Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE INCORPORATED.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $317,644
- Total expenses
- $332,550
- Contributions and grants received
- $187,748
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $128,353
- Investment income
- $214
- Other revenue
- $1,329
- Total assets, end of year
- $560,009
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $146,037
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $413,972
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $225,084
- Management and general expenses
- $98,281
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,185
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $225,084
Program services were 67.7% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$187,748
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$14,509
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2a · Program service revenue: CLASS FEE REVENUE
total $87,309 · related or exempt $87,309
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2b · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE REVENUE
total $35,375 · related or exempt $35,375
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2c · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE FEES
total $4,151 · related or exempt $4,151
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2d · Program service revenue: SCHOOL PERFORMANCES
total $1,518 · related or exempt $1,518
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3 · Investment income
total $214 · excluded $214
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11a · Other revenue: MERCHANDISE
total $1,329 · excluded $1,329
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,329
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $142,815 · program services $97,114 · management and general $45,701
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $16,254 · program services $10,901 · management and general $5,353
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $10,568 · program services $7,186 · management and general $3,382
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $24,585 · program services $4,426 · management and general $17,524 · fundraising $2,635
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $4,278 · fundraising $4,278
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11g · Fees: other
total $10,109 · program services $2,850 · management and general $7,259
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $28,343 · program services $23,830 · management and general $3,425 · fundraising $1,088
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13 · Office expenses
total $22,694 · program services $12,737 · management and general $8,773 · fundraising $1,184
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16 · Occupancy
total $26,617 · program services $23,119 · management and general $3,498
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $700 · management and general $700
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20 · Interest
total $13 · program services $13
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,546 · program services $2,546
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23 · Insurance
total $4,435 · program services $2,168 · management and general $2,267
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24a · Other expenses: INSTRUCTORS
total $21,510 · program services $21,510
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24b · Other expenses: ROYALTIES
total $7,711 · program services $7,711
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24c · Other expenses: TECHNICAL FEES
total $4,312 · program services $4,312
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24d · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIPS
total $3,604 · program services $3,604
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,456 · program services $1,057 · management and general $399
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $248,106 · end of year $233,826
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $45,281 · end of year $28,240
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $12,822 · end of year $11,068
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$63,975
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$60,343
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,479 · end of year $3,632
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $137,545 · end of year $149,246
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $383,551 · end of year $133,997
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $17,223 · end of year $12,040
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,506
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $400,103 · end of year $133,997
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $352,554 · end of year $353,279
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $60,398 · end of year $60,693
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
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YOUTHEATRE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS: CLASSES AND CAMPS PROVIDE HANDS-ON TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEATRE, FROM ACTING AND STAGE PRESENCE TO TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AND CREATING ORIGINAL WORKS. IN 2024-2025, ACADEMY PROGRAMS BUILT THE CONFIDENCE OF NEARLY 450 YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE FALL, SPRING, AND SUMMER SEMESTERS. YOUTHEATRE PARTNERS WITH THE EMBASSY THEATRE EACH SUMMER TO PRESENT "LET'S PUT ON A SHOW," A PERFORMANCE-BASED CAMP OPPORTUNITY AT THE HISTORIC EMBASSY THEATRE. IN JUNE 2025, YOUTHEATRE ANNOUNCED A NEW PROGRAM 'YOUNG @ HEART,' PRESENTING VARIOUS WORKSHOPS FOR THEATRE ENTHUSIASTS AND FAMILIES OF ALL AGES IN COLLABORATION WITH INDIANA MUSICAL THEATRE FOUNDATION. MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS: IN 2024-2025, YOUTHEATRE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS ENGAGED 114 YOUTH ON-STAGE, OFFERED 30 YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES OFF-STAGE AS TECHNICIANS, AND FACILITATED SCHOOL SHOWS ATTENDED BY 1,503 STUDENTS. A GRAND TOTAL OF 5,696 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH MAINSTAGE SHOWS. OUR YOUNG HEROES OF CONSCIOUS PRODUCTION, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN, FACILITATED IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE, POLICING, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH A STRUCTURED COMMUNITY DIALOGUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE AND UNITED FRONT. THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF OUR 'STORIES FROM THE STACKS: THEATRE FOR YOUNG READERS' COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM WITH THE ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS BROUGHT TO 1,480 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETELY FREE OF COST, REMOVING THE FINANCIAL BARRIER. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: ACCESS TO THE ARTS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO YOUTHEATRE. WE WORK TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY BY OFFERING A WIDE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE BROAD PARTICIPATION. OUTREACH EFFORTS IN 2024-2025 INCLUDED: WORKSHOPS WITH THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB; SUMMER PROGRAMMING WITH CAMP RED CEDAR; AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS WITH ELEMENTARY-AGED GIRL SCOUTS; AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING PBS EXPLORER DAY, FRIGHT NIGHT AND TASTE OF THE ARTS. YOUTHEATRE ON-THE-GO PRODUCTIONS INCREASED THEIR REACH FROM THE YEAR PRIOR, REACHING 1,185 YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH FREE PERFORMANCES AT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.
Expenses $225,084 · Revenue $126,353
As filed on the 2024 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
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M SUSANA WORTH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARTIN FISHER
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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HANNAH JANSSEN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROB KLINE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DR KEN BUGAJSKI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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THERESA BRADY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DAVID NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ERIN LOWDEN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LARRY WARDLAW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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HEATHER CLOSSON
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $64,217
- From this org
- $64,217
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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KARI SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARCUS WEEMES
DIRECTOR
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202610549349301576
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