Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1979.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $113K paid to officers and key staff.
Lisa Jordan’s $60K as Ex Officio, Non-Voting is at the 55th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Jordan | $60,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $60,769 | $46,539 | $46,539 |
| James Jordan | $52,622 | $50,000 | $53,289 | $47,615 | $43,462 | $43,462 |
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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Produces original theatre and provides arts education residencies for students.
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Production Program
Touchstone is a professional, ensemble-based theatre offering a season of original productions created by its resident ensemble of artists, as well as presenting new work by visiting guest artists.
Mfa Program
Touchstone, in partnership with moravian university, offers a master of fine arts in performance creation. Stemming from the theatre's 20+ year apprenticeship program, the mfa is parts arts incubator, part apprenticeship - students create original solo and ensemble performances, in both production and lab settings, and teach theatre in…
Education Program
Touchstone provides two core arts-in-education programs to area schools - young playwrights' lab, guiding elementary, middle, and high school students through the process of writing their own original plays using theatre games and exercises; and building bridges, which employs theatre-making as a means to build self-confidence and…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $140K | $185K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $679K | $642K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $848K | $854K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $63K | $58K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $785K | $796K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $110K | $98K | $6K | $6K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $150K | $110K | $20K | $20K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $21K | $17K | $2K | $2K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $14K | $10K | $2K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $79K | $79K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $17K | $12K | $2K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $15K | $10K | $2K | $2K |
| TravelLn 17 | $7K | $7K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $7K | $5K | $2K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $36K | $31K | $4K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $19K | $13K | $6K | $667 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $194K | $187K | $3K | $3K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $4K | $751 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $691K | $600K | $50K | $41K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 30, 2026 | $620K | $544K | $76K | $854K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 14, 2025 | $589K | $607K | −$18K | $778K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 17, 2024 | $702K | $691K | $11K | $796K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 3, 2023 | $698K | $616K | $82K | $785K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 12, 2022 | $692K | $525K | $167K | $703K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 16, 2021 | $446K | $493K | −$47K | $536K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $702,041 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $702,041 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $691,146 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $853,559 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $795,500 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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