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← CHILDSPLAY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHILDSPLAY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,588,026
Total expenses
$3,479,544
Contributions and grants received
$1,645,374
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,003,294
Investment income
$1,784
Other revenue
-$62,426
Total assets, end of year
$2,085,713
Total liabilities, end of year
$844,219
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,241,494
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,988,036
Management and general expenses
$122,889
Fundraising expenses
$368,619
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,988,036

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $273,232

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $341,315

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,030,827

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $95,075

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET AND PASS SALES

    total $218,598 · related or exempt $218,598

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLASSES WORKSHOPS

    total $401,470 · related or exempt $401,470

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FIELD TRIPS RESIDENCIES

    total $343,944 · related or exempt $343,944

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION INCOME

    total $28,732 · related or exempt $28,732

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RENT

    total $10,550 · related or exempt $10,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,099 · excluded $2,099

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,959

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

    securities $35,274

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$315

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$315 · excluded -$315

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,276

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $273,232

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $146,286

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$66,010 · excluded -$66,010

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $118

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $91

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $27 · related or exempt $28

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $3,557 · related or exempt $3,557

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,557

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 $288,964 · program services $252,431 · management and general $8,279 · fundraising $28,254

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,659,548 · program services $1,449,737 · management and general $47,545 · fundraising $162,266

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $145,909 · program services $127,727 · management and general $4,256 · fundraising $13,926

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,608 · program services $62,563 · management and general $2,524 · fundraising $16,521

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,031 · program services $19,352 · management and general $4,419 · fundraising $2,260

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,923 · program services $13,694 · management and general $2,798 · fundraising $58,431

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $58,520 · program services $52,425 · management and general $11 · fundraising $6,084

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $171,617 · program services $143,132 · management and general $12,725 · fundraising $15,760

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,849 · program services $27,927 · management and general $3,546 · fundraising $3,376

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $56,240 · program services $56,240

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $335,960 · program services $302,176 · management and general $22,354 · fundraising $11,430

  • 17 · Travel

    total $114,041 · program services $107,775 · management and general $1,638 · fundraising $4,628

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,119 · program services $4,011 · management and general $733 · fundraising $375

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,664 · program services $27,776 · management and general $3,896 · fundraising $1,992

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,005 · program services $37,255 · management and general $5,790 · fundraising $2,960

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $248,125 · program services $214,535 · fundraising $33,590

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $75,406 · program services $75,406

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EMPLOYEE RELATED EXPENSES

    total $18,706 · program services $13,874 · management and general $2,375 · fundraising $2,457

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $4,309 · fundraising $4,309

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,645,488 · end of year $710,945

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $310,354 · end of year $312,447

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $103,497 · end of year $178,594

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $79,623 · end of year $35,482

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $218

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $52,735 · end of year $66,623

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

    $570,198

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

    $294,207

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $196,013 · end of year $275,991

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,355 · end of year $505,631

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $126,762 · end of year $107,999

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $139,509 · end of year $99,374

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $78,033

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $558,813

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,058,044 · end of year $994,898

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $74,968 · end of year $246,596

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO CREATE THEATRE SO STRIKINGLY ORIGINAL IN FORM, CONTENT OR BOTH, THAT IT INSTILLS IN YOUNG PEOPLE AN ENDURING AWE, LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE MEDIUM, THUS PRESERVING IMAGINATION AND WONDER, THE HALLMARKS OF CHILDHOOD, WHICH ARE THE KEYS TO THE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE THEATER SO STIKINGLY ORIGINAL IN FORM, CONTENT, OR BOTH THAT IT INSTILLS IN YOUNG PEOPLE AN ENDURING AWE, LOVE, AND RESPECT FOR THE MEDIUM.

  • THEATER PRODUCTIONS - FOUNDED IN 1977, CHILDSPLAY IS A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL THEATRE COMPANY THAT PERFORMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ARIZONA. AT CHILDSPLAY WE BELIEVE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE TO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGING, THOUGHT PROVOKING THEATRE OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC QUALITY. OUR RESPECT FOR THE INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN DRIVES US TO PRODUCE NEW AND INNOVATIVE WORKS BY THE FINEST ARTISTS IN THEATER, AS WE EMPLOY AN ENSEMBLE OF PROFESSIONAL ADULT ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS TO CREATE EXCEPTIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. OUR NEW PLAYS PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO CREATING ORIGINAL PLAYS THAT SPEAK TO THE CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE OF BEING A CHILD. CHILDSPLAY REACHES YOUNG AUDIENCES THROUGH FOUR MAJOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS - PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, FIELD TRIPS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL TOURING, AND VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES. IN FY23, CHILDSPLAY HELD 62 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES FOR 9,464 ATTENDEES, 88 FIELDTRIP PERFORMANCES FOR 18,840 ATTENDEES, 98 TOURING PERFORMANCES FOR 26,550 ATTENDEES, AND 122 VIRTUAL TOURING PERFORMANCES FOR 3,025 VIEWERS.

    Expenses $2,219,669 · Revenue $893,954

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS -CHILDSPLAY IS A LEADER IN EDUCATIONAL ARTS PROGRAMING, HAVING ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AMONG EDUCATORS FOR TRUSTWORTHY, QUALITY CONTENT THAT PROVIDES CROSS-CURRICULAR VALUE. EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEY TO THE MISSION AND PROGRAMMING OF CHILDSPLAY. WITHIN THE PAST DECADE, SPECIFIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONNECTED TO ACADEMIC CURRICULUM HAVE BECOME AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS THE COMMUNITY. THE ACADEMY PROVIDES THEATRE TRAINING AT OUR CAMPUS, AND THE EDUCATION OUTREACH DEPARTMENT OFFERS THEATRE EXPERIENCES IN THE CLASSROOM. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE DRAMA FRAMES, WHICH WORKS WITH ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE DRAMA INTO CURRICULUM, AND EYEPLAY, WHICH WORKS WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS TO PAIR DRAMA AND LITERACY. IN 2020, WITH THE ADVENT OF COVID-19, CHILDSPLAY CREATED IMAGINE TOGETHER ONLINE,

    Expenses $768,367 · Revenue $470,513

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Martin

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,545
    From this org
    $132,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,674
    Hours/week
    35
  • Dwayne Hartford

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,657
    From this org
    $122,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,674
    Hours/week
    35
  • Matthew Benjamin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alison Pulaski Carter

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cheryl Mandala

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shirley Hawley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lisa Coulter

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alyza Rathor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Bray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Jazo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Kest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gaylord Gagnon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Stratz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Van Kirk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanie Flatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John V Back

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Reidenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Hobson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Miles Pondelik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nelson Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Revan McKinnon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roseline Cristanelli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Goldsmith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Wissink

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tasha Cycholl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Travis Beeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vanessa Kisicki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Saar

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

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
2 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410469349301741

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