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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,040,118
Total expenses
$1,080,519
Contributions and grants received
$654,488
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$373,327
Investment income
$255
Other revenue
$12,048
Total assets, end of year
$1,251,187
Total liabilities, end of year
$829,265
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$421,922
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$596,031
Management and general expenses
$420,051
Fundraising expenses
$64,437
Program service expenses (Part III)
$596,031

Program services were 55.2% 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)

    $99,312

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $555,176

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCTIONS

    total $366,947 · related or exempt $366,947

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS

    total $6,005 · related or exempt $6,005

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION RENTALS

    total $375 · related or exempt $375

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $255 · excluded $255

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,631

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,583

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $12,048 · excluded $12,048

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,115 · program services $47,372 · management and general $32,288 · fundraising $2,455

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $396,413 · program services $221,653 · management and general $167,766 · fundraising $6,994

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,495 · program services $48,146 · management and general $4,662 · fundraising $687

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,780 · program services $26,419 · management and general $29,482 · fundraising $879

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,900 · management and general $25,900

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,702 · program services $58,742 · management and general $7,989 · fundraising $46,971

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,631 · program services $1,562 · management and general $25,590 · fundraising $4,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,664 · program services $9,522 · management and general $36,840 · fundraising $302

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,252 · program services $16,252

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $34,208 · program services $34,058 · fundraising $150

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,068 · program services $26,575 · management and general $18,116 · fundraising $1,377

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,278 · program services $15,278

  • 20 · Interest

    total $30,516 · management and general $30,516

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,922 · program services $2,263 · management and general $1,542 · fundraising $117

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,142 · management and general $16,142

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES, PROPS AND SET

    total $76,267 · program services $75,730 · management and general $511 · fundraising $26

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $30,893 · program services $10,205 · management and general $20,688

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $4,273 · program services $2,254 · management and general $2,019

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $128,612 · end of year $45,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $36,368

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $64,859 · end of year $49,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,941 · end of year $8,780

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

    $1,643,236

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

    $563,960

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,083,198 · end of year $1,079,276

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,598 · end of year $32,044

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,721 · end of year $31,814

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $152,444 · end of year $138,457

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $648,720 · end of year $634,464

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,530

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $371,823 · end of year $316,944

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,500 · end of year $104,978

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY IS A MID-SIZED PROFESSIONAL THEATRE LOCATED IN DENVER'S GOLDEN TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE THEATRE TYPICALLY PRODUCES FIVE MAIN-STAGE PRODUCTIONS PER SEASON AND HOSTS MANY EVENTS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS CURIOUS NEW VOICES, AN AWARD-WINNING YOUTH PLAYWRITING PROGRAM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY IN IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES THROUGH PROVOCATIVE MODERN THEATRE.

  • CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY IS A MID-SIZED PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. THE THEATRE TYPICALLY PRODUCES FIVE MAIN-STAGE PRODUCTIONS PER SEASON. CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY ALSO OFFERS WORKSHOPS IN PLAYWRITING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGED STUDENTS.

    Expenses $596,031 · Revenue $373,327

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jada Suzanne Dixon

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,500
    From this org
    $87,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeannene Bragg

    FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,593
    From this org
    $40,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,792
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cajardo Lindsey

    ARTISTIC COMPANY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erik Sandvold

    ARTISTIC COMPANY MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chip Horne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Laugero

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alyssa Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marike Fitzgerald

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Flanigan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael Potts

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sheri Raders

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
28 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610419349300936

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