Totals
- Total revenue
- $938,573
- Total expenses
- $1,000,642
- Contributions and grants received
- $147,294
- Grants paid
- $9,754
- Program service revenue
- $734,927
- Investment income
- $13,326
- Other revenue
- $43,026
- Total assets, end of year
- $699,253
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $104,999
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $594,254
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $780,994
- Management and general expenses
- $183,227
- Fundraising expenses
- $36,421
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $780,994
Program services were 78.0% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$45,728
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$101,566
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2a · Program service revenue: Performance Income
total $55,822 · related or exempt $55,822
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2b · Program service revenue: Trainings
total $202,105 · related or exempt $202,105
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2c · Program service revenue: Tuition
total $477,000 · related or exempt $477,000
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3 · Investment income
total $13,326 · excluded $13,326
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $79,551
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $51,643
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $27,908
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $27,908 · excluded $27,908
-
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: Net concession sales
total $14,673 · related or exempt $14,673
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11b · Other revenue: Rewards Rebates
total $445 · excluded $445
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11e · Other revenue, total
$15,118
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $9,754 · program services $9,754
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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 $105,419 · program services $21,468 · management and general $73,429 · fundraising $10,522
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $504,265 · program services $491,053 · management and general $13,212
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $50,037 · program services $43,180 · management and general $6,027 · fundraising $830
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $75 · management and general $75
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,252 · management and general $27,252
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $652 · management and general $652
-
11g · Fees: other
total $23,303 · program services $2,179 · management and general $9,986 · fundraising $11,138
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $18,340 · program services $5,861 · management and general $279 · fundraising $12,200
-
13 · Office expenses
total $5,305 · program services $1,866 · management and general $2,672 · fundraising $767
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14 · Information technology
total $12,652 · program services $6,741 · management and general $5,608 · fundraising $303
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $187,751 · program services $170,619 · management and general $17,132
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17 · Travel
total $556 · program services $556
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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 $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $18,889 · program services $4,745 · management and general $13,642 · fundraising $502
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24a · Other expenses: Merchant Processing Fees
total $13,127 · program services $7,928 · management and general $5,131 · fundraising $68
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24b · Other expenses: Cleaning
total $8,892 · program services $7,956 · management and general $936
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24c · Other expenses: Capital Improvements
total $4,976 · program services $1,718 · management and general $3,258
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24d · Other expenses: Bank Fees
total $1,981 · program services $68 · management and general $1,902 · fundraising $11
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,416 · program services $5,302 · management and general $2,034 · fundraising $80
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $80,086 · end of year $124,385
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $281,204 · end of year $268,234
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $12,685 · end of year $29,282
-
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
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$132,149
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$132,149
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $350,081 · end of year $268,815
-
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
beginning of year $8,538 · end of year $8,537
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $23,388 · end of year $38,688
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $55,417 · end of year $66,311
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $645,025 · end of year $528,526
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,764 · end of year $65,728
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BATS Improv is dedicated to the performance, study, development, and promotion of improvisational theatre.
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School: The BATS School of Improv is regarded as one of the world's top improv schools, emphasizing story, character, and acting over pure comedy. It offers a wide range of classes that contribute significantly to personal growth and community building. Students come from around the Bay Area, across the US, and all over the globe to participate in our cutting-edge curriculum.
Expenses $430,726 · Grants $9,754
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Shows: BATS Improv is recognized as the largest improvisational theatre company and school in Northern California, known for its unique style of acting-based improvisational theatre, characterized by a single story, two-hour show complete with an intermission.
Expenses $206,053
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Corporate: Through its Improv@work training programs, BATS brought improvisational training events to the workplace or coworkers to our theatre to immerse themselves in experiential training that contributes to better collaboration, communication, and team building.
Expenses $144,215
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Marilyn Langbehn
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $104,941
- From this org
- $104,941
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Basel Al Naffouri
Director
- Total calculated
- $5,205
- From this org
- $5,205
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Ethan Karson
Director
- Total calculated
- $480
- From this org
- $480
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jade Shipman
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dr Jason Myrowitz
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Pat Pow-anpongkul
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sana Ahmed
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
John Holmes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Anusha Lalwani Jain
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Shweta Mogha
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Sara Ciarelli Walsh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 20 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202642329349301524
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