Royal Palm Players INC

Tax-deductible

Boca Grande, FL501(c)(3)Since 1992Arts & CultureEIN 65-0330458Revenue $310K in FY2025

On file with the IRSroyalpalmplayers.com131 1st St W, 33921-1078 · Boca Grande, FLTax-exempt since Sep 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Royal Palm Players is dedicated to providing boca grande and surrounding communities with outstanding live theater and drama education in order to create a deeper sense of community, provide grist for thoughtfull discussion, and enrich the quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 65 volunteers and 4 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
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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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $38K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $93K
Looks good: 16 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$28K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$310K
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$437K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$793K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$310K
FY2025▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$195K
FY2022$554K
FY2023$343K
FY2024$403K
FY2025$310K
Expenses
$437K
FY2025▼ -14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$218K
FY2022$397K
FY2023$437K
FY2024$507K
FY2025$437K
Net assets
$793K
FY2025▼ -8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$829K
FY2022$949K
FY2023$842K
FY2024$863K
FY2025$793K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1992.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $348K Management & general 10% · $45K Fundraising 10% · $44K

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

14 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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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Presents live theater and drama education, fostering community and thoughtful discussion.

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3 programs · $348K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Each year, royal palm players offers quality live entertainment by staging a season of dramas, mysteries, comedies, musicals, and dramatic readings that provide outstanding community theater to the residents of boca grande and surrounding communitities.

$348Kprogram expense
02

To further educate and enhance local talents, royal palm players provides classes and workshops, such as the kids drama club, and supports annual field trips to non-local drama events. Royal palm players also provided for local students to attend a drama program sponsored by lemon bay playhouse.

Pt IX · col B
03

Royal palm players strives to support local talents by consistently casting community members in their productions, as well as utilizing local community members as directors, production artists, set designers, staging, props, etc.

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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$310K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$289K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$437K
Ln 25
Programscol B$348K
Managementcol C$45K
Fundraisingcol D$44K
Owns and owesPt X
$793K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29K
Total assetsLn 16$821K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$289K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Total revenueLn 12$310K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$29K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$754K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$821K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
Net assetsLn 32$793K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K$29K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$831K$754K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27K$15K
Total assetsLn 16$931K$821K
LiabilitiesLn 26$68K$28K
Net assetsLn 32$863K$793K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$217K$174K$22K$22K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$6K$707$707
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$13K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$1K$351$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$15K$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$27K$22K$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$38K$30K$4K$4K
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$285$285
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$9K$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$932$932
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$66K$64K$1K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K$98$98
Total functional expensesLn 25$437K$348K$45K$44K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $310K$437K−$127K$793K 990 PDF
FY2024 $403K$507K−$105K$863K 990 PDF
FY2023 $343K$437K−$94K$842K 990 PDF
FY2022 $554K$397K$157K$949K 990 PDF
FY2021 $195K$218K−$23K$829K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $310,178 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $244,918$288,765
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $138,075$1,900
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19,548$19,513
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $402,541$310,178
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 $200,439$240,618
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $307,011$196,632
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $507,450$437,250
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$104,909−$127,072
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $310,178 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$288,765
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$288,765
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,900$1,900
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $19,513$19,513
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,900 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19,513$310,178
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $437,250 across 14 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $173,604 · Management $21,701 · Fundraising $21,701$217,006
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,653 · Management $707 · Fundraising $707$7,067
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,235 · Management $1,655 · Fundraising $1,655$16,545
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,259$5,259
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,097$3,097
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,406 · Management $351 · Fundraising $7,923$9,680
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $14,791 · Management $1,849 · Fundraising $1,849$18,489
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,553 · Management $2,694 · Fundraising $2,694$26,941
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,472 · Management $3,808 · Fundraising $3,808$38,088
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,284 · Management $285 · Fundraising $285$2,854
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,454 · Management $1,182 · Fundraising $1,182$11,818
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,451 · Management $932 · Fundraising $932$9,315
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,513 · Management $1,231 · Fundraising $1,231$65,975
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,920 · Management $98 · Fundraising $98$5,116
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $348,336 · Management $44,849 · Fundraising $44,065$437,250
Part X · Balance sheet $820,714 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $27,553$29,083
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,966$22,296
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $27,067$15,249
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $830,755$754,086
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $30,686$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $931,027$820,714
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,710$1,628
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,160$26,550
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $30,686$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $67,556$28,178
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $863,471$792,536
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $863,471$792,536
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $931,027$820,714
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $792,536 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$310,178
XI-2 Total expenses$437,250
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$127,072
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$863,471
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$56,137
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$792,536

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