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ARTS & LEARNING CORPORATION

EIN 73-1724164 COSTA MESA, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,360,129
Expenses 2024
$2,179,666

Program services were 52.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A25
Classification
2000
Street
151 KALMUS DR

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

TO DELIVER WORLD-CLASS PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION TO STUDENTS OF EVERY AGE AND BACKGROUND, ENSURING HIGH QUALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

  • THE ALC AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS REPRESENT A STRUCTURED SUITE OF ARTS-ENRICHMENT OFFERINGS DESIGNED TO EXTEND OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION BEYOND REGULAR CLASSROOM HOURS, DELIVERING CONSISTENT, STANDARDS-ALIGNED INSTRUCTION ACROSS MULTIPLE CREATIVE DISCIPLINES. THE PORTFOLIO INCLUDES MUSICAL THEATRE (INTEGRATING ACTING, VOCAL PERFORMANCE, AND STAGED PRODUCTION WORK), TECHNICAL THEATRE (COVERING STAGE MANAGEMENT, LIGHTING AND SOUND DESIGN, AND PROP/BACKDROP DESIGN WITH EMPHASIS ON SAFETY, PROJECT EXECUTION, AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT), DANCE (PROVIDING TECHNIQUE-BASED TRAINING ACROSS STYLES WITH CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT), AND INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTION (INCLUDING BAND, STRING, AND DRUMMING CURRICULA FOCUSED ON MUSIC LITERACY, TECHNIQUE, ENSEMBLE SKILLS, AND RECITAL PREPARATION). ALL PROGRAM AREAS OPERATE WITH SEASONED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, EQUIPMENT/RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP, WITH CONSISTENT SERVICE DELIVERY.

    Expenses $1,073,845 · Revenue $3,095,098

  • GOSPEL VOICES OF OC IS A CULTURALLY GROUNDED PERFORMING-ARTS INITIATIVE THAT CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND ARTISTRY THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTION FEATURING GOSPEL, JAZZ, SPOKEN WORD, DANCE AND THEATRICAL STORYTELLING. THE PROGRAM'S DISTINCTIVE VALUE LIES IN ITS INTERGENERATIONAL MODEL, WHERE STUDENTS REHEARSE AND PERFORM ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, GAINING REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE WHILE CONTRIBUTING AUTHENTICALLY TO THE NARRATIVE AND MUSICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PRODUCTION. THROUGH CURATED REHEARSALS, MENTORSHIP, AND COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE PROCESSES,GOSPEL VOICES OF OC STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY, EXPANDS ARTS ACCESS, AND ELEVATES HERITAGE PRESERVATION, ALL WHILE DEVELOPING EMERGING TALENT WITHIN A PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $58,412 · Revenue $51,430

  • OUR YOUTH MAINSTAGE THEATRE SHOWS ARE FULL-SCALE, PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED PRODUCTIONS THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH IMMERSIVE, END-TO-END TRAINING IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. THESE SHOWS MIRROR INDUSTRY-STANDARD THEATRICAL PROCESSES, GIVING YOUNG PERFORMERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EXPERIENCED DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, DESIGNERS, AND TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS FROM EARLY REHEARSALS THROUGH FINAL CURTAIN. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, VOCAL AND MOVEMENT TRAINING, ENSEMBLE COLLABORATION, AND PRODUCTION DISCIPLINE, ALL WITHIN A STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT THAT PRIORITIZES ARTISTIC GROWTH, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. THE YOUTH MAINSTAGE THEATRE PROGRAM DELIVERS BOTH HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC PRODUCTIONS AND MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCES THAT PREPARE YOUNG ARTISTS FOR ADVANCE TRAINING AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.

    Expenses $2,186 · Revenue $6,299

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.

  • Debora Wondercheck

    CEO/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $166,127
    From this org
    $144,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,127
    Filer's total
    $166,127
  • Andy Robles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Orogalas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Gilmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby Bloom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ram Rao

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Kim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Johnstone

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiesha Hutchins

    COO

    Total calculated
    $116,751
    From this org
    $112,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,684
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,360,129
    Expenses
    $2,179,666
    Contributions
    $1,169,405
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,629,588
    Expenses
    $1,798,588
    Contributions
    $1,893,423
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,021,203
    Expenses
    $1,364,740
    Contributions
    $1,053,894
    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
    $1,093,997
    Expenses
    $876,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,852,566
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $675,520
    Expenses
    $499,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,681,357
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $638,085
    Expenses
    $696,710
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,485,877
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $647,234
    Expenses
    $570,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,536,633
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $603,108
    Expenses
    $594,392
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,440,616
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,646,100
    Expenses
    $576,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,409,261
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $537,417
    Expenses
    $493,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $222,724
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $483,651
    Expenses
    $398,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,475

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

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 11 November 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.