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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PUPPET CO.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 16 June 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$375,182 changed to $397,417
Total expenses
$416,160 changed to $435,904
Contributions and grants received
$136,763 changed to $141,809
Program service revenue
$233,591 changed to $245,405
Other revenue
$4,828 changed to $10,203
Total assets, end of year
$228,419 changed to $217,205
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,272 changed to $45,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$186,147 changed to $172,029
Program services expenses
$415,660 changed to $390,120
Management and general expenses
$500 changed to $45,784
Program service expenses (Part III)
$416,079 changed to $390,120

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Elizabeth Dapo
  • Rachel Goldberg

Totals

Total revenue
$397,417
Total expenses
$435,904
Contributions and grants received
$141,809
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$245,405
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$10,203
Total assets, end of year
$217,205
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$172,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$390,120
Management and general expenses
$45,784
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$390,120

Program services were 89.5% 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)

    $81,592

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $60,217

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SEE SCHEDULE O

    total $245,405 · related or exempt $245,405

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $10,203 · related or exempt $10,203

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,203

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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $258,438 · program services $245,516 · management and general $12,922

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,140 · program services $4,883 · management and general $257

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,610 · program services $20,530 · management and general $1,080

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,452 · management and general $17,452

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,945 · program services $18,945

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,981 · program services $2,981

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,179 · program services $2,070 · management and general $109

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,501 · program services $18,526 · management and general $975

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,633 · program services $51,901 · management and general $2,732

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,356 · program services $6,988 · management and general $368

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,585 · program services $4,356 · management and general $229

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,162 · program services $1,104 · management and general $58

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $9,549 · management and general $9,549

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $11,318 · program services $11,318

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,055 · program services $1,002 · management and general $53

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $91,712 · end of year $61,287

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $13,613

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $47,347

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,734

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

    $666,406

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

    $629,597

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,837 · end of year $36,809

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $105,496 · end of year $105,496

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,821 · end of year $41,858

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $180 · end of year $3,318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $227,125 · end of year $172,029

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PUPPET CO. WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE PUPPET THEATRE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AUDIENCES AS A SYNTHESIS OF THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDING CLASSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EXHIBITS TO INFORM AND EXCITE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF PUPPETRY AND TO ESTABLISH THEATERS TO HOUSE THOSE PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PUPPET CO. WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE PUPPET THEATRE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY.

  • THE PUPPET CO. IS COMMITED TO PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT TO CHILDREN BY PRODUCING CLASSIC CHILDRENS STORIES USING THE FINE ART OF PUPPET PERFORMANCE. ATTENDANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000 DURING THE YEAR.

    Expenses $390,120 · Revenue $255,608

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Mohay

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Consolati

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Epstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stuart Glassett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Wood

    SECRETARY

    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
2022
Filed
10 December 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202533449349301208

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