In Community enrichment we offer a full season of shows at prices allowing the community to attend live theater productions. We do regular mailings to the community offering opportunities for them to participate.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 118 volunteers and 2 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
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K 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
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $15K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$212K
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
169
of 169 voting members
Looks good: 169 of 169 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$187K
-41% vs prior year
Spent
$186K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$466K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$187K
FY2025▼ -41%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$113K
FY2023$136K
FY2024$317K
FY2025$187K
Expenses
$186K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$83K
FY2023$138K
FY2024$176K
FY2025$186K
Net assets
$466K
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$314K
FY2023$316K
FY2024$460K
FY2025$466K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending April 2025) · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1968.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $186K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
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Secretary
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Treasurer
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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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Presents affordable live theater and invites community participation.

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1 program · $186K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Expenses are directly related to production costs such as construction costumes lights props set dressing realized royalties Revenue is charitable contributions and ticket sales

$186Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$187K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$128K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$59K
Investment incomeLn 3$588
Money outPt IX
$186K
Ln 25
Programscol B$186K
Owns and owesPt X
$466K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$123K
Total assetsLn 16$678K
LiabilitiesLn 26$212K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a169
IndependentVI 1b169
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$59K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$128K
Investment incomeLn 3$588
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$187K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$111K
SavingsLn 2$12K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$123K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$528K
Other assetsLn 15$28K
Total assetsLn 16$678K
LiabilitiesLn 26$212K
Net assetsLn 32$466K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 6118
Fiscal year endsHeaderApril
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$207K$123K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$453K$528K
Total assetsLn 16$683K$678K
LiabilitiesLn 26$222K$212K
Net assetsLn 32$460K$466K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$23K$23K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$4K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$13K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$1K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$7K$7K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$19K$19K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$37K$37K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$9K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$64K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$186K$186K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $187K$186K$1K$466K 990 PDF
FY2024 $317K$176K$141K$460K 990 PDF
FY2023 $136K$138K−$2K$316K 990 PDF
FY2022 $113K$83K$29K$314K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $187,262 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $171,293$58,778
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $142,107$127,896
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $331$588
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,432$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $317,163$187,262
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 $31,934$26,830
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $143,883$159,050
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $175,817$185,880
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $141,346$1,382
Part VI · Governance 169 of 169 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body169
VI-1b Independent voting members169
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 $187,262 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,210
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$56,568
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$58,778
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$127,896
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$588
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$187,262
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $185,880 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,666 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$22,666
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,164 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,164
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,382 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,382
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,083 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,083
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,486 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,486
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $19,199 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$19,199
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,836 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$36,836
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,029 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,029
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,339 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,339
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,696 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$63,696
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $185,880 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$185,880
Part X · Balance sheet $678,424 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $195,664$111,319
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,110$11,572
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $452,915$527,697
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $23,153$27,836
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $682,842$678,424
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $204,327$200,609
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $18,052$11,634
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $222,379$212,243
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $460,463$466,181
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $460,463$466,181
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $682,842$678,424
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $466,181 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$187,262
XI-2 Total expenses$185,880
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,382
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$460,463
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$4,336
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$466,181

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