FRIENDS OF THE STRAND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A54

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 4186

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

• AS THE LAST REMAINING HISTORIC THEATRE IN COBB COUNTY, THE STRAND IS A LANDMARK STEEPED IN HISTORY ON THE MARIETTA SQUARE. ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1935 BY THE MANNING-WINKS THEATRE COMPANY AS AN ART DECO MOVIE PALACE. IT IS CURRENTLY THE HOME OF THE EARL AND RACHEL SMITH STRAND THEATRE, A NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT LIGHTS UP THE SQUARE WITH FILMS, CONCERTS, MUSICALS, PLAYS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. WHETHER PATRONS ARE INTERESTED IN STEPPING BACK IN TIME TO GLIMPSE A BYGONE ERA OR LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING CURRENT ACTS OF TODAY, THE STRAND FILLS A CRITICAL NICHE IN THE LOCAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF MARIETTA. THE STRAND HOSTS A WIDE VARIETY OF ART FORMS AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND PROVIDES A HISTORIC HOME FOR ARTS LOVERS TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $1,196,255 · Revenue $1,661,704

• THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO THE RESTORATION AND OPERATION OF THE LAST REMAINING HISTORIC THEATRE IN COBB COUNTY. BY THE EARLY 2000S, THE LANDMARK HAD FALLEN INTO SERIOUS DISREPAIR. A GROUP OF CONCERNED CIVIC LEADERS LAUNCHED INTO ACTION TO RE-OPEN THE THEATRE IN 2008 AND RESTORED IT TO ITS FORMER SPLENDOR. THE THEATRE'S PHYSICAL ASSETS RANGING FROM THE RESTORED LUMIERE LOUNGE TO THE OPEN-AIR ROOFTOP TERRACE ARE ALL ESSENTIAL PIECES OF THE BUSINESS MODEL NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMANCES.

  Expenses $978,754 · Revenue $9,440

• THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY'S NEED AND GROWING DEMAND FOR HIGH-QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS PROGRAMS TO INTRODUCE AND GARNER A LOVE FOR THE ARTS IN THE YOUNG COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS CAMPS, WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR AND IN MANY CASES PERFORMED BY STUDENTS AND YOUTH.

  Expenses $17,827 · Revenue $45,093

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

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

  $2,735,055

  Expenses

  $2,683,317

  Contributions

  $722,960

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,352,126

  Expenses

  $2,249,455

  Contributions

  $585,259

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,631,505

  Expenses

  $1,672,834

  Contributions

  $288,538

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,911,052

  Expenses

  $1,190,427

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,885,519

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $927,476

  Expenses

  $957,754

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,151,362

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,385,946

  Expenses

  $1,445,453

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,007,225

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,840,740

  Expenses

  $1,362,569

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,441,226

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,586,446

  Expenses

  $1,164,532

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,581,485

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $923,298

  Expenses

  $1,001,754

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,974,569

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $975,971

  Expenses

  $1,119,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,137,479

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $829,577

  Expenses

  $1,157,090

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,229,000

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $981,851

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,733,781

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $835,944

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,201,386

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

• COBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $126,145

  2025 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• COBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $118,819

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $116,250

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $105,275

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC

  $37,500

  2024 · IMPROVEMENTS TO NPO'

• SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC

  $37,500

  2024 · IMPROVEMENTS TO NPO'

• FOX THEATRE INC

  $36,000

  2024 · PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC

  $32,241

  2022 · UTILITY SYS. IMPROV.

• FOX THEATRE INC

  $31,500

  2023 · PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION

• COBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $18,750

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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