Carpenter Square Theatre Inc entertains educates and enriches the community with unedited live contemporary works

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$42K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $65K a year · 23% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$42K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$310K
Spent
$188K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$210K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$310K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$310K
FY2023$234K
FY2024$288K
FY2025$310K
Expenses
$188K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$188K
FY2023$128K
FY2024$244K
FY2025$321K
Net assets
$210K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$210K
FY2023$590K
FY2024$634K
FY2025$623K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1988.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $170K Management & general 10% · $18K

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; $42K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Artistic Director
$42,380Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Pres Admin
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rhonda Clark’s $53K as Executive Artistic Dir is at the 47th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Rhonda Clark$52,955$39,130$37,620$42,380

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

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

Programs and updates

Presents unedited live contemporary plays to entertain, educate, and enrich the community.

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1 program · $170K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Carpenter Square Theatre is committed to entertain, educate, and enrich the community with live, unedited theatre providing a unique blend of award-winning modern works, hilarious comedy classics and outlandish musicals that make CST Oklahoma Citys premier year-round live theatre, showing 5 plays to 1,482 attendees, which was the same as…

$170Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$310K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$271K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Money outPt IX
$188K
Ln 25
Programscol B$170K
Managementcol C$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$210K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$37K
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$271K
Government grantsLn 1e$41K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Investment incomeLn 3$114
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Total revenueLn 12$310K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7K
SavingsLn 2$30K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$37K
Other assetsLn 15$187K
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
Net assetsLn 32$210K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 660
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$77K$37K
Total assetsLn 16$100K$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$13K
Net assetsLn 32$88K$210K
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$42K$38K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$12K$8K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$4K$689
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$937$656$281
RoyaltiesLn 15$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$83K$78K$4K
TravelLn 17$0
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$24K$684
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$188K$170K$18K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $310K$321K−$12K$623K 990 PDF
FY2024 $288K$244K$44K$634K 990 PDF
FY2023 $234K$128K$107K$590K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 Viewing $310K$188K$122K$210K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $310,403 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $200,651$270,692
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $29,100$21,096
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $159$114
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,836$18,501
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $236,746$310,403
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $48,780$58,888
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $125,722$129,498
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $174,502$188,386
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $62,244$122,017
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $310,403 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $325 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$40,867
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$229,825
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$7,722
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$270,692
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$21,096
VIII-3 Investment income$114
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)$18,176
VIII-12 Total revenue$310,403
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $188,386 across 30 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 staffPrograms $38,142 · Management $4,238$42,380
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $8,190 · Management $3,510$11,700
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,119 · Management $689$4,808
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,100$6,100
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,538$4,538
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $656 · Management $281$937
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $5,214$5,214
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $78,393 · Management $4,126$82,519
IX-17 Travel$0
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 amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,726$5,726
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $23,780 · Management $684$24,464
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $170,320 · Management $18,066 · Fundraising $0$188,386
Part X · Balance sheet $223,387 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,098$6,885
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $57,290$29,700
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $22,777$186,802
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $100,165$223,387
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $9,000$8,951
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,087$4,341
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,087$13,292
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $88,078$210,095
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $100,165$223,387
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $210,095 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$310,403
XI-2 Total expenses$188,386
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$122,017
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$88,078
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$210,095

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