- Revenue 2024
- $12,006,489
- Expenses 2024
- $4,402,844
Program services were 65.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A650
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 820 CHURCH ST FL 4
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
NORTHLIGHT THEATRE ASPIRES TO PROMOTE CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE AND ENCOURAGE COMPASSION BY EXPLORING THE DEPTH OF OUR HUMANITY ACROSS A BOLD SPECTRUM OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES. WE SEEK TO ENTERTAIN, ENLIGHTEN, AND ELECTRIFY OUR AUDIENCES THROUGH CONTEMPORARY DRAMAS, INTIMATE MUSICALS AND REFRESHED CLASSICS. WE ARE FEARLESS IN OUR COMMITMENT TO CHAMPION NEW WORK, AND TO PROVIDE A NURTURING AND CREATIVE HOME FOR OUR ARTISTS. WE ARE RELENTLESS IN OUR PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH OUR PRODUCTIONS, OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES, OUR OUTREACH, AND OUR EDUCATION. NORTHLIGHT THEATRE REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY TO THE WORLD AND THE WORLD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
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NORTHLIGHT SEASON OF THEATRICAL WORKS - MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY.
Expenses $2,708,507 · Revenue $1,893,036
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EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Expenses $176,380 · Revenue $49,299
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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Robert ReganROBERT REGAN
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Julie ChernoffJULIE CHERNOFF
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jennifer ChristensenJENNIFER CHRISTENSEN
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Donna FrettDONNA FRETT
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Paul LehnerPAUL LEHNER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Paul EpnerPAUL EPNER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jim AllenJIM ALLEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Percy BergerPERCY BERGER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
E Faye ButlerE FAYE BUTLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Carole CahillCAROLE CAHILL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Diana CohenDIANA COHEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Sandra FarrowSANDRA FARROW
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
J Douglas GrayJ DOUGLAS GRAY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Freddi GreenbergFREDDI GREENBERG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Meghan OtisMEGHAN OTIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Tobi LaczkowskiTOBI LACZKOWSKI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Dennis MarinoDENNIS MARINO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mark McCarvilleMARK MCCARVILLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Michele RogersMICHELE ROGERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Brenton RogersBRENTON ROGERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Reetu Gowdar SandersREETU GOWDAR SANDERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Robert SilvermanROBERT SILVERMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Stacy Hetherington SimpsonSTACY HETHERINGTON SIMPSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Craig SmithCRAIG SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Tom StringerTOM STRINGER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
The first 25 listed. 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
-
2024
- Revenue
- $12,006,489
- Expenses
- $4,402,844
- Contributions
- $9,623,854
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $9,794,572
- Expenses
- $3,949,025
- Contributions
- $7,274,115
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $9,718,846
- Expenses
- $4,721,129
- Contributions
- $8,300,126
- 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
-
2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,934,981
- Expenses
- $3,719,250
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,462,460
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,620,962
- Expenses
- $1,714,827
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,601,935
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,261,780
- Expenses
- $3,143,515
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,541,751
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,616,407
- Expenses
- $3,568,544
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,121,323
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,444,769
- Expenses
- $3,092,535
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,077,494
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,496,281
- Expenses
- $3,218,404
- Assets (EOY)
- $709,279
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$1,103,369
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$385,437
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM
$250,000
2024 Community Contribution
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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NCRC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND INC
$135,000
2023 ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$130,830
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$112,000
2024 ARTS AND CULTURE
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$105,100
2023 ARTS AND CULTURE
-
$100,750
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.