- Revenue 2024
- $919,467
- Expenses 2024
- $831,285
Program services were 86.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A20
- Classification
- 3000
- Street
- 311 W 4TH ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
See Schedule O
Activities or mission (Part I)
The mission of the Downtown Winston-Salem Community Cinema known to the community as a/perture Cinema is to engage and entertain the community through the art of film through daily film programming in the Piedmont Triad.
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To engage and entertain the community through the art of film by showcasing informative, educational, thought-provoking, and inspiring films - films that enrich lives, engage minds, promote diversity, and build community. A/perture cinema presents the art of film in an intimate and welcoming setting, advancing an appreciation for the moving image as a groundbreaking and pioneering art form. A/perture screens cinema 365 days a year - from independent to documentary to world cinema - and promotes media literacy and film education to the community, providing the opportunity for people of all ages to experience the wonder of cinema.
Expenses $718,188 · Revenue $445,143
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Lawren Desai
Executive Director Through Sept 2024
- Total calculated
- $86,523
- From this org
- $84,033
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,490
- Hours/week
- 40
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Leigh Dyer
Executive Director Effective Dec 2024
- Total calculated
- $3,577
- From this org
- $3,577
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jeanne Sayers
Chair Thru Sept 24 Director Eff Oct 24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Fayaz Qureshi
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jessica Johansson
Director Thru Sept 24 Vice Chair Eff Oct 24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Chad Harris
Director Thru Sept 24 Exec At-Large Eff Oct 24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alexandra Salas
Vice-Chair Thru Sept 24 Director Eff Oct 24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carol Emmet
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Janice Tsoules
Exec. At-Large Thru Sept 24 Chair Eff Oct 24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Ted Tseng
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Emily McCord
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Dr Alexa Edwards
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marina Davis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LaShonda Hairston
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Alyson Baker
Director Sept 2024 - Oct 2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Heather Barto-Wiley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Grace Patio
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Deb Marke
Director through Aug 2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Caroline Munroe
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paul Razza
Director through Jan 2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cristina Roche
Director through Jan 2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Clay Johnson
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $919,467
- Expenses
- $831,285
- Contributions
- $457,155
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $685,144
- Expenses
- $781,950
- Contributions
- $252,282
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $494,005
- Expenses
- $714,653
- Contributions
- $216,752
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $925,124
- Expenses
- $536,052
- Assets (EOY)
- $594,134
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $463,365
- Expenses
- $402,573
- Assets (EOY)
- $223,136
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $680,898
- Expenses
- $747,247
- Assets (EOY)
- $199,449
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $741,783
- Expenses
- $730,587
- Assets (EOY)
- $298,330
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $675,346
- Expenses
- $534,492
- Assets (EOY)
- $422,142
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2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $107,250
- Expenses
- $935
- Assets (EOY)
- $312,807
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$68,400
2024 22 grant(s) for varying purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$50,100
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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$48,395
2022 21 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES
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$48,100
2023 20 grant(s) for varying purposes
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2024 OPERATING ASSISTANCE
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TWIN CITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
$25,000
2024 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$20,000
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 OPERATING ASSISTANCE
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$10,000
2022 NEA CARES - ARP
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2024 SCIENCE ON SCREEN PROGRAM SUBGRANT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.