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← NORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,794,572
Total expenses
$3,949,025
Contributions and grants received
$7,274,115
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,109,956
Investment income
$431,302
Other revenue
-$20,801
Total assets, end of year
$21,510,850
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,502,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,008,525
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,525,108
Management and general expenses
$1,056,823
Fundraising expenses
$367,094
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,525,108

Program services were 63.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $217,050

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,458,976

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,598,089

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SINGLE TICKETS

    total $1,166,346 · related or exempt $1,166,346

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $735,415 · related or exempt $735,415

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SCENE SHOP INCOME

    total $147,159 · related or exempt $147,159

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATION AND COMMUNIT

    total $61,036 · related or exempt $61,036

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $431,302 · excluded $431,302

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,002 · excluded $3,002

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $37,755

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $84,178

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$46,423

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$46,423 · unrelated business -$46,423

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $149,017

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

    $217,050

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $126,397

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,620 · excluded $22,620

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $308,786 · program services $192,599 · management and general $78,618 · fundraising $37,569

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,735,514 · program services $1,084,516 · management and general $439,444 · fundraising $211,554

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $167,340 · program services $63,099 · management and general $104,241

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $158,337 · program services $34,333 · management and general $122,725 · fundraising $1,279

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $956 · management and general $956

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $57,942 · fundraising $57,942

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $142,258 · program services $67,928 · management and general $74,330

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $263,811 · program services $263,437 · management and general $374

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,397 · program services $1,370 · management and general $17,303 · fundraising $1,724

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,935 · program services $13,380 · management and general $14,628 · fundraising $15,927

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $156,955 · program services $156,955

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $310,136 · program services $309,506 · fundraising $630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $75,086 · program services $35,225 · management and general $13,529 · fundraising $26,332

  • 20 · Interest

    total $48,916 · management and general $48,916

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,152 · program services $1,495 · management and general $4,657

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,944 · management and general $18,944

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $115,828 · program services $115,828

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $78,170 · program services $20,134 · management and general $58,036

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOX OFFICE EXPENSES

    total $67,743 · program services $67,743

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES

    total $63,597 · program services $47,397 · management and general $14,867 · fundraising $1,333

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,222 · program services $50,163 · management and general $45,255 · fundraising $12,804

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,301,964 · end of year $2,472,024

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,210,496 · end of year $9,757,025

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,993,239 · end of year $2,761,433

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,392

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,290

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $197,135 · end of year $219,364

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

    $7,318,137

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

    $2,250,653

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,424,263 · end of year $5,067,484

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,312,437 · end of year $1,233,520

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $357,776 · end of year $193,797

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $537,822 · end of year $728,037

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,715,147 · end of year $2,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,304,157 · end of year $1,080,491

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,483,336 · end of year $6,352,177

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,069,978 · end of year $10,656,348

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NORTHLIGHT THEATRE ASPIRES TO PROMOTE CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE AND ENCOURAGE COMPASSION BY EXPLORING THE DEPTH OF OUR HUMANITY ACROSS A BOLD SPECTRUM OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES. WE SEEK TO ENTERTAIN, ENLIGHTEN, AND ELECTRIFY OUR AUDIENCES THROUGH CONTEMPORARY DRAMAS, INTIMATE MUSICALS AND REFRESHED CLASSICS. WE ARE FEARLESS IN OUR COMMITMENT TO CHAMPION NEW WORK, AND TO PROVIDE A NURTURING AND CREATIVE HOME FOR OUR ARTISTS. WE ARE RELENTLESS IN OUR PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH OUR PRODUCTIONS, OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES, OUR OUTREACH, AND OUR EDUCATION. NORTHLIGHT THEATRE REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY TO THE WORLD AND THE WORLD TO OUR COMMUNITY.

  • NORTHLIGHT SEASON OF THEATRICAL WORKS - MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,355,958 · Revenue $2,048,920

  • EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

    Expenses $169,150 · Revenue $61,036

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Regan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Julie Chernoff

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jennifer Christensen

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donna Frett

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Paul Lehner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Paul Epner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jim Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Percy Berger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • E Faye Butler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carole Cahill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Diana Cohen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sandra Farrow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • J Douglas Gray

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Freddi Greenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michelle Jordan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tobi Laczkowski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dennis Marino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark McCarville

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michele Rogers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rahul Roy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reetu Gowdar Sanders

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Silverman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stacy Hetherington Simpson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Craig Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Stringer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kent Swanson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eric Witherspoon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gifford Zimmerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Timothy Evans

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,917
    From this org
    $149,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,898
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,019
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,898
    Filer's total
    $156,917
  • William Jones

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,869
    From this org
    $151,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,869
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $151,869

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531009349300043

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