Coho Productions Ltd FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Portland, OR501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 93-1166521Revenue $299K in FY2021

On file with the IRScohoproductions.org2257 Nw Raleigh St, 97210-2630 · Portland, ORTax-exempt since May 1996Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Coho Productions broadens perspectives and cultivates empathy through vibrant and intimate Productions. Coho nurtures and supports portland area-based theatre artists through a model of theatrical co-production, championing exceptional local artists.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$50K 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $24K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $129K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$71K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$299K
-59% vs prior year
Spent
$308K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$452K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$299K
FY2021▼ -59%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$720K
FY2021$299K
FY2022$418K
FY2023$330K
FY2024$328K
FY2025$399K
Expenses
$308K
FY2021▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$326K
FY2021$308K
FY2022$688K
FY2023$350K
FY2024$349K
FY2025$329K
Net assets
$452K
FY2021▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$461K
FY2021$452K
FY2022$182K
FY2023$162K
FY2024$141K
FY2025$211K

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 May 1996.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $239K Management & general 16% · $50K Fundraising 6% · $19K

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; $50K 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 Dir
$49,903Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Phil Johnson’s $39K as Program Dir is at the 33rd 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Philip Cuomo————$49,903$45,840
Phil Johnson$38,622$40,000$39,829$24,960——
Morgan Clark-Gaynor$37,636$40,000$39,491$17,025——
Laurel Wilde$23,237$40,000$39,666———
Olivia Mathews$16,934—————
Nathan Christ$1,929—————

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 15aNo

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Nurtures local theatre artists and broadens perspectives through vibrant, intimate productions.

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1 program · $239K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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For 26 years, coho productions has pioneered artist-led co-production as a model of creating theatre. Each season, coho solicits scripts and project proposals from portlands theatre professionals. Coho leadership and an artistic council selects up to four to produce in partnership as cohos subscription season.

$239Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $315K · 2021–2021

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$299K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$250K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$48K
Investment incomeLn 3$469
Money outPt IX
$308K
Ln 25
Programscol B$239K
Managementcol C$50K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$452K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$462K
Total assetsLn 16$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$250K
Government grantsLn 1e$85K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$48K
Investment incomeLn 3$469
Other incomeLn 4–11$411
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$299K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$462K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$462K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K
Other assetsLn 15$1
Total assetsLn 16$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
Net assetsLn 32$452K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
VolunteersI 6105
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$394K$462K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K$20K
Total assetsLn 16$496K$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K$71K
Net assetsLn 32$461K$452K
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$50K$41K$5K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$61K$38K$13K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$5K$1K$876
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$27K$19K$5K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$2K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$59K$45K$15K
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$7K$7K$169
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$879
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$77K$70K$5K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$265$203$62
Total functional expensesLn 25$308K$239K$50K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $399K$329K$71K$211K 990 PDF
FY2024 $328K$349K−$21K$141K 990 PDF
FY2023 $330K$350K−$20K$162K 990 PDF
FY2022 $418K$688K−$270K$182K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $299K$308K−$9K$452K 990 PDF
FY2020 $720K$326K$395K$461K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $298,503 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $589,799$249,863
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $127,881$47,760
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,020$469
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $570$411
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $720,270$298,503
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $155,427$118,214
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $170,132$189,416
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $325,559$307,630
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $394,711−$9,127
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $298,503 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$84,759
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$165,104
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$249,863
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $47,760$47,760
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $469$469
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $411$411
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,171 · Excluded from tax $469$298,503
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $307,630 across 31 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 $40,923 · Management $4,990 · Fundraising $3,990$49,903
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $38,467 · Management $13,181 · Fundraising $9,403$61,051
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,195 · Management $1,189 · Fundraising $876$7,260
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $18,595 · Management $5,184 · Fundraising $3,000$26,779
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,167$9,167
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,298 · Management $3,646$5,944
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,619 · Management $14,873$59,492
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 amortizationPrograms $7,019 · Management $169$7,188
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,636 · Management $879$3,515
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $70,287 · Management $5,453 · Fundraising $1,326$77,066
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $203 · Management $62$265
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $239,409 · Management $49,626 · Fundraising $18,595$307,630
Part X · Balance sheet $522,811 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $394,200$462,313
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $75,000$40,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $658$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $257$111
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,416$20,386
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,501$1
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $496,032$522,811
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,506$32,201
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,022$8,655
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $29,827$30,405
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $35,355$71,261
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $35,882$65,524
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $424,795$386,026
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $460,677$451,550
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $496,032$522,811
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $451,550 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$298,503
XI-2 Total expenses$307,630
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$9,127
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$460,677
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$451,550

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