Rogue Artists Ensemble FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Sun Valley, CA501(c)(3)Since 2003Arts & CultureEIN 11-3706211Revenue $115K in FY2021

On file with the IRSPo Box 274, 91353-0274 · Sun Valley, CATax-exempt since Feb 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Rogue Artists Ensemble is a collective of multi-disciplinary artists who create Hyper-theater, an innovative hybrid of theater traditions, puppetry, mask work, dance, music, and modern technology. Through a collaborative development process, with an emphasis on design and storytelling, the Rogues create original, thought-provoking performances. We cultivate unique audience experiences that appeal to multiple generations of theatergoers in order to expand the boundaries of contemporary American theater.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$14K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$14K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $32K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$115K
-17% vs prior year
Net assets
−$35K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$115K
FY2021▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$139K
FY2021$115K
FY2022$219K
FY2023$189K
FY2024$302K
FY2025$201K
Expenses
—
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$140K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$148K
FY2023$158K
FY2024$376K
FY2025$202K
Net assets
−$35K
FY2021▼ -338%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$15K
FY2021−$35K
FY2022$32K
FY2023$72K
FY2024$2K
FY2025$254

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990-EZ; $14K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Aritistic Director
$8,200Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Artistic Director
$3,470Pt VII · Sec A
Bookkeeper
$2,000Pt VII · Sec A
Community Engagement Manager
$600Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Members
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alexis Robles’s $16K as Treasurer is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sean Cawelti—$30,876$28,341$13,008$8,200$20,000
Alexis Robles$16,444$28,009$23,770$11,831——
Chelsea Sutton$14,425$17,549$9,395$3,266$3,470—
Dawn Alden——$1,325$1,278$2,000—
Sarah Kay Peters——$1,800$1,616$600—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Creates innovative, multi-disciplinary performances blending theater, puppetry, dance, music, and technology.

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1 program · $126K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 2020 in response to the pandemic Rogue launched the Rogue Academy with a suite of online interactive free programming for the community. In Spring 2020 we launched our Puppets and Prose project which paired visual artists with writers to create short form puppet pieces.

$126Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$32K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$115K
Other income$115K
Owns and owes
−$35K
net assets
People
9
listed
Paid4
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$115K
Total revenue$115K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets−$35K
Operations
Employees63
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $201K$202K−$2K$254 990 PDF
FY2024 $302K$376K−$74K$2K 990 PDF
FY2023 $189K$158K$31K$72K 990 PDF
FY2022 $219K$148K$71K$32K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $115K−$35K 990 PDF
FY2020 $139K$140K−$845$15K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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