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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MCT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,393,750
Total expenses
$6,241,996
Contributions and grants received
$1,007,316
Grants paid
$5,775
Program service revenue
$5,193,247
Investment income
$93,617
Other revenue
$99,570
Total assets, end of year
$5,457,557
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,077,296
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,380,261
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,221,854
Management and general expenses
$624,896
Fundraising expenses
$395,246
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,221,854

Program services were 83.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $5,097

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $126,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $876,219

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $28,171

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOURING FEES & TUITION

    total $4,257,072 · related or exempt $4,257,072

  • 2b · Program service revenue: GATE RECEIPTS

    total $574,005 · related or exempt $574,005

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EXTRA PROJECTS

    total $362,170 · related or exempt $362,170

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74,380 · excluded $74,380

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $55,247

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $55,247

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $55,247 · excluded $55,247

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $19,237

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $19,237

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $19,237 · excluded $19,237

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,987

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $5,097

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,757

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,230 · excluded $2,230

  • 11a · Other revenue: HANDLING FEES

    total $42,093 · excluded $42,093

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $42,093

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,775 · program services $5,775

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $240,552 · management and general $240,552

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,322,335 · program services $2,958,565 · management and general $107,222 · fundraising $256,548

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $74,169 · program services $65,884 · management and general $3,356 · fundraising $4,929

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $143,433 · program services $125,801 · management and general $8,220 · fundraising $9,412

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $316,957 · program services $272,872 · management and general $24,834 · fundraising $19,251

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,291 · management and general $25,291

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,182 · management and general $62,182

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $87,340 · program services $85,418 · management and general $1,245 · fundraising $677

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $51,062 · program services $35,166 · management and general $14,976 · fundraising $920

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $224,400 · program services $156,110 · management and general $14,164 · fundraising $54,126

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $61,143 · program services $44,635 · management and general $9,629 · fundraising $6,879

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $94,756 · program services $94,756

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,532 · program services $54,053 · management and general $20,149 · fundraising $8,330

  • 17 · Travel

    total $665,692 · program services $660,134 · management and general $5,558

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $167,415 · program services $162,718 · management and general $4,697

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,637 · management and general $17,637

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $197,658 · program services $152,121 · management and general $26,662 · fundraising $18,875

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $239,768 · program services $190,420 · management and general $34,049 · fundraising $15,299

  • 24a · Other expenses: TECH & COSTUMES

    total $120,714 · program services $120,714

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $38,885 · program services $36,712 · management and general $2,173

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $2,300 · management and general $2,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $755,066 · end of year $616,445

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,555,454 · end of year $1,578,981

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,662 · end of year $193,084

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $130,150 · end of year $206,603

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $92,413 · end of year $145,214

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $225,550 · end of year $235,100

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

    $7,624,482

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

    $5,482,244

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,181,991 · end of year $2,142,238

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $273,440 · end of year $286,535

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $61,203 · end of year $53,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $390,274 · end of year $380,643

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $696,615 · end of year $776,231

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $101,107 · end of year $23,421

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $856,621 · end of year $640,820

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,320 · end of year $256,181

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,896,710 · end of year $2,890,697

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $346,282 · end of year $489,564

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EMPOWERING CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH THEATRE EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE TO DEVELOP LIFELONG SKILLS WHILE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE THROUGH LIVE PRODUCTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TOUR PRODUCTION, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY THEATRE.

  • INTERNATIONAL TOUR PROJECT (RED TRUCK TOUR) - MCT'S OLDEST AND LARGEST PROGRAM TOURS THROUGHOUT ALL THE STATES, CANADA, AND OVERSEAS TO SCHOOLS AND TO US MILITARY BASES WORLDWIDE. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2025, MCT CONDUCTED 945 WEEKLONG RESIDENCIES NATIONALLY AND ABROAD. MCT'S TOURING ACTOR/DIRECTORS (TADS) TOUR IN PAIRS, DRIVE SIGNATURE RED TRUCKS AND WORK WITH A DIFFERENT CAST OF 55-65 CHILDREN AT EACH WEEKLY TOUR STOP. TADS COME TO TOWN AT THE INVITATION OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SUCH AS A SCHOOL, PARENTS' GROUP, MILITARY BASE, ARTS COUNCIL, YOUTH CENTER AND MORE TO TRANSFORM SEVERAL DUFFEL BAGS OF COSTUMES AND SET PIECES INTO A MUSICAL FOR THE COMMUNITY - IN LESS THAN A WEEK. MANY OF THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES ARE RARELY VISITED BY THEATRE COMPANIES. A RESIDENCY ENTAILS CASTING LOCAL CHILDREN IN AN ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S MUSICAL, PERFORMED FOR AN AUDIENCE AFTER AN INTENSE WEEK OF REHEARSALS. CURRENTLY, MCT HAS 31 TOURING SHOWS, ALL BASED ON CLASSIC FAIRY TALES. THE RESIDENCY ALSO INCLUDES 3 ART ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS. IN FISCAL YEAR '25, 945 RESIDENCIES WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAST 40,891 CHILDREN AS CAST MEMBERS; TEACH NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS; PERFORM 1,588 SHOWS; AND ENTERTAIN A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 221,300 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. MCT HAS INCORPORATED AN INTERGENERATIONAL RESIDENCY WEEK INTO THE PROGRAMMING. THE SAME SCRIPTS, COSTUMES, AND SETS ARE USED BUT THE TEAM AUDITIONS A CAST THAT RANGES IN AGE FROM 5-105. SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PARTICIPATE WITH SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE MCT MISSIONS OF DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS FLOURISHES FOR ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE.

    Expenses $3,749,362 · Revenue $4,161,618

  • LOCAL CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS (YOUTH SERIES) - MCT OFFERS EIGHT WEEK-LONG DAY CAMPS AND THREE SIX-WEEK PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES WHICH TAKE PLACE AT MCT HEADQUARTERS IN MISSOULA SERVING GRADES K-12. EVERY CHILD WHO SIGNS UP IS CAST, AND ALL PROGRAMS CULMINATE IN PERFORMANCES ON THE MCT STAGE. THE EIGHT DAY CAMPS FEATURE SHOWS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TOUR PROJECT REPERTOIRE, AND THE THREE LONGER CLASSES ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO STAGE WORLD PREMIERES AND/OR MORE COMPLEX SHOWS NEW TO MISSOULA. ADDITIONALLY, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS INCLUDES A 2 WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP ON FLATHEAD LAKE FOR TEENS (PERFORMING ARTS CAMP), A WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP AT SEELEY LAKE FOR YOUNGER TEENS (PAC PREP), AND A SIX-WEEK SUMMER THEATRE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CALLED NEXT STEP PREP. MCT ALSO OFFERS SIX, 1 DAY "PLAY IN A DAY" CLASSES FOR DAYS THAT SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WERE 537 IN DAY CAMPS, 228 IN PRODUCTION CLASSES, 175 IN PERFORMING ARTS CAMP, AND 129 IN PLAY IN A DAY FOR TOTAL PARTICIPATION OF 1,069 YOUTHS LOCALLY! THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES IS A PROGRAM PUT ON EACH FALL BY MCT ACTORS THAT IS SPECIFICALLY PRODUCED FOR K-8 AUDIENCES. THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH SPARK!, EVERY SECOND GRADER IN THE CITY IS BUSSED TO MCT TO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE FOUR TO FIVE SHOWS OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD, TO INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE ADAPTED TO BE SENSORY FRIENDLY.

    Expenses $857,941 · Grants $5,775 · Revenue $493,521

  • COMMUNITY THEATRE (COMMUNITY SERIES) - MCT TYPICALLY PRESENTS A FIVE-SHOW SERIES, INCLUDING WELL-KNOWN MUSICALS AND DRAMAS FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES, SPANNING OCTOBER TO MAY. MCT PRODUCES, DIRECTS, AND DESIGNS THESE PRODUCTIONS IN-HOUSE. THE SHOWS PRESENT TALENTED CASTS OF ALL AGES AND HAVE MANY REPEAT SEASON TICKET HOLDERS YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL OF EACH SHOW IS PRESENTED FOR AN AUDIENCE, WITH THE ADMISSION "PRICE" BEING A CAN OF FOOD FOR LOCAL CHARITIES. MCT ALSO ADAPTS TWO COMMUNITY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS EACH YEAR TO A SENSORY FRIENDLY FORMAT. MCT FUNDRAISES TO OFFSET THE COST OF THIS PRODUCTION SO PATRONS CAN ATTEND THIS PERFORMANCE FREE OF CHARGE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE THE PRODUCTION ACCESSIBLE TO PATRONS THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE ATTEND A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $614,551 · Revenue $538,108

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ryan Phelan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Mueller

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tod Pepin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Neuman

    TREASURER (THRU 10.31.24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Theresa Floyd

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Bovard

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Harrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Tomasik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Czarnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Heyka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erika Purington

    DIRECTOR (THRU 7.24.24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stu Kaplan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Grady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sy Slater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andy Morse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael K Morelli

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,124
    From this org
    $112,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,685
    Hours/week
    45

  • Katherine Raup

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,425
    From this org
    $96,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,890
    Hours/week
    45

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
23 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640269349301664

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