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MERCED CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

EIN 77-0367895 MERCED, CA

Revenue 2024
$449,579
Expenses 2024
$396,288

Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
452 W MAIN 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

To provide instruction in the performing arts and to give public performances to display these and other art forms.

  • During the reporting year, Playhouse Merced Merced Center for the Performing Arts advanced its charitable mission by providing accessible performing arts experiences and arts education, with a strong emphasis on youth, families, and community engagement. Primary Program: Community Theatre, Dance & Arts Education Playhouse Merceds primary program encompassed live theatrical productions, dance instruction, youth theatre education, and school-based outreach designed to foster creativity, confidence, and cultural participation. Accomplishments during the year included: Mainstage Theatre Productions: The organization produced multiple full-scale mainstage theatrical productions presented to the public. These performances provided affordable access to live theatre while creating opportunities for local artists, technicians, and volunteers to participate in professionally supported community productions. Youth Theatre & Conservatory Programming: Playhouse Merced offered ongoing youth theatre classes and conservatory-style programming focused on acting, voice, movement, and ensemble work. Programs served children and teens and emphasized collaboration, creative expression, and social-emotional development. Dance Education Classes: The organization provided dance instruction for youth, expanding access to performing arts education beyond theatre and supporting physical expression, discipline, and artistic growth. School District & After-School Outreach: In partnership with the local school district, Playhouse Merced delivered after-school performing arts programming and outreach activities that brought theatre and dance education directly to students, increasing arts access for families who may not otherwise be able to participate in fee-based programs. Scholarships & Community Access: To ensure equitable participation, the organization offered scholarships and reduced-cost enrollment opportunities for qualifying students and families, helping remove financial barriers to arts education. Volunteer & Community Engagement: Playhouse Merced engaged community volunteers in productions, classes, and events, strengthening civic involvement and expanding the organizations capacity to deliver programming. Through these activities, Playhouse Merced fulfilled its exempt purpose by enriching the cultural life of the community, expanding access to the performing arts, and providing meaningful arts education opportunities for youth and families.

    Expenses $366,932 · Grants $350 · Revenue $402,777

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.

  • Sheilah Brooks

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Longobardi

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Talisha Brantley

    Corresponding Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Myisha Reed

    Recording Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Bryx

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorthea Lynn White

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Thomas

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rc Essig

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Yniguez

    Secretary

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $449,579
    Expenses
    $396,288
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $350
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $491,171
    Expenses
    $612,772
    Contributions
    $124,762
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $600,136
    Expenses
    $631,091
    Contributions
    $210,777
    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
    $533,771
    Expenses
    $450,780
    Assets (EOY)
    $468,641

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $312,509
    Expenses
    $302,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $392,027

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $690,327
    Expenses
    $543,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $377,636

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $731,206
    Expenses
    $545,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $271,800

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $660,014
    Expenses
    $608,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,650

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $561,526
    Expenses
    $539,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,392

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $455,464
    Expenses
    $453,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,019

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $408,339
    Expenses
    $408,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,936

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $376,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,531

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $446,714
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,837

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.