Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by JERSEY CITY THEATER CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $304,264
- Total expenses
- $362,455
- Contributions and grants received
- $224,914
- Grants paid
- $233
- Program service revenue
- $79,350
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $112,964
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,889
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $111,075
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $310,446
- Management and general expenses
- $20,999
- Fundraising expenses
- $31,010
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $310,446
Program services were 85.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$171,354
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$53,560
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$250
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2a · Program service revenue: Event Income
total $51,170 · related or exempt $51,170
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2b · Program service revenue: Rental Income
total $28,180 · related or exempt $28,180
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $233 · program services $233
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $44,000 · program services $26,400 · management and general $8,800 · fundraising $8,800
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $5,740 · program services $3,444 · management and general $1,148 · fundraising $1,148
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,000 · program services $1,000
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,845 · management and general $8,845
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11g · Fees: other
total $83,739 · program services $62,677 · fundraising $21,062
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,547 · program services $1,547
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,002 · program services $10,440 · management and general $1,562
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14 · Information technology
total $644 · management and general $644
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16 · Occupancy
total $39,581 · program services $39,581
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17 · Travel
total $9,593 · program services $9,593
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $55,689 · program services $55,689
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23 · Insurance
total $4,448 · program services $4,448
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24a · Other expenses: Talent & Performers
total $43,329 · program services $43,329
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24b · Other expenses: Event Services
total $31,744 · program services $31,744
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24c · Other expenses: Memberships
total $16,833 · program services $16,833
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24d · Other expenses: Operating Supplies
total $3,488 · program services $3,488
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $28,740 · end of year $28,634
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$821,643
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$738,313
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $139,019 · end of year $83,330
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $1,000
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $5,493 · end of year $1,889
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $169,266 · end of year $111,075
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
JCTC's mission is to present innovative and progressive performing arts, visual arts, and educational art programs, which embrace the diverse identity and preserve the rich history of Jersey City, bringing its community closer and enhancing its quality of life. JCTC programming encompasses theater, music, dance, film, and multi-media.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Foster dialogue through the arts, to unite diverse communities & people locally and globally.
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From September 2024 through August 2025, Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) delivered afull year of performances and arts education programs in Jersey City Public Schools and HudsonCounty schools and colleges. Our Global Arts Education and Youth Theatre programs providedongoing in-school and after-school theatre, writing, and performance classes, culminating instudent showcases for families and community. We had incredible success with our GlobalMusic Series, including an international residency with 16 artists from Spain, England, Canada,Argentina, and other countries who collaborated to create and present new works at JCTC. OurNew Play Festival was also a major artistic and audience success. During this period, JCTCentered into a contract to potentially build a new performing arts center in Jersey City and secureboth the contract and conceptual design.
Expenses $310,446 · Grants $233 · Revenue $79,350
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Paul Dennison
President and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Maria Nieves
Secretary and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Siara Mirabel
Treasurer and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ben Lopiccolo
Director and Co-founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tiffany McQueary
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Tolanda Ross
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Eric Sandurs
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503589349300405
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