Cutting Ball Theater experiments with theatrical form, beyond naturalism and conventionalism, to tell relevant stories that embolden and engage audiences. Since 1999, we've been cultivating a community of artists and audiences whose engines run on risk, (continued next page)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
48¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 11 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $175K a year · 34% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
48%
of spending
Concern: 48% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$95K
54% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 54% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$313K
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$798K
To programs
48%
Net assets
$80K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$313K
FY2024▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$690K
FY2021$599K
FY2022$579K
FY2023$379K
FY2024$313K
Expenses
$798K
FY2024▲ +10%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$662K
FY2021$642K
FY2022$606K
FY2023$724K
FY2024$798K
Net assets
$80K
FY2024▼ -86%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$982K
FY2021$939K
FY2022$911K
FY2023$566K
FY2024$80K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2007.

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Where the money goes

48 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 48% · $380K Management & general 42% · $335K Fundraising 10% · $83K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Secty
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jesse Annette Koehn’s $56K as Ops/Finance Dir is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ariel Craft—$85,673$79,700$66,000
Jesse Annette Koehn$56,500———

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $380K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Producing Theater-----------------Cutting Ball Theater Produces Theatrical performances for the general public of experimental new works and re-envisioned classics.

$380Kprogram expense
02

Cutting Ball's Productions--------------------------Cutting Ball Theater is an experimental theater, presenting plays in our intimate space, to connect Bay Area audiences and artists through shared moments of live storytelling. Our plays center historically-excluded voices and experiences, and challenge the norms of how stories are told.

Pt IX · col B
03

Education Program-----------------Cutting Ball Serves the youth of the Tenderloin through educational outreach programs: dinner and a show at the theater, onsite theater classes, and paid internships.

Pt IX · col B

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 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$313K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$263K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Money outPt IX
$798K
Ln 25
Programscol B$380K
Managementcol C$335K
Fundraisingcol D$83K
Owns and owesPt X
$80K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$46K
Total assetsLn 16$175K
LiabilitiesLn 26$95K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$263K
Government grantsLn 1e$74K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$3K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$313K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$45K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$46K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$48K
Other assetsLn 15$76K
Total assetsLn 16$175K
LiabilitiesLn 26$95K
Net assetsLn 32$80K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$409K$46K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68K$48K
Total assetsLn 16$666K$175K
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K$95K
Net assetsLn 32$566K$80K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$464K$230K$162K$72K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$31K$9K$22K$390
Payroll taxesLn 10$40K$21K$13K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$37K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$6K$991$2K
Office expensesLn 13$366$366
Information technologyLn 14$15K$15K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$2K$4K
TravelLn 17$523$523
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$22K$22K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$1K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$142K$84K$56K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$4K$661
Total functional expensesLn 25$798K$380K$335K$83K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $313K$798K−$485K$80K 990 PDF
FY2023 $379K$724K−$345K$566K 990 PDF
FY2022 $579K$606K−$28K$911K 990 PDF
FY2021 $599K$642K−$43K$939K 990 PDF
FY2020 $690K$662K$28K$982K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $312,704 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $329,537$263,067
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $24,230$31,399
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,904$10,101
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,957$8,137
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $378,628$312,704
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $465,655$534,668
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $258,453$263,448
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $724,108$798,116
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$345,480−$485,412
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $312,704 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,545 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,736
VIII-1e Government grants$74,382
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$185,949
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$263,067
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,399$31,399
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,101$10,101
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $4,652$4,652
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,940$1,940
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $33,339 · Excluded from tax $16,298$312,704
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $798,116 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $230,452 · Management $161,548 · Fundraising $72,158$464,158
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,048 · Management $21,538 · Fundraising $390$30,976
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,011 · Management $12,573 · Fundraising $5,950$39,534
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,960$16,960
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $37,205$37,205
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,827 · Management $991 · Fundraising $2,442$9,260
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $366$366
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $15,362$15,362
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,076 · Management $4,263$6,339
IX-17 TravelPrograms $523$523
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $21,739$21,739
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,187 · Management $7,343$8,530
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $84,064 · Management $56,359 · Fundraising $1,603$142,026
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,477 · Management $661$5,138
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $380,404 · Management $335,169 · Fundraising $82,543$798,116
Part X · Balance sheet $175,243 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $22,730$1,152
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $386,121$45,224
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $105,585$2,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,473$3,327
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $68,172$47,571
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $75,969$75,969
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $666,050$175,243
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,576$16,181
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $78,562$78,562
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $100,138$94,743
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $372,032$78,365
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $193,880$2,135
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $565,912$80,500
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $666,050$175,243
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $80,500 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$312,704
XI-2 Total expenses$798,116
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$485,412
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$565,912
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$80,500

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