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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CIRCUS UP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$244,457
Total expenses
$183,025
Contributions and grants received
$213,229
Grants paid
$12,249
Program service revenue
$29,920
Investment income
$1,308
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$167,060
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$167,060
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$146,090
Management and general expenses
$31,654
Fundraising expenses
$5,281
Program service expenses (Part III)
$146,090

Program services were 79.8% 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)

    $19,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $193,329

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

    total $29,920 · related or exempt $29,920

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,308 · excluded $1,308

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,249 · program services $12,249

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $26,693 · program services $26,693

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $98,057 · program services $73,543 · management and general $19,611 · fundraising $4,903

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,569 · program services $5,677 · management and general $1,514 · fundraising $378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,246 · management and general $3,246

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,006 · program services $3,006

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,525 · program services $1,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10 · program services $10

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,970 · management and general $2,970

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,288 · program services $2,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,582 · program services $1,582

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $303 · management and general $303

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,996 · program services $6,996

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $6,519 · program services $6,519

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD FOR PARTICIPANTS

    total $4,695 · program services $4,695

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & PROCESSING FEES

    total $2,131 · management and general $2,131

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $1,465 · management and general $1,465

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,721 · program services $1,307 · management and general $414

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $104,682 · end of year $166,418

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

    $5,751

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

    $5,420

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $552 · end of year $331

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $394 · end of year $311

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $105,628 · end of year $167,060

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CIRCUS UP USES ARTS TO OVERCOME SOCIAL BARRIERS AND BUILD COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ABILITIES.

  • INSTRUCTION (WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES): CIRCUS UP OFFERS FREE AND LOW-COST CIRCUS INSTRUCTION TO PEOPLE FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN THE BOSTON AREA VIA CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. APPROXIMATELY 350 YOUTH ARE REACHED FOR ONGOING OR SHORT-TERM CLASSES, AND APPROXIMATELY 1100 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS VIA ONE TIME WORKSHOPS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS. PERFORMANCE: CIRCUS UP PROVIDES FREE OR LOW-COST CIRCUS PERFORMANCES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE BOSTON AREA, REACHING BETWEEN 2000-3000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $146,090 · Grants $12,249 · Revenue $29,920

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leah Abel

    CO-CHAIR/EXE

    Total calculated
    $26,693
    From this org
    $26,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Blank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sam Bradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Euness Cirino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Waetie-Sanaa Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ayla Gavins

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sheri Gurock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sophia Herscu

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lisa Thurau-Gray

    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
2025
Filed
2 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202641609349300114

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