $232K (2025)
Angela Lakin
Vice President of Marketing & Sales
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$210K (2025)
Ruth Krebs
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Jaques Farahi
Secretary & Treasurer
Trustee → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (26)
- Former: Fred Churbuck (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Judi Wolf (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Navin Dimond (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Newman (2019–2024) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Gretchen Hollrah (2020–2024) — Chief Operating Officer · Filing note: Thru 823
- Former: Jamie Clements (2023–2024) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Jeff Hovorka (2019–2023) — Director of Media & Marketing
- Former: June Travis (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Allison Watrous (2020–2023) — Executive Director & Education
- Former: Glen Lucero (2023) — Director of Facilities
- Former: Isabelle Clark (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Lisa Mallory (2019–2022) — Vice President of Marketing & Sales
- Former: Vera Morales (2021–2022) — Vice President & Human Resources
- Former: Joy Burns (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: L. Roger Hutson (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Roberta Robinette (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Yovani Pina (2019–2021) — Vice President of Information Technology · Filing note: Thru 11/2020
- Former: Tim Courson (2020–2021) — Director of Facilities Man
- Former: Rick Bennett (2019–2020) — Network Architect
- Former: Victoria Miles (2019–2020) — CFO
- Former: Brisa Trinchero (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Clay Courter Former Vp (2020) — Facilities & Event Services
- Former: Jennifer Siemers (2020) — Director of Accounting
- Former: Shelley Thompson (2020) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Clay Courter (2019) — Vice President, Facilities & Event Services
- Former: Shaunda Vanwert (2019) — Vice President of Human Resources
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $423K, to Janice Sinden (President and CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Denver Center for the Performing Arts
How much does Denver Center for the Performing Arts give each year?
Denver Center for the Performing Arts gave $125K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $15K in grants paid.
How large is Denver Center for the Performing Arts?
Denver Center for the Performing Arts reported $99.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $89.3M.
What is Denver Center for the Performing Arts?
Denver Center for the Performing Arts is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Denver, CO. It holds $99.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Denver Center for the Performing Arts operate?
Denver Center for the Performing Arts has awarded grants in Colorado.
What is Denver Center for the Performing Arts's EIN?
Denver Center for the Performing Arts's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-0407760. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 18, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 23, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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