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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACTS ON STAGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$538,818
Total expenses
$437,939
Contributions and grants received
$364,598
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$174,077
Investment income
$143
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$153,186
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$153,186
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$270,537
Management and general expenses
$126,273
Fundraising expenses
$41,129
Program service expenses (Part III)
$270,537

Program services were 61.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $57,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $307,098

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $174,077 · related or exempt $174,077 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $143 · related or exempt $143 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,500 · program services $14,700 · management and general $29,400 · fundraising $29,400

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $145,021 · program services $94,022 · management and general $50,999 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,037 · program services $9,969 · management and general $7,372 · fundraising $2,696

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $680 · program services $0 · management and general $680 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,800 · program services $0 · management and general $4,800 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,145 · program services $82,145 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,032 · program services $14,859 · management and general $1,058 · fundraising $2,115

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,404 · program services $30,664 · management and general $9,660 · fundraising $5,080

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,192 · program services $3,677 · management and general $3,677 · fundraising $1,838

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $2,541 · program services $2,541 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,116 · program services $12,479 · management and general $8,637 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,742 · program services $0 · management and general $4,742 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,634 · program services $5,405 · management and general $5,229 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $95 · program services $76 · management and general $19 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $52,307 · end of year $103,143

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $50,043

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,307 · end of year $153,186

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ACTS ON STAGE is a professional theater committed to centering the talents, voices, works and initiatives of People of Color and creatives of faith. Our mission is to change lives dramatically by serving the local urban and global community through the production of programs & performances that elevate the arts, the artists and all audiences. Our vision is to be a driving force behind a new era renaissance where creativity creates social change.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACTS ON STAGE is a professional theater committed to centering the talents, voices, works and initiatives of People of Color and creatives of faith.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $98,516 · Revenue $76,328

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $82,232 · Revenue $82,634

  • RENAISSANCE 20: This year we were thrilled to launch Renaissance 20, our young artists development program, led by Sam Townsend Jr. Group Classes in beginning piano, voice, and acting will continue throughout the coming school year. This is another exciting step into our vision to be a new era renaissance where creativity creates change!

    Expenses $39,343

  • OTHER PROJECTS: In addition to our traditional theater offerings, we offer video content production services, programs that develop artists (of all levels) in every discipline of the performing arts (music, dance, performance, stage craft, writing, etc.), art-based interactive workshops re: racial equity and social justice and in-the-moment / nimble services such as seasonal events, after-school clubs and artist consultation. This fiscal year our other projects included a youth CHRISTMAS CHOIR that performed around the region at holiday and pop-up events.

    Expenses $50,446 · Revenue $15,115

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Lang-Raymond

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $73,500
    From this org
    $73,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicole Anthony

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Baker

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MaryEllen Bolden

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zach Bruce Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elias Bullock

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LaCretiah Claytor

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Cole Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
7 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303129349300115

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