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THE CIRCUS BARN INCORPORATED

EIN 23-7352665 GREENSBORO, VT

Revenue 2024
$2,752,601
Expenses 2024
$2,896,901

Program services were 72.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A6E0
Classification
1200
Street
1 CIRCUS RD

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 PROMOTE THE SKILLS, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE TRAVELING CIRCUS, AND TO INSPIRE YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN LIFE-CHANGING ADVENTURES IN THE CIRCUS ARTS.

  • SMIRKUS CAMP - CIRCUS SMIRKUS OFFERS A VARIETY OF OVERNIGHT CAMP SESSIONS FOR YOUTH OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS UNDER OUR BIG TOP TENTS AT OUR SMIRKUS CAMP CAMPUS IN GREENSBORO, VT. SESSIONS THIS YEAR RANGE FROM TWO DAYS TO 5 WEEKS FOR KIDS AGED 5-18. THE SMIRKUS CAMP ROAD SHOW WILL ALSO PRESENT FREE SHOWS AROUND CENTRAL VT AND THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE LUNCHBOX PROGRAM, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER YOUTH FOCUSED GROUPS.

    Expenses $783,296 · Grants $29,585 · Revenue $756,557

  • BIG TOP TOUR - EACH SUMMER AN AUDITIONED COMPANY OF "SMIRKUS TROUPERS", AGES 12-18, TRAVELS NEW ENGLAND FOR A TWO-MONTH PERFORMANCE TOUR BACKED BY PROFESSIONAL COACHES, COOKS, MUSICIANS AND CREW. SHOWS TAKE PLACE UNDER A 700-SEAT, ONE-RING, EUROPEAN-STYLE BIG TOP AND HELP RAISE MONEY FOR COMMUNITY PRESENTERS.

    Expenses $1,299,138 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $1,357,607

  • SCHOOL RESIDENCIES - CIRCUS SMIRKUS WORKS WITH PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS ARTS EDUCATORS TO CONDUCT ONE- AND TWO-WEEK LONG ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL SETTINGS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. TEACHING IS ALIGNED WITH SEL PRINCIPLES WHERE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN A HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CONCENTRATION, FOCUS, AND PERSISTENCE. AT THE END OF EACH RESIDENCY A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY WIDE PERFORMANCE SHARES THE PROGRESS OF THE STUDENTS AND SHOWCASES THEIR DEVELOPMENTS IN A FUN AND INCLUSIVE SHOW.

    Expenses $18,160 · Revenue $52,084

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.

  • KATE HAYES

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • JUSTIN LEBLANC

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • BRIAN MIRON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOBY AYER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAIRE GRIMBLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRISTAN AVELINA CUNNINGHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBRA ELLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL DANDREA FISCHMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIRIAM ROSENBLUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SEIDEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARVIN WANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL SCHIFFER

    EX. & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,473
    From this org
    $78,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,832
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,752,601
    Expenses
    $2,896,901
    Contributions
    $539,045
    Grants paid
    $79,585
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,683,082
    Expenses
    $2,966,689
    Contributions
    $436,280
    Grants paid
    $93,880
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,341,002
    Expenses
    $2,593,661
    Contributions
    $596,836
    Grants paid
    $80,555
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,341,002
    Expenses
    $2,593,661
    Contributions
    $596,836
    Grants paid
    $80,555

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
    $1,808,081
    Expenses
    $1,455,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,468,222

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,624,444
    Expenses
    $1,357,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,269,347

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,736,861
    Expenses
    $2,528,546
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,055,535

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,624,119
    Expenses
    $2,518,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,997,218

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,504,411
    Expenses
    $2,506,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,022,623

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,446,196
    Expenses
    $2,445,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,140,971

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,656,953
    Expenses
    $2,305,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,314,878

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,302,122
    Expenses
    $2,362,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,307,739

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,849,413
    Expenses
    $2,149,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,080,269

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,088,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,389,427

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

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 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.