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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNUSUAL SUSPECTS THEATRE CO.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
$1,453,235 changed to $1,404,235
Contributions and grants received
$1,383,197 changed to $1,334,197
Total liabilities, end of year
$257,984 changed to $306,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,256,550 changed to $2,207,550

Totals

Total revenue
$1,404,235
Total expenses
$1,705,599
Contributions and grants received
$1,334,197
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$70,038
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,514,534
Total liabilities, end of year
$306,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,207,550
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,147,462
Management and general expenses
$154,481
Fundraising expenses
$403,656
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,147,462

Program services were 67.3% 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)

    $348,296

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $985,901

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,479

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $70,038 · related or exempt $70,038

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $115,260 · program services $77,543 · management and general $10,439 · fundraising $27,278

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $960,374 · program services $686,683 · management and general $81,942 · fundraising $191,749

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,250 · program services $55,596 · management and general $6,720 · fundraising $15,934

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,159 · program services $74,004 · management and general $8,945 · fundraising $21,210

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,875 · program services $32,519 · management and general $4,036 · fundraising $9,320

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,135 · program services $12,135

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,266 · program services $12,978 · management and general $1,569 · fundraising $3,719

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $72,373 · program services $51,420 · management and general $6,216 · fundraising $14,737

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,956 · program services $12,091 · management and general $256 · fundraising $609

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,050 · program services $5,720 · management and general $691 · fundraising $1,639

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,742 · program services $7,632 · management and general $923 · fundraising $2,187

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,391 · program services $10,935 · management and general $1,322 · fundraising $3,134

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank charge

    total $2,587 · program services $1,838 · management and general $222 · fundraising $527

  • 24b · Other expenses: Documentationarchiving

    total $20,018 · program services $20,018

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other consultant

    total $31,838 · program services $2,570 · management and general $29,268

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and postage

    total $19,825 · program services $18,313 · management and general $448 · fundraising $1,064

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $177,500 · program services $65,467 · management and general $1,484 · fundraising $110,549

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,055,282 · end of year $1,835,316

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $530,124 · end of year $368,667

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,802 · end of year $24,837

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

    $149,235

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

    $59,073

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,110 · end of year $90,162

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $7,875

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $243,351 · end of year $187,677

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,124 · end of year $59,622

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,750 · end of year $59,687

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $241,277 · end of year $187,675

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,011,518 · end of year $1,960,575

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $496,000 · end of year $246,975

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company is to mentor, educate, and enrich youth in under-resourced communities through the creation of collaborative, original theatre.

  • The Organization now offers five intensive theatre-arts residency programs, including preventative theatre-arts education programs delivered in-class and after-school to Title 1 students, as well as to intergenerational groups of local families, and innovative intervention residencies for justice-system-engaged minors; a sixth program to provide isolated Los Angelenos with access to professional theatre experiences; as well as ongoing professional development services that amplify the Organizations healing-informed approach by cross-training educators, Probation Officers, and other youth-serving organizations. The Organizations suite of programs reached over 1,600 Los Angelenos in pre-pandemic years and still managed to serve nearly 1,000 annually during the pandemic (93% ages 9-19, 98% Black Indigenous and/or People of Color).

    Expenses $1,147,462

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ABIRAM BRIZUELA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,260
    From this org
    $115,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • JULISA ARCE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67
  • GREGORY CARUSO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JESUS RODRIGUEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CARLOS LOPEZ ESTRADA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JULIO QUIJADA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67
  • JOHN FREELAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67
  • DECKER SADOWSKI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67
  • RYAN JONES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67
  • SARA SCOTT

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.67

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
5 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433519349300773

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