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Nonprofit · EIN 04-2103636

WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC

Tax-exempt · NATICK, MA 01760

Financials

$24M$23.2M2022$26.1M$24.5M2023$26.9M$26.7M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$26,869,948$26,667,942$202,006$75,005,707$25,029,746$49,975,961
June 30, 2024990$26,143,683$24,478,341$1,665,342$75,686,277$26,179,724$49,506,553
June 30, 2023990$24,034,781$23,172,263$862,518$70,288,735$24,450,151$45,838,584
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,055,182
Program service revenue
$22,733,282
Investment income
$2,008,038
Net rental income
$23,610
Net gain from sales of assets
$961,961
Net income from sales of inventory
$49,836
Other revenue
$73,446

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$5,241,692
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,102,215
Other salaries and wages
$7,811,255
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$10,914,535
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$84,609
Accounting fees
$85,024
Occupancy
$2,387,001
Travel
$335,825
Depreciation
$1,927,817
Program services (functional)
$20,664,732
Management and general (functional)
$4,779,072
Fundraising (functional)
$1,224,138

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$75,686,277
Total assets, end of year
$75,005,707
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,029,746
Net assets, end of year
$49,975,961
Land, buildings and equipment
$28,252,450
Publicly traded securities
$22,045,262
Net assets without donor restrictions
$24,529,464
Net assets with donor restrictions
$25,446,497
Gross receipts
$36,884,910
Employees
280
Volunteers
30
Year formed
1916
State of legal domicile
MA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ERIC BARBERHEAD OF SCHOOL
Officer
40$300,782$81,046
ALLISON M COOLEYCHIEF DEVEL. OFFICER AS OF 02/2024
Officer
40$178,147$24,468
KEVIN SMITHDIR. OF ENROLLMENT MGMT. UNTIL 11/24
Highest-paid employee
40$136,220$46,718
PO-WEI WENGASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
Officer
40$130,366$40,271
ELIZABETH MINNUCCIDIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$115,909$35,601
JOHN DELLA CIOPPADIRECTOR OF FACILITIES & OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$103,868$46,543
PATRICK E GULLODIR. OF STRATEGIC MKTG. & COMM.
Officer
40$125,068$14,099
MELISSA R CASSELDEAN OF STUDENTS
Highest-paid employee
40$104,690$23,206
JANE SEGALECFO UNTIL 06/24
Former
40$101,238$24,440
JENNIFER ELOWITCHDIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Highest-paid employee
40$114,910$3,827
LINDA P DENNISONINTERIM CFO
Officer
40$95,092$6,208
JENNIFER TOOLIN MCAULIFFETRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
DONNA EGANTRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR AS OF 06/30/25
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
KAREN MCKEEL CALBYTRUSTEE/TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LISA ROTHMANTRUSTEE/CLERK
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
21 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LINDA WISNEWSKITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
EVANGELINE DELGADOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
BENNY IBARRA DE LLANOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
NICOLE GAKIDISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
EDWIN GORDONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
ERIC IAN HERBSTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
DEBORAH MANKIWTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JORDAN MCCULLOUGHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JENNIFER MCLEANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
CARRIE NEDROWTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
HAE SUN PAIKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JOHN SEBASTIAN PAOLELLATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
KARLA RADKETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
KRISTINE VAN AMSTERDAMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
AMY LAWRENCE WHEELERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
ANTHONY WILLIAMSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JOHN I WILLIAMS JRTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
MINGI KIMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JEAN ROBERTSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
DAVID EDELMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
JUHYUN LIMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 33 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ERIC BARBERHEAD OF SCHOOL
Officer
40$305,992$102,926
JANE SEGALECFO
Officer
40$175,590$47,419
PO-WEI WENGASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
Highest-paid employee
40$120,641$42,454
KEVIN SMITHDIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$107,456$34,413
TOBEY FOSSEYCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$130,245$9,105
JENNIFER TOOLIN MCAULIFFETRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LISA ROTHMANTRUSTEE/CLERK
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
KAREN MCKEEL CALBYTRUSTEE/TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
DONNA EGANTRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
PATRICIA L DAVIDSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
EVANGELINE DELGADOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
BENNY IBARRA DE LLANOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DAVID EDELMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
NICOLE GAKIDISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
MATTHEW ROBERT GLASSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
EDWIN GORDONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JUSTINE HANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ERIC IAN HERBSTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JUHYUN LIMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DEBORAH MANKIWTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JENNIFER MCLEANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ELIZABETH P MCCLENDONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JORDAN MCCULLOUGHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
CARRIE NEDROWTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JANET EMERY PATTILLOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
KARLA RADKETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JOHN SEBASTIAN PAOLELLATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
HAE SUN PAIKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
KRISTINE VAN AMSTERDAMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
AMY LAWRENCE WHEELERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ANTHONY WILLIAMSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JOHN I WILLIAMS JRTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
LINDA WISNEWSKITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 36 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ANTONIO VIVAFORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL
Former
40$286,290$49,548
ERIC BARBERHEAD OF SCHOOL
Officer
40$167,451$50,554
JANE SEGALECFO
Officer
40$170,863$42,579
TOBEY FOSSEYCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$178,277$12,441
JEANNE O'ROUKECHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$129,996$36,693
ELIZABETH L MINNUCCIDIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$100,391$36,160
KEVIN SMITHDIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$101,726$31,828
CEDRIC LYLESDIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC STUDIES
Highest-paid employee
40$108,361$11,512
JENNIFER TOOLIN MCAULIFFETRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LISA ROTHMANTRUSTEE/CLERK
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
KAREN MCKEEL CALBYTRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LINDA WISNEWSKITRUSTEE/TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
ELIZABETH P MCCLENDONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DEBORAH MANKIWTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
KRISTINE VAN AMSTERDAMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
AMY LAWRENCE WHEELERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
PATRICIA L DAVIDSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
MATTHEW ROBERT GLASSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
HAE SUN PAIKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ERIC IAN HERBSTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DAVID EDELMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JOHN I WILLIAMS JRTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
PAULA NICOLE DRAKETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
BETSY KESSLERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JOHN SEBASTIAN PAOLELLATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DERRICK HARKINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
EVANGELINE DELGADOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
BENNY IBARRA DE LLANOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ANTHONY WILLIAMSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JORDAN MCCULLOUGHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JUSTINE HANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
NICOLE GAKIDISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DONNA EGANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JUHYUN LIMTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
KARLA RADKETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JANET EMERY PATTILLOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
12 HIGHLAND ST, NATICK, MA 01760-2140
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ERIC BARBER, 12 HIGHLAND STREET, NATICK, MA 01760
Signed the 990
LINDA DENNISON, CFO
Phone
(508) 653-4312
Return prepared by
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS TRANSFORMS LIVES, BUILDS COMMUNITY AND EXPANDS CULTURE THROUGH THE ARTS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES RELATED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 WHILE AT SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL ENROLLED APPROXIMATELY 274 STUDENTS DURING THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. WALNUT HILL STUDENTS IMMERSE THEMSELVES DEEPLY IN THEIR ART, GUIDED BY HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE ON THEIR ARTISTIC JOURNEYS. THIS TIME SPENT MASTERING AN ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE IS BALANCED BY ENGAGEMENT IN A RIGOROUS COLLEGE-PREPARATORY CURRICULUM THAT CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO ASK BIG QUESTIONS, SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS, AND EXPLORE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC SUBJECTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE, HANDS-ON LESSONS.
    Expenses $13,074,377 · grants $5,241,692 · revenue $22,392,905
  • STUDENT ACTIVITIES, THEATER AND MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, TUTORING, DORM LIFE AND FOOD SERVICE AND STUDENT CLUBS. THE SCHOOL ENROLLED APPROXIMATELY 274 STUDENTS DURING THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. OF THE 274 STUDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 180 STUDENTS LIVED ON-CAMPUS.
    Expenses $6,344,853 · revenue $181,889
  • SUMMER AND OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES FOR UNENROLLED STUDENTS, SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM. THE SUMMER PROGRAMS ENROLLED APPROXIMATELY 92 STUDENTS AMONG MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, WRITING AND THEATER.
    Expenses $1,245,502 · revenue $231,934

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-2103636
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
School
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1961
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B200)
Assets (IRS master file)
$75,005,707
Income (IRS master file)
$36,884,910

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$26,869,948$26,667,942$75,005,707IRS
990June 2024$26,143,683$24,478,341$75,686,277IRS
990June 2023$24,034,781$23,172,263$70,288,735XML
990June 2022$22,569,581$22,104,718$69,571,380IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-2103636).

Questions about WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC

What is the EIN of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC is 04-2103636.
Is WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1961.
Are donations to WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ERIC BARBER.
Who are the officers and directors of WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 36 people; 11 received compensation from the organization, the highest $300,782 (ERIC BARBER, HEAD OF SCHOOL).
How much revenue does WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $26,869,948, expenses of $26,667,942 and total assets of $75,005,707 at year end.

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