Canyon Theatre Guild

Tax-deductible

Newhall, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 95-2903093Revenue $817K in FY2025

On file with the IRScanyontheatre.org24242 Main St, 91321-2911 · Newhall, CATax-exempt since Jul 1986Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Nonprofit community Theatre

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 22 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $20K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$85K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 80% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $21K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$354K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$817K
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$733K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$817K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$248K
FY2022$589K
FY2023$621K
FY2024$830K
FY2025$817K
Expenses
$733K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$356K
FY2022$533K
FY2023$619K
FY2024$764K
FY2025$733K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$897K
FY2022$954K
FY2023$956K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 1986.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $654K Management & general 6% · $46K Fundraising 4% · $32K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $85K 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 Director
$85,200Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
1st Vice-Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A
2nd Vice-Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Timben Boydston’s $85K as Executive Director is at the 80th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Timben Boydston$85,200$83,416$87,000$77,000$80,850

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Presents live community theatre productions for the Santa Clarita Valley.

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1 program · $654K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The canyon theatre guild is a non-profit community theatre that presents live theatrical shows throughout the year. The theatre also provides youth acting workshops during the summer. All tryouts for shows are open to the general public.

$654Kprogram 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 2 funders$21K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$817K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$609K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$129K
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Money outPt IX
$733K
Ln 25
Programscol B$654K
Managementcol C$46K
Fundraisingcol D$32K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$583K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$354K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$129K
Government grantsLn 1e$38K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$609K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$817K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$250K
SavingsLn 2$333K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$583K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$872K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$354K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$475K$583K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$905K$872K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$364K$354K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$1.1M
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$85K$28K$28K$28K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$165K$165K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$16K$2K$2K
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$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$71K$71K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$66K$66K
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$16K$16K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$63K$63K
InsuranceLn 23$40K$22K$16K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$147K$147K
All other expensesLn 24e$53K$53K
Total functional expensesLn 25$733K$654K$46K$32K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $817K$733K$84K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $830K$764K$66K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $621K$619K$2K$956K 990 PDF
FY2022 $589K$533K$56K$954K 990 PDF
FY2021 $248K$356K−$109K$897K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $817,136 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $98,838$128,997
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $524,455$608,908
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $30$13,103
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $206,381$66,128
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $829,704$817,136
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $254,258$270,917
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $509,939$461,842
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $764,197$732,759
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $65,507$84,377
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $817,136 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $18,619 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$37,700
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$91,297
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$128,997
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $608,908$608,908
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $13,103$13,103
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $39,280$39,280
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$5,019
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,210$3,210
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $683,120$817,136
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $732,759 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 $28,400 · Management $28,400 · Fundraising $28,400$85,200
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $165,084$165,084
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,213 · Management $2,210 · Fundraising $2,210$20,633
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 services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $71,338$71,338
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,543$5,543
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $66,052$66,052
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $16,176$16,176
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $62,906$62,906
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,442 · Management $15,835 · Fundraising $1,611$39,888
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $147,359$147,359
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $52,580$52,580
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $654,093 · Management $46,445 · Fundraising $32,221$732,759
Part X · Balance sheet $1,460,168 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $235,625$250,405
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $239,614$332,687
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $904,895$871,552
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $5,953$5,524
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,386,087$1,460,168
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $155,813$151,072
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $364,328$354,032
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,021,759$1,106,136
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,386,087$1,460,168
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,106,136 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$817,136
XI-2 Total expenses$732,759
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$84,377
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,021,759
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,106,136

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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