Destination Theatre is formed for the charitable and educational purpose of promoting access to the theatre. It furthers its charitable purpose by conducting educational workshops and seminars, creating theater productions, providing scholarships, and promoting awareness of theater.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
60¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 3 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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · 2% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
60%
of spending
Worth a look: 60% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$42K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$318K
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$279K
To programs
60%
Net assets
$59K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$318K
FY2025▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$243K
FY2025$318K
Expenses
$279K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$272K
FY2025$279K
Net assets
$59K
FY2025▲ +187%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$21K
FY2025$59K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2024-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2024.

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

Where the money goes

60 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 60% · $168K Management & general 40% · $111K

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
President and Artistic Director
$21,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Secretary and Treasurer
$21,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cory Phelps’s $21K as President and Artistic Director is at the 16th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Cory Phelps$21,000$21,000
Amy Duffy$21,000$21,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes theatre access through workshops, productions, scholarships, and awareness.

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3 programs · $72K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Boley Centers on Broadway

Destination Theatre is a proud partner of Boley Centers, Pinellas County, FL's premiere behavioral health organization. With Boley's staff and leadership, DT has spearheaded the development of the Boley Centers on Broadway program, an adaptive theatre and therapy experience where Boley's adult clients mount a fully realized musical…

$43Kprogram expense
02

The Memory Lane Series

Four different entertaining musical shows touring metro-Atlanta's senior living, assisted living, and memory care communities every year. Destination Theatre has nearly seventy engagements at senior facilities each year where they entertain and engage over 2,000 seniors annually.

$18Kprogram expense
03

All-Abilities Programs with a Focus on Youth with Behavioral & Mental Health Conditions - DT offers programs to youth and adults with cognitive and physical impairments, mental illnesses, and behavioral health conditions.

$11Kprogram 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 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$318K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$173K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$144K
Money outPt IX
$279K
Ln 25
Programscol B$168K
Managementcol C$111K
Owns and owesPt X
$59K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$59K
Total assetsLn 16$59K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$144K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$173K
Total revenueLn 12$318K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$59K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$59K
Total assetsLn 16$59K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$59K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K$59K
Total assetsLn 16$21K$59K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$21K$59K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$61K$0$61K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$107K$102K$5K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$0$16K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$0$5K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$4K$3K$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$2K$0
Information technologyLn 14$9K$0$9K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$2K$2K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$11K$10K$694$0
TravelLn 17$7K$7K$215$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$75$75$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$35K$4K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$5K$1K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$279K$168K$111K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $318K$279K$39K$59K 990 PDF
FY2024 $243K$272K−$30K$21K 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
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Part I · Summary $317,521 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $115,586$144,467
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $126,998$173,054
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $242,584$317,521
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 $172,647$184,236
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $99,579$94,677
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $272,226$278,913
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$29,642$38,608
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $317,521 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$144,467
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$144,467
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $173,054 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$173,054
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $173,054 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$317,521
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $278,913 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $60,745 · Fundraising $0$60,745
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $101,764 · Management $5,330 · Fundraising $0$107,094
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $16,397 · Fundraising $0$16,397
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $4,997 · Fundraising $0$4,997
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,171 · Management $3,244 · Fundraising $0$7,415
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,703 · Management $2,216 · Fundraising $0$3,919
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $8,775 · Fundraising $0$8,775
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $1,622 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,622
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,113 · Management $694 · Fundraising $0$10,807
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,164 · Management $215 · Fundraising $0$7,379
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $75 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$75
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $3,214 · Fundraising $0$3,214
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,475 · Management $4,372 · Fundraising $0$39,847
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,419 · Management $1,208 · Fundraising $0$6,627
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $167,506 · Management $111,407 · Fundraising $0$278,913
Part X · Balance sheet $59,204 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,596$59,204
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,596$59,204
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $20,596$59,204
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $20,596$59,204
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,596$59,204
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $59,204 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$317,521
XI-2 Total expenses$278,913
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$38,608
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$20,596
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$59,204

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