6th Street Playhouse produces plays, musicals, and educational programs that are of the highest quality and reach diverse communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 41 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $166K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$95K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $63K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.8M
66% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 66% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.1M
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$621K
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$658K
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.9M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$416K
FY2021$379K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Jul 1972.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $1.4M Management & general 20% · $380K Fundraising 2% · $41K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $95K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$95,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Emily Cornelius’s $95K as Executive Dir. is at the 29th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Emily Cornelius$95,000$31,667———
Anne Clark——$85,625$85,550$19,750
A Gianola-Norris—$48,254———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II4 listed

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Produces high-quality plays and musicals, offering educational programs to diverse communities.

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2 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

6th Street Theater produces high quality theatrical productions to the general public through the use of two theatres. The main theater, the G.K. Hardt Theatre, seats 184 and includes disabled seating and Phonic Ear loop for the hearing impaired.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

6th Street Theater provides educational and artistic outreach classes and workshops for youth and adults of all ages and levels of experience through the School of Drama. Youth - Youth classes are for children ages 2 - 12 years old.

$284Kprogram expense

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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
$2.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$985K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$380K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$676K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$985K
Government grantsLn 1e$2K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$110K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$61K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$33K
Total revenueLn 12$2.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$306K
SavingsLn 2$370K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$676K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.5M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 541
VolunteersI 650
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$503K$676K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.5M
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$94K$85K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$773K$582K$191K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$21K$10K$324
Payroll taxesLn 10$76K$51K$24K$780
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$63K$56K$4K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$64K$58K$1K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$80K$80K
OccupancyLn 16$180K$161K$6K$13K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$8K$8K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$60K$55K$984$4K
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$373K$371K$2K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$53K$99$45K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.4M$380K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.1M$1.9M$268K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.8M$7K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$2.1M−$127K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$1.8M$847K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $621K$658K−$37K$379K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.0M$39K$416K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,125,797 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $342,703$985,374
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,377,790$1,101,135
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $51−$30,807
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $113,472$70,095
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,834,016$2,125,797
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $644,165$974,749
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,182,802$882,553
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,826,967$1,857,302
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,049$268,495
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $2,125,797 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $78,040 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$60,916
VIII-1e Government grants$1,865
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$922,593
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$109,581
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$985,374
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,101,135$1,101,135
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,416$2,416
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$7,794−$7,794
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$33,223−$33,223
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$17,254
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $12,153 · Excluded from tax $4,950$17,103
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,080,065 · Excluded from tax $77,612$2,125,797
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,857,302 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 staffManagement $85,337 · Fundraising $8,546$93,883
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $582,033 · Management $190,659$772,692
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,394 · Management $10,049 · Fundraising $324$31,767
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $51,458 · Management $24,169 · Fundraising $780$76,407
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,986$1,986
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $56,369 · Management $4,067 · Fundraising $2,265$62,701
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $57,877 · Management $1,273 · Fundraising $4,452$63,602
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $79,904$79,904
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $161,271 · Management $6,336 · Fundraising $12,675$180,282
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,852$7,852
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $55,146 · Management $984 · Fundraising $4,119$60,249
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $370,685 · Management $1,560 · Fundraising $1,190$373,435
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $99 · Management $45,353 · Fundraising $7,090$52,542
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,436,236 · Management $379,625 · Fundraising $41,441$1,857,302
Part X · Balance sheet $4,302,265 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $97,526$306,313
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $405,711$369,900
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $9,568$4,435
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $80,274$79,473
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,408,207$3,520,426
X-11 Publicly traded securities$21,718
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $33,333$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,034,619$4,302,265
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $88,566$74,997
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $103,070$138,749
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $147,427$41,679
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,800$16,498
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,834,431$2,833,582
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,195,388$1,468,683
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,200,188$1,468,683
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,034,619$4,302,265
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,468,683 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,125,797
XI-2 Total expenses$1,857,302
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$268,495
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,200,188
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,468,683

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