To create space for collaboration, empowerment and the joyful celebration of community using ensemble physical Theater, circus arts, and aerial dance to help people of all ages and abilities discover their potential and embrace their humanity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$128K 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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FY2022 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$128K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $84K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$88K
34% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 34% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$732K
+41% vs prior year
Spent
$618K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$173K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$732K
FY2022▲ +41%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$467K
FY2021$518K
FY2022$732K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$618K
FY2022▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$495K
FY2021$491K
FY2022$618K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$173K
FY2022▲ +192%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$32K
FY2021$59K
FY2022$173K
FY2023$356K
FY2024$138K
FY2025$152K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending August 2022) · 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 Dec 1977.

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

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $412K Management & general 31% · $193K Fundraising 2% · $13K

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; $128K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Education Director
$37,276Pt VII · Sec A
Creative Director
$35,269Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director (thru 2.28.22)
$22,706Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$17,750Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Executive Director
$15,400Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cohen Wendy’s $64K as Executive Director is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cohen Wendy$64,020—————
Wendy Cohen—$61,736$45,885$37,276$36,819$31,685
Phil Busse—$61,473$35,250$17,750——
Bianca McCarthy———$22,706$49,507$47,447
Aaron Wheeler-Kay———$35,269$31,824$31,685
Shari Getz———$15,400——

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers people through movement, theater, and aerial arts to discover potential and celebrate community.

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2 programs · $412K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Physical Performance School

Over 3,000 students learned confidence, freedom, and grace through collaborative storytelling, trapeze and acrobatics.

$353Kprogram expense
02

Theatre Performance

Our three pre-professional performance companies collaborated over the course of the academic year to create and perform original devised works. Our teaching artists created original work and performed in november and then in january at fertile ground festival.

$59Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$732K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$572K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$618K
Ln 25
Programscol B$412K
Managementcol C$193K
Fundraisingcol D$13K
Owns and owesPt X
$173K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$191K
Total assetsLn 16$262K
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K
Government grantsLn 1e$135K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$40
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$572K
Investment incomeLn 3$7
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$732K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$128K
SavingsLn 2$63K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$191K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$262K
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
Net assetsLn 32$173K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 594
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$153K$191K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K$37K
Total assetsLn 16$214K$262K
LiabilitiesLn 26$155K$88K
Net assetsLn 32$59K$173K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$109K$53K$50K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$211K$157K$54K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$8K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$21K$9K$590
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$10K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$30K$20K$9K$925
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$5K$479$796
Office expensesLn 13$29K$26K$3K$295
OccupancyLn 16$92K$91K$365
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$820$146$674
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$54K$53K$470
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K−$43K$55K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$464
Total functional expensesLn 25$618K$412K$193K$13K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$1.2M$15K$152K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.4M−$219K$138K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.2M$183K$356K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $732K$618K$114K$173K 990 PDF
FY2021 $518K$491K$27K$59K 990 PDF
FY2020 $467K$495K−$27K$32K 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 $731,617 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $233,135$156,401
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $284,893$572,209
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4$7
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$3,000
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $518,032$731,617
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 $305,591$364,199
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $184,985$253,558
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $490,576$617,757
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $27,456$113,860
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $731,617 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,000 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,099
VIII-1e Government grants$134,516
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,786
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$40
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$156,401
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $572,209$572,209
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7$7
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $575,209 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7$731,617
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $617,757 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $52,608 · Management $50,093 · Fundraising $6,558$109,259
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $156,952 · Management $54,244$211,196
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,219 · Management $4,432$12,651
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,370 · Management $9,133 · Fundraising $590$31,093
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,883 · Management $5,349$15,232
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $19,978 · Management $9,045 · Fundraising $925$29,948
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,963 · Management $479 · Fundraising $796$6,238
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,903 · Management $2,862 · Fundraising $295$29,060
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $91,393 · Management $365$91,758
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $146 · Management $674$820
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,617$9,617
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $53,154 · Management $470$53,624
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs −$43,479 · Management $55,018 · Fundraising $3,799$15,338
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,459 · Management $464$1,923
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $412,166 · Management $192,628 · Fundraising $12,963$617,757
Part X · Balance sheet $261,760 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $153,073$128,444
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$62,882
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$21,311
X-4 Accounts receivable$975
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $28,151$8,415
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $30,034$36,923
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,810$2,810
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $214,068$261,760
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,458$15,723
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $68,486$72,738
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $154,629$88,461
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $59,439$173,299
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $59,439$173,299
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $214,068$261,760
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $173,299 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$731,617
XI-2 Total expenses$617,757
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$113,860
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$59,439
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$173,299

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