Society of the Arts
Donations deductibleRevenue
$42k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$48k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$87k
$25k liabilities
Net assets
$62k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.6 years on average
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Activity
A51I
Arts, culture and humanities
Society of the Arts' network
5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Forsthoefel | Vice President-Educational | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Mary Zegarski | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Peggy Herman | Vice President - General | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Priti Merchant | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Sarah Montano | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jill Weinhold | Executive Vice President | 2024 |
| Karen Hittinger | Executive Vice President | 2023 |
| Priti Merchant | Executive Vice President | 2021 |
| Val Johnson | Executive Vice President | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peggy Herman | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Rusich | Executive Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Debra Sanek | Vice President-Educational | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pat Beldon | Vice President-General Activities | 1 | $0 | ||
| Corliss Bachman | Vice President-Communications | 1 | $0 | ||
| Trudi Egan | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Theresa Johnson | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Donna Wood | Senior Sustaining Advisor | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stuart Dubbs | Junior Sustaining Advisor | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Society of the Arts
- EIN
- 236437027
- Address
- 31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA, 18101-1605
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Activity (NTEE)
- A51I Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1968
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsPeggy Herman
≥5years on the filingsChris Forsthoefel
≥3years on the filingsMary Zegarski
≥3years on the filingsPriti Merchant
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $87k
- Total liabilities
- $25k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $62k
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Society of the Arts likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 29 March 1967
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (4)
- Jessica Ruisch Vice President
- Margaret Herman Governor
- Theresa Johnson Treasurer
- Trudi Egan Secretary
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.