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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HATTILOO THEATRE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,742,190
Total expenses
$1,977,062
Contributions and grants received
$1,396,433
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$333,978
Investment income
$11,779
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,918,001
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,351
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,835,650
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,500,019
Management and general expenses
$213,096
Fundraising expenses
$263,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,500,019

Program services were 75.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,396,433

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,341

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKETS SALES

    total $302,436 · related or exempt $302,436

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $25,242 · related or exempt $25,242

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OUTREACH & EDUCATION

    total $6,300 · related or exempt $6,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,779 · excluded $11,779

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $210,160 · program services $117,039 · management and general $23,926 · fundraising $69,195

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $329,328 · program services $183,404 · management and general $37,492 · fundraising $108,432

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,243 · program services $10,160 · management and general $2,076 · fundraising $6,007

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,307 · program services $20,315 · management and general $5,931 · fundraising $12,061

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $48,490 · management and general $48,490

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $344,184 · program services $344,184

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $162,502 · program services $146,251 · fundraising $16,251

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,057 · program services $71,246 · management and general $17,811

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $36,877 · program services $36,877

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,686 · program services $82,517 · management and general $9,169

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $65,282 · program services $55,490 · management and general $6,528 · fundraising $3,264

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $216,070 · program services $194,549 · management and general $21,521

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,363 · program services $25,090 · management and general $4,705 · fundraising $1,568

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $177,591 · program services $159,832 · management and general $17,759

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $117,922 · program services $53,065 · management and general $17,688 · fundraising $47,169

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,526,003 · end of year $1,037,024

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $728,813

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $545,851 · end of year $258,667

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $148,955 · end of year $77,152

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

    $5,442,862

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

    $1,891,544

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,670,127 · end of year $3,551,318

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $265,081 · end of year $265,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,774 · end of year $32,871

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $61,973 · end of year $49,480

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,881,359 · end of year $5,655,183

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $184,911 · end of year $180,467

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HATTILOO THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO CULTIVATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE BLACK DRAMA ARTS AND IS ESTABLISHED TO DEVELOP A BLACK THEATRE THAT IS ACCESSBLE, REFLECTIVE AND RELEVANT OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY FOR MEMPHIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CULTIVATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE BLACK DRAMA ARTS

  • HATTILOO THEATRE WAS FOUNDED IN 2006, IN MEMPHIS TN IN A STOREFRONT. HATTILOO THEATRE PRODUCES ANNUAL SEASONS OF SEVEN PLAYS/MUSICALS THAT PROVIDE AUDIENCES A CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF BLACK LIFE. ROOTED IN BLACK STORYTELLING, HATTILOO'S ACTIVITIES ARE A DIAMETRICAL RESPONSE TO AMERICAN THEATRE THAT HAS LARGELY AND HISTORICALLY BEEN CONCEIVED AS A WHITE AMERICAN ART FORM DESIGNED TO TELL THE STORIES OF WHITE AMERICANS. HATTILOO'S PROGRAMS SHIFT INACCURACIES AROUND BLACK IDENTITY, WHILE SHOWCASING THE BEST THAT BLACK THEATRE HAS TO OFFER.HATTILOO IS ONE OF SEVEN FREE-STANDING BLACK THEATRES IN THE NATION, AND THE ONLY ONE IN THE MID SOUTH. AS SUCH, IT SERVES AS THE PREEMINENT SUPPORTIVE SPACE FOR SOUTHERN BLACK ARTISTS TO HONE THEIR TALENTS AS THEY ARTICULATE THE STRUGGLE, TRIUMPH, AND BEAUTY OF BLACK LIFE THROUGH THEIR CRAFT. HATTILOO USES THE POWER OF UNAPOLOGETIC BLACK STORYTELLING TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN "CULTURAL DESERTS", WHOSE VOICES DEEPEN THE REGION'S CULTURAL NARRATIVE. HATTILOO ALSO SERVES AS A BEACON OF CULTURAL PROGRESS IN MEMPHIS, CHALLENGING SOME MISCONCEPTIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SOUTHERN AND BLACK.

    Expenses $1,500,019 · Revenue $333,978

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ekundayo Bandele

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,160
    From this org
    $210,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,566
    Bonus
    $52,594
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,160

  • Faith Morris

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Collins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vernon Stafford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Simpson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tabrina Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jocelyn Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Bishop

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Campanaro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cardell Orrin

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611049349301751

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