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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,194,424
Total expenses
$713,904
Contributions and grants received
$765,772
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$390,549
Investment income
$21,670
Other revenue
$16,433
Total assets, end of year
$2,388,405
Total liabilities, end of year
$215,758
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,172,647
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$540,138
Management and general expenses
$162,138
Fundraising expenses
$11,628
Program service expenses (Part III)
$540,138

Program services were 75.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $708,244

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $57,528

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contracted services

    total $390,549 · related or exempt $390,549

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,670 · related or exempt $21,670

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Late payment fees

    total $3,760 · related or exempt $3,760

  • 11b · Other revenue: Workers Comp refund

    total $12,673 · related or exempt $12,673

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16,433

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,750 · program services $88,676 · management and general $37,436 · fundraising $6,638

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $279,621 · program services $249,445 · management and general $25,829 · fundraising $4,347

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,900 · program services $1,239 · management and general $4,661

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,494 · program services $3,609 · management and general $13,806 · fundraising $79

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,237 · program services $28,600 · management and general $6,143 · fundraising $494

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,357 · management and general $11,357

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,373 · program services $1,887 · management and general $3,486

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,442 · program services $9,442

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,600 · program services $24,000 · management and general $3,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,773 · program services $74,196 · management and general $557 · fundraising $20

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,554 · management and general $16,554

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,297 · program services $18,297

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,795 · program services $1,004 · management and general $12,791

  • 24a · Other expenses: Storage

    total $20,579 · program services $15,244 · management and general $5,335

  • 24b · Other expenses: Workers comp

    total $10,459 · program services $8,367 · management and general $2,092

  • 24c · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $7,109 · management and general $7,109

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs

    total $6,610 · program services $6,023 · management and general $587

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,954 · program services $10,109 · management and general $10,795 · fundraising $50

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,381,317 · end of year $1,956,879

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $441,932 · end of year $339,869

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,883 · end of year $23,026

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

    $112,137

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

    $43,506

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $37,576 · end of year $68,631

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,167 · end of year $55,858

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $155,413 · end of year $159,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,199,559 · end of year $1,263,180

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $492,568 · end of year $909,467

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

As a social justice theatre company founded on the understanding that the most essential component of a healthy individual is the creative spirit, Red Ladder exists to connect our most vulnerable community members with their own creativity - igniting their imaginations and amplifying their voices - empowering them to tell their own stories.

  • Arts in CorrectionsRed Ladder Theatre Company serves both youth and adults experiencing incarceration, with great success. These participants have often grappled with multiple and inter-related issues such as substance abuse, literacy and language barriers, employment challenges, troubled or abusive home lives, housing instability and the like, and often lack the resources to aid them in their efforts to positively affect their own circumstances. Through restorative justice techniques and Red Ladders focus on creative collaboration in an atmosphere free from judgement, participants impacted by the carceral system are able to visualize opportunities, imagine positive outcomes, and discover within themselves the strength to transform their dreams into reality.

    Expenses $440,126

  • Community Enrichment ProgramsRed Ladder provides creative engagement opportunities to a wide range of groups within the community - from seniors in our Japantown neighborhood to veterans and their families, neuro-atypical adults, or individuals experiencing the intersectional effects of substance abuse recovery, housing insecurity and mental health struggles. Through meaningful community partnerships with service agencies who work with these individuals on a daily basis, Red Ladder works collaboratively to ensure that the needs of our participants are being met, and they have the support required to achieve long-term, lasting and meaningful pro-social skill development.

    Expenses $63,603

  • Youth Engagment ProgramsRed Ladder provides a variety of opportunities for youth in our community to engage in the creative process. This includes work with youth in the foster system, work with students in the classroom or in summer bridge programs designed to give children a leg up when making the transition to a new school environment, and work with youth in a variety of community settings. Red Ladder has become a leader in performing arts curriculum development and uses the power of the arts to reach students, especially those with non-traditional learning styles, and to help them make sense of the world around them. The company has developed a broad range of activities that meet the State of California's Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Standards and are in line with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Further, Red Ladder successfully executes curriculum based on the Studio Thinking Framework/Studio Habits of Mind with its participants.

    Expenses $36,409

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Altree Piemme

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $132,750
    From this org
    $132,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tricia Creason-Valencia

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Valeria Miranda

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ron Muriera

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349310360

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