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Provide cultural activities

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 109 volunteers and 8 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $123K a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1K
to officers and key staff · 0.3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $30K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$58K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$595K
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$515K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$595K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$251K
FY2022$536K
FY2023$547K
FY2024$554K
FY2025$595K
Expenses
$515K
FY2025>-0.01%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$127K
FY2022$311K
FY2023$403K
FY2024$515K
FY2025$515K
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$946K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending April 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1989.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $471K Management & general 8% · $43K Fundraising 0% · $199

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

11 people listed on the 990; $1K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Board Member
$1,400Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
1st Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Wing President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shawn Clerkin’s $1K as Board Member is at the 1st 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.

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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

Programs and updates

Operates a theater providing cultural, educational, and civic events for the community.

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1 program · $471K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The organization operates a theater to provide cultural, educational and civic events for the community.

$471Kprogram 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 3 funders$30K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$595K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$294K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$271K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Money outPt IX
$515K
Ln 25
Programscol B$471K
Managementcol C$43K
Fundraisingcol D$199
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$511K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$58K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$271K
Government grantsLn 1e$26K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$9K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$294K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Other incomeLn 4–11$13K
Gains on assetsLn 7$271
Total revenueLn 12$595K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$302K
SavingsLn 2$209K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$511K
Accounts receivableLn 4$5K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$43K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$565K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$436K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$58K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6109
Fiscal year endsHeaderApril
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
Investment feesPt IX, Sch D
Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$130
Share of the $11K endowmentSch D 1g1.2%
Typical, median of 1,806 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$11K$11K$9K$10K$10K
SpentLn 1d–1f$130$117$111$134$107
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$427K$511K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$394K$436K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$541K$565K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K$58K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.5M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$127K$127K
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$38K$38K
Investment management feesLn 11f$130$130
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32K$32K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$4K$199
OccupancyLn 16$21K$21K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$77K$77K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$9K$898
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$172K$172K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$515K$471K$43K$199

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 13, 2026 $595K$515K$80K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 12, 2025 $554K$515K$39K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2024 $547K$403K$145K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 15, 2023 $536K$311K$225K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 20, 2021 $251K$127K$124K$946K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $594,969 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $242,425$270,629
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $289,608$294,208
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,326$16,970
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $14,385$13,162
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $553,744$594,969
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $118,969$137,733
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $395,747$376,982
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $514,716$514,715
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $39,028$80,254
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $594,969 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $9,114 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$89,516
VIII-1c Fundraising events$9,818
VIII-1e Government grants$26,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$145,295
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,509
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$270,629
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $294,208$294,208
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $16,699$16,699
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $271$271
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $4,048$4,048
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $307,370 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16,970$594,969
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $514,715 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $127,340$127,340
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,393$10,393
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,985$37,985
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $130$130
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $31,979$31,979
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $18,114$18,114
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,467 · Fundraising $199$4,666
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,730$20,730
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $76,522$76,522
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,201 · Management $898$10,099
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $172,120$172,120
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,637$4,637
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $471,036 · Management $43,480 · Fundraising $199$514,715
Part X · Balance sheet $1,560,805 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $226,735$302,458
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $200,000$209,008
X-4 Accounts receivable$5,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $61,535$42,922
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $541,473$564,991
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $382,693$425,365
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $11,048$11,061
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,423,484$1,560,805
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,519$45,914
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,043$12,562
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,562$58,476
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,352,949$1,403,659
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $33,973$98,670
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,386,922$1,502,329
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,423,484$1,560,805
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,502,329 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$594,969
XI-2 Total expenses$514,715
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$80,254
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,386,922
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$35,153
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,502,329

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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