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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ARTS EXPRESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,018,192
Total expenses
$861,878
Contributions and grants received
$294,687
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$698,840
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$24,665
Total assets, end of year
$400,974
Total liabilities, end of year
$160,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$240,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$807,246
Management and general expenses
$32,053
Fundraising expenses
$22,579
Program service expenses (Part III)
$807,246

Program services were 93.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $58,050

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $236,637

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALE

    total $87,822 · related or exempt $87,822

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Ticket Sales

    total $566,569 · related or exempt $566,569

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $44,449 · related or exempt $44,449

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,836

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,836

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,836 · related or exempt $2,836

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $21,829 · related or exempt $21,829

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,829

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 $90,325 · program services $71,528 · management and general $11,878 · fundraising $6,919

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,141 · program services $26,141

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,399 · management and general $17,399

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,404 · program services $8,404

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $82,010 · program services $82,010

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $109,686 · program services $109,686

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,291 · program services $4,291

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,960 · program services $10,960

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,038 · program services $8,038

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $343,604 · program services $343,604

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $44,437 · program services $44,437

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $40,175 · program services $40,175

  • 24d · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $24,599 · program services $23,459 · management and general $860 · fundraising $280

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $51,809 · program services $34,513 · management and general $1,916 · fundraising $15,380

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,675 · end of year $230,763

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    beginning of year $4,001 · end of year $4,001

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,039 · end of year $75,817

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

    $135,223

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

    $44,831

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,814 · end of year $90,392

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $1

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $169,900 · end of year $160,031

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,629 · end of year $240,943

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BY INTGRATING PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, ART EXPRESS THEATRE OPENS UP THE WORLD OF THE ARTS TO ALL AGES. IT SERVES OVER 25,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THORUGH A CONTINUUM OF INTRODUCTORY TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND ENGAGING AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES. PROGRAMS RANGE FROM YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS TO LARGE-SCALE MUSICAL THREATE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE IS TO BUILD CHARACTER, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE CULTURE THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSICAL THEATRE.

  • ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF MUCICAL THEATRE OFFERING FROM THE PRIOR YEAR FROM 8 TO 10 SHOWS. ARTS EXPRESS THREATRE'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDED CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, FOCUSED ON THE TRIPLE THREAT SKILLS OF MUSICAL THEATRE (DANCE, ACTING AND SINGING). IN ADDITION , ART OPERATED TWO SUMMER CAMPS AND A DRAMA CLUB. EDUCATION INCREASED TO 112 STUDENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2023.

    Expenses $807,246 · Revenue $611,018

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Wiese

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,250
    From this org
    $29,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Karen Wiese

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- NON VOTING

    Total calculated
    $27,500
    From this org
    $27,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    26
  • Michael Dunn

    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,575
    From this org
    $22,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jonathon Crider

    PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,000
    From this org
    $11,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan Thibodeaux

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • James Barnhart

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Debenedette

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lendre Kearns

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tina Chavez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mario Divetta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Priscilla Marquez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diane Murphy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Norie Nelson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
12 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430439349300738

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