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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARTS EXPRESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,092,491
Total expenses
$1,298,541
Contributions and grants received
$199,967
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$886,919
Investment income
-$4,353
Other revenue
$9,958
Total assets, end of year
$189,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$154,629
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,893
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,220,720
Management and general expenses
$71,262
Fundraising expenses
$6,559
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,220,720

Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,967

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $703,639 · related or exempt $703,639

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $141,999 · related or exempt $141,999

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUTION

    total $41,281 · related or exempt $41,281

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $5,413

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $5,413

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $5,413 · excluded $5,413

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $7,500

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $11,853

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$4,353

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,353 · related or exempt -$4,353

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS

    total $2,565 · related or exempt $2,565

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,980 · related or exempt $1,980

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,545

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,070 · program services $104,825 · management and general $10,175 · fundraising $4,070

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,970 · management and general $1,970

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,071 · program services $35,071

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,262 · program services $8,262

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $157,941 · program services $155,430 · management and general $2,511

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,968 · program services $4,968

  • 20 · Interest

    total $8,098 · management and general $8,098

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,217 · program services $13,217

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,267 · management and general $11,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $552,930 · program services $532,838 · management and general $17,892 · fundraising $2,200

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $278,087 · program services $278,087

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $34,126 · program services $34,126

  • 24d · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $22,547 · program services $21,510 · management and general $789 · fundraising $248

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,987 · program services $32,386 · management and general $18,560 · fundraising $41

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $230,763 · end of year $108,475

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,001

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $75,817

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $133,635

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $52,588

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $90,392 · end of year $81,047

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $160,031 · end of year $154,629

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $240,943 · end of year $34,893

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BY INTGRATING PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, ART EXPRESS THEATRE OPENS UP THE WORLD OF THE ARTS TO ALL AGES. IT SERVES OVER 25,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THORUGH A CONTINUUM OF INTRODUCTORY TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND ENGAGING AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES. PROGRAMS RANGE FROM YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS TO LARGE-SCALE MUSICAL THREATE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE IS TO BUILD CHARACTER, STRENGHTEN COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE CULTURE THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSICAL THEATRE.

  • BOASTING A LEGACY SPANNING 40 YEARS, ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE STRIVES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR AUDIENCES AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSICAL THEATRE. SERVING AS THE PREMIERE COMPANY REGIONALLY THAT IS DEDICATED TO FULL-SCALE BROADWAY-STYLE PRODUCTIONS, THE THEATRE PRODUCES 8 MAIN-STAGE SHOWS ANNUALLY AND IS A DESTINATION FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES. THE COMPANY ALSO PAVES THE WAY FOR EMERGING TALENT TO GROW. OUR CONTINUUM OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY, ENGAGING EXPERIENCES FOR THEATRE STUDENTS. FROM EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS TO MAINSTAGE POWERHOUSES, ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO CONNECTING AND INSPIRING EVERY GENERATION OF THEATRE LOVER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $1,220,720 · Revenue $886,919

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Cavanagh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mario Divetta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Godnick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lendre Kearns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Priscilla Margquez

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Diane Murphy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Norie Nelson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Susan Thibodeaux

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Scott Vaughan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Regina Wills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522129349301137

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