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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by Z SPACE STUDIO.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,380,312
Total expenses
$2,861,987
Contributions and grants received
$1,417,361
Grants paid
$215,892
Program service revenue
$848,451
Investment income
$114,500
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,332,104
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,322,672
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,009,432
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,001,629
Management and general expenses
$642,626
Fundraising expenses
$217,732
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,001,629

Program services were 69.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $717,324

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $700,037

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,525

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fiscal Sponsorship Fees

    total $215,892 · related or exempt $215,892

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program revenues

    total $632,559 · related or exempt $632,559

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,793 · related or exempt $370 · excluded $103,423

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $85,584

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

    other assets $74,877

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $10,707

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,707 · related or exempt $10,707

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $184,275 · program services $184,275

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,617 · program services $31,617

  • 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 $105,000 · program services $68,250 · management and general $26,250 · fundraising $10,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,247,380 · program services $810,797 · management and general $311,845 · fundraising $124,738

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $125,691 · program services $81,699 · management and general $31,423 · fundraising $12,569

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $120,066 · program services $78,043 · management and general $30,016 · fundraising $12,007

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,435 · management and general $6,435

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,141 · management and general $89,141

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $14,531 · fundraising $14,531

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,000 · program services $1,950 · management and general $750 · fundraising $300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,134 · program services $5,937 · management and general $2,284 · fundraising $913

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,439 · program services $11,985 · management and general $4,610 · fundraising $1,844

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,577 · program services $8,825 · management and general $3,394 · fundraising $1,358

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $166,890 · program services $108,479 · management and general $41,722 · fundraising $16,689

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,796 · program services $1,817 · management and general $699 · fundraising $280

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $299 · management and general $299

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $57,826 · program services $37,587 · management and general $14,456 · fundraising $5,783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,686 · program services $16,696 · management and general $6,421 · fundraising $2,569

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production Expenses

    total $333,989 · program services $333,989

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contractor Fees

    total $90,345 · program services $90,345

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank and service fees

    total $71,339 · program services $30,100 · management and general $41,239

  • 24d · Other expenses: Telephone/Equipment/Utilities

    total $66,780 · program services $43,407 · management and general $16,695 · fundraising $6,678

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $77,751 · program services $55,831 · management and general $14,947 · fundraising $6,973

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $191,076 · end of year $83,483

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $168,072 · end of year $343,806

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,338 · end of year $4,596

  • 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 $27,604 · end of year $32,898

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

    $1,579,922

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

    $402,905

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,835,836 · end of year $1,177,017

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,988 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,466,564 · end of year $2,595,692

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,218,196 · end of year $1,094,612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $190,920 · end of year $182,052

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,163 · end of year $81,169

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,196,444 · end of year $1,059,451

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,448,574 · end of year $3,814,432

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,042,573 · end of year $195,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Operating out of an old can factory in the Mission District of San Francisco, Z Space now activates two performance spaces, an 85-seat black box and a 244-seat main stage, with a warehouse aesthetic and an adventurous edge.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration, and camaraderie amongst artists, audience, and community in the service of creating, developing, and presenting new work.

  • Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration, and camaraderie amongst artists, audience, and community in the service of creating, developing, and presenting new work. Operating out of an old can factory in the Mission District of San Francisco, Z Space now activates two performance spaces, an 85-seat black box and a 244-seat main stage, with a warehouse aesthetic and an adventurous edge.Eschewing traditional theater models with fixed seasons and a singular artistic vision, Z Space strives to embrace a multitude of artistic voices through a variety of programs and partnerships. We meet the needs of our communities by providing co-productions and subsidized space, hosting open "salons" to have conversations about

    Expenses $2,001,629 · Grants $215,892 · Revenue $859,528

  • the issues facing the broader community, and ensuring that all of our venues and facilities are welcoming and accessible. Some of our regular partners have been:Word for Word (the resident theater company of Z Space since our founding in 1993), piece by piece productions, Youth Speaks, Sean Dorsey Dance, Fresh Meat Festival, 3 Girls Theatre, AXIS Dance, Chitresh Das, and Misfits Cabaret.Annually, we reach approximately 22,000 audience members, 700 youth and children through Youth Arts (the vast majority are low-income, English Language Learners), and approximately 50 small and mid-size arts organizations.

  • In addition to being home to local and international artists and organizations, Z Space develops and produces its own new work. Over the past few years, Z Space has built a national reputation for developing and producing large-scale new works that reimagine the traditional musical theater form, receiving critical acclaim for Hundred Days (The Bengsons), The Lucky Ones (The Bengsons), and Weightless (TheKilbanes).

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shafer Mazow

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Nachtrieb

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Stanford Jr

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janice Sager

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shea Loewen Lazarow

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Bergman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meghan Crosby-Jolliffe

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Shuwarger

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349313868

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