SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 23-7025084 COLUMBUS, GA

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Revenue 2024: $5,415,873
Expenses 2024: $3,944,750

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A6A0
Classification: 2000
Street: 103 10TH 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

THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO MAKE EVERY ASPECT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AN INSTRUMENT FOR EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND GROWTH WHILE USING, RESTORING AND PRESERVING THE SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE BUILDING AS PART OF A WORKING THEATRE COMPLEX. THE SPRINGER SUPPORTS THE SPRINGER SCHOOL OF THEATRE ARTS, THE GLESCA MARSHALL PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY, SPRINGER THEATRE ON TOUR, THE DEEPSOUTH NEW PLAY CONTEST, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS (SPRINGER GUILD AND SOHO) AND MAINSTAGE SEASON PERFORMANCES.

THE ASSOCIATION IS INVOLVED IN LIVE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, THEATRE CLASSES, AND AN ART LIBRARY INTENDED TO BROADEN THE AUDIENCE BASE AND PRESERVE HISTORICAL MATERIALS AND ARTIFACTS. THE ASSOCIATION PRODUCED SHOWS ON THE MAIN STAGE, SCHOOL PERFORMANCES, SHOWS IN STUDIO 2 AND SHOWS IN THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE. THESE SHOWS SERVED THOUSANDS OF PATRONS AS WELL AS MANY STUDENTS.

Expenses $2,702,648 · Grants $400 · Revenue $917,507
THE ASSOCIATION HAS A TRAINING PROGRAM CALLED THE SPRINGER THEATRE ACADEMY THAT HAS OVER 700 STUDENTS. THE ACADAMY HAS A STAFF OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, DIRECTORS, THEATRE TEACHERS AND TECHNICIANS THAT PROVIDE TRAINING TO MOTIVATED YOUNG ARTISTS AND VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BOOST THEATRE AND MUSIC PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND THEATRE COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CLASSES AT THE ACADEMY INCLUDE VOICE AND MOVEMENT, IMPROV, SKILLS AND DRILLS, SCENE STUDY, PLAYWRITING AND MUSICAL THEATRE.

Expenses $136,490 · Grants $29,202 · Revenue $371,365

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.

Alice BudgeALICE BUDGE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Teresa AbellTERESA ABELL

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bridget AlcideBRIDGET ALCIDE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
F Clason KyleF CLASON KYLE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joe McClureJOE MCCLURE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David LevineDAVID LEVINE

PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brian LuedtkeBRIAN LUEDTKE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
William BrayWILLIAM BRAY

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cindy GarrardCINDY GARRARD

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lisa Powers-BurnsLISA POWERS-BURNS

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Len KilgoreLEN KILGORE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dusty WellbornDUSTY WELLBORN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lee PiersonLEE PIERSON

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Frank SchleyFRANK SCHLEY

TRUSTEE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Danielle VarnerDANIELLE VARNER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CEO

Total calculated

$92,291

From this org

$89,171

From related orgs

$0

Other

$3,120

Hours/week

40
Sherricka DaySHERRICKA DAY

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
William MorganWILLIAM MORGAN

CHAIR ELECT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Eliza MorrillELIZA MORRILL

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marie BrooksMARIE BROOKS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lativia RiversLATIVIA RIVERS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Corrin RileyCORRIN RILEY

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Iris TateIRIS TATE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Neil ClarkNEIL CLARK

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John HargroveJOHN HARGROVE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Barbara KennonBARBARA KENNON

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

$5,415,873

Expenses

$3,944,750

Contributions

$3,173,260

Grants paid

$29,602
2023

Revenue

$6,111,508

Expenses

$3,889,579

Contributions

$4,427,993

Grants paid

$33,732
2022

Revenue

$2,491,552

Expenses

$3,729,017

Contributions

$1,074,735

Grants paid

$31,894

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$5,415,873	$3,944,750	$3,173,260	$29,602
2023	$6,111,508	$3,889,579	$4,427,993	$33,732
2022	$2,491,552	$3,729,017	$1,074,735	$31,894

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
2023 · 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

$4,001,433

Expenses

$3,010,040

Assets (EOY)

$18,672,738
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$2,523,736

Expenses

$2,447,984

Assets (EOY)

$19,134,966
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,820,223

Expenses

$2,831,531

Assets (EOY)

$18,338,634
2018 · 990

Revenue

$2,705,718

Expenses

$3,041,749

Assets (EOY)

$20,208,827
2017 · 990

Revenue

$2,656,422

Expenses

$2,856,664

Assets (EOY)

$19,703,418

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$4,001,433	$3,010,040	$18,672,738
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$2,523,736	$2,447,984	$19,134,966
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$1,820,223	$2,831,531	$18,338,634
2018	990	$2,705,718	$3,041,749	$20,208,827
2017	990	$2,656,422	$2,856,664	$19,703,418

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

SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION TUA 3019590655 006

$541,465

2022 GENERAL OPERATING
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC

$474,483

2023 MULTIPLE SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC

$370,068

2024 MULTIPLE SUPPORT
SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION TUA 3019590655 006

$211,184

2023 GENERAL OPERATING
SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION TUA 3019590655 006

$205,269

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC

$85,000

2022 MULTIPLE SUPPORT
FOX THEATRE INC

$60,000

2024 PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION
FOX THEATRE INC

$50,000

2023 PRESERVATION AND OPERATIONS EXPERTISE, CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$18,300

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
COWETA FALLS STEEPLECHASE INC

$17,000

2023 General support

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION TUA 3019590655 006

On its 2025 return

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.