- Revenue 2024
- $107,736
- Expenses 2024
- $134,745
Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A65
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 23
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
Primary exempt purpose
BUFFALO COMMUNITY THEATER IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING QUALITY AMATEUR THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN BUFFALO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHILE PROVIDING IMAGINATIVE AND ENTERTAINING AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES.
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR 2025 SHOW "URINETOWN."
Expenses $25,290
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR 2025 SHOW "NEWSIES JR."
Expenses $22,983
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PRODUCTIONS COSTS FOR 2024 SHOW "MURDER ON THE NILE."
Expenses $17,035
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PRODUCTION COST FOR THE 2025 SHOW "THE DINING ROOM."
Expenses $12,452
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE 2024 SHOW "ENCHANTED APRIL."
Expenses $800
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE 2024 SHOW "GRUMPY OLD MEN."
Expenses $300
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE 2024 SHOW "MY FAIR LADY."
Expenses $8,661
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE UPCOMING SHOW "CINDERELLA."
Expenses $7,623
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR UPCOMING SHOW "FLAT STANLEY."
Expenses $4,340
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PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE 2025 SHOW "BROADWAY IN BUFFALO."
Expenses $2,190 · Grants $2,000
As filed on the 2024 return. The first 10 program lines listed; the rest are in the source return and the API. 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.
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Eric EllwoodsERIC ELLWOODS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Philip LudwigPHILIP LUDWIG
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Tony CarlsonTONY CARLSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Michael WalshMICHAEL WALSH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Greg BestlandGREG BESTLAND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tammy Mate-PetersonTAMMY MATE-PETERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Janice LuomaJANICE LUOMA
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sue KumpulaSUE KUMPULA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Diane PauluDIANE PAULU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Miranda PlaistedMIRANDA PLAISTED
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Anne DragerANNE DRAGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $107,736
- Expenses
- $134,745
- Contributions
- $33,283
- Grants paid
- $2,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $120,197
- Expenses
- $117,038
- Contributions
- $35,944
- Grants paid
- $1,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $124,753
- Expenses
- $101,534
- Contributions
- $42,993
- Grants paid
- not reported
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
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2021 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $130,446
- Expenses
- $103,610
- Assets (EOY)
- $51,894
-
2020 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $51,448
- Expenses
- $44,943
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,058
-
2019 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $61,517
- Expenses
- $60,729
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,553
-
2018 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $104,637
- Expenses
- $101,663
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,765
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2017 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $85,799
- Expenses
- $92,433
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,791
-
2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $86,610
- Expenses
- $92,160
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,425
-
2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $76,764
- Expenses
- $74,770
- Assets (EOY)
- $26,975
-
2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $70,703
- Expenses
- $74,532
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,981
-
2013 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $64,009
- Expenses
- $65,646
- Assets (EOY)
- $28,810
-
2012 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $68,126
- Expenses
- $57,463
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,447
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
-
$33,096
2022 PROJECT GRANTS, COMMUNITY ARTS SUPPORT GRANT & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
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$28,710
2024 PROJECT GRANT, COMMUNITY ARTS SUPPORT GRANT & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
-
$21,304
2023 PROJECT GRANT, COMMUNITY ARTS SUPPORT GRANT & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.