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← CRESCENT CITY STAGE CO

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CRESCENT CITY STAGE CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$279,249
Total expenses
$239,112
Contributions and grants received
$193,312
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$83,712
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,225
Total assets, end of year
$18,482
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,399
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,083
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$146,875
Management and general expenses
$92,237
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$146,875

Program services were 61.4% 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)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $193,312

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ticket Sales

    total $69,030 · related or exempt $69,030 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Studio Registrations

    total $14,682 · related or exempt $14,682 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · 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

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $605 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $605 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $605 · related or exempt $605 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $435 · related or exempt $435 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,185 · related or exempt $1,185 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,620

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 $26,000 · management and general $26,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,527 · program services $87,527

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $47 · management and general $47

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $97 · management and general $97

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41 · management and general $41

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,240 · program services $17,240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,769 · management and general $4,769

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,564 · management and general $1,564

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $7,306 · program services $7,306

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,949 · program services $15,000 · management and general $26,949

  • 17 · Travel

    total $918 · program services $918

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $50 · management and general $50

  • 20 · Interest

    total $352 · management and general $352

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,368 · management and general $2,368

  • 24a · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $7,036 · program services $7,036 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $11,848 · program services $11,848 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Loan Repayment

    total $30,000 · program services $0 · management and general $30,000 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,946 · end of year $18,482

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $7,399

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$29,054 · end of year $11,083

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Presentation of live theatrical productions and entertainment; encouraging participation and learning in the dramatic arts through educational programming; teaching of drama and performance techniques; creating greater awareness and support of dramatic arts.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Presentation of live theatrical productions and entertainment; encouraging participation and learning in the dramatic arts through educational programs; teaching of drama and performance techniques; creating greater awareness and support of dramatic arts.

  • During the 2025 tax year, Crescent City Stage operated CCS Studio, a performing arts education program serving 54 enrolled students ranging in age from first grade through adulthood. The program provided structured instruction in the performing arts, offering accessible training to youth and adult community members across a broad range of skill levels and age groups. CCS Studio advances the organization's exempt purpose of fostering arts education and community engagement by delivering ongoing performing arts classes to the general public.

    Expenses $8,250 · Revenue $14,682

  • During the 2025 tax year, Crescent City Stage produced and presented a full live theatrical production of Tiny Beautiful Things. The production employed 12 artists and production professionals, including actors, a director, designers, and crew, providing direct compensation to performing arts workers in the community. The production was attended by over 1,000 audience members, expanding public access to live professional theater. This program directly advances the organization's exempt purpose of enriching the cultural life of the community through the presentation of high-quality live performing arts.

    Expenses $64,077 · Grants $35,483 · Revenue $34,732

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

    Expenses $74,548 · Grants $35,483 · Revenue $27,301

As filed on the 2025 return. 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

  • Michael Newcomer

    Secretary/Treasurer, Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $26,000
    From this org
    $26,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Miriam Hollar

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Elizabeth Newcomer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cindy Beerworth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lorene Chesley

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
11 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202642249349301219

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