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AN O T E F R O MT H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R

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F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S

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H O WWE ’ R E F U N D E D 53% ofourcont r i but edr ev enuecamef r om i ndi v i dual s ,i ncl udi ngs i nger sandboar dmember s .Thi si sas mal l erper cent ageoft het ot al pi e t hani npr i ory ear sl ar gel ybecaus ewebenefit t edf r om gr antpr ogr amsdes i gnedt os uppor tor gani z at i onst hr ought hepandemi c.We r ecei v ed24% ofourf undi ngf r om f oundat i onandgov er nmentgr ant s ,i ncl udi ng$19, 000f r om t heCal i f or ni aAr t sCounci l ,$14, 000f r om t he f eder al Economi cI nj ur yDi s as t erLoanadv ancepr ogr am,and$6, 000f r om ot herf oundat i ongr ant s .

I NKI ND DONATI ONS SPECI AL 7% EVENTS 3% CORPORATE CONTRI BUTI ONS 2%

TI CKETS 11%

I NDI VI DUAL CONTRI BUTI ONS 25% FOUNDATI ON& GOVERNMENT GRANTS 24%

H O WWE U S E O U RMO N E Y

SI NGER CONTRI BUTI ONS 14%

BOARD CONTRI BUTI ONS 10%

87% ofourf undi ngwass pentonpr ogr ammi ng:ar t i s t i ccompens at i on,pr oduct i oncos t s ,andmar ket i ng.Managementandadmi ni s t r at i v e expens esandf undr ai s i ngexpens esdecr eas edasaper cent ageoft hewhol ebecaus ewehadnopai dadmi ni s t r at i v es t af fi n2021–2022.

FUNDRAI SI NG & DEVELOPMENT 5%

MARKETI NG 4%

MANAGEMENT& ADMI NI STRATI VE 8%

PROGRAM PRODUCTI ON EXPENSES 18%

ARTI STI C EXPENSES 65%

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