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FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC

EIN 95-2834871 PALM DESERT, CA

Revenue 2024
$22,850,242
Expenses 2024
$20,483,098

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1200
Street
73000 FRED WARING 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

The McCallum Theatre's mission is to entertain and educate the public by offering a variety of performing arts experiences that reflect the diversity of people, interests, and tastes of the communities and constituents served by the theatre.

  • provided a variety of performing arts experiences that reflect the diversity of people, interests, and tastes of the communities and constituents served by the theatre. Provided entertainment and educated the public through the performing arts, with a focus on serving the youth of the Coachella Valley. Promoted and ensured the financial health of the theatre and its long-term viability as a cultural institution by operating efficiently and building a broad base of community support, and worked collaboratively with other arts and community organizations in the Coachella Valley. by operating efficiently and building a broad base of community support, and worked collaboratively with other arts and community organizations in the Coachella Valley.

    Expenses $14,610,398 · Revenue $11,181,082

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.

  • Mitchell Gershenfeld

    President & CEO (THRU 8/2024)

    Total calculated
    $485,832
    From this org
    $482,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,712
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $482,120
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $188
    Filer's total
    $485,832

  • Yvonne Bell

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $344,002
    From this org
    $309,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,002
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,643
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,359
    Filer's total
    $344,002

  • Robert McConnaughey

    President/CFO

    Total calculated
    $336,728
    From this org
    $303,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,874
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,837
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,037
    Filer's total
    $336,728

  • Kajsa Thuresson-Frary

    VP of Education

    Total calculated
    $171,252
    From this org
    $148,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,252
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,558
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,694
    Filer's total
    $171,252

  • George Syrigos

    Assoc. VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $166,205
    From this org
    $142,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,372
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,314
    Filer's total
    $166,205

  • Russell Holmes

    VP of Production

    Total calculated
    $157,537
    From this org
    $136,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,806
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,558
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,173
    Filer's total
    $157,537

  • Thomas Head

    Assoc. VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $149,972
    From this org
    $124,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,799
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Anderson

    Audio/Visual Director

    Total calculated
    $144,568
    From this org
    $133,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,300
    Hours/week
    40

  • Garry Kief

    Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aubrey Serfling

    1st Vice Chairperson/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Grove

    2nd Vice Chairperson/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggy Simon

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Rembis

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Croom

    Vice Chr/PRLEMNTRY/ TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beatrice Gonzalez

    COD Rep (EFF 1/12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Meyer

    Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Oden

    Ex-Officio

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Jackson

    Ex-Officio (EFF 4/21/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted J Weill

    Liaison - non-voting

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Hankey Rogers

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cary Lowe

    Trustee (EFF 2/17/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Dykema

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Rubin

    Trustee (EFF 5/19/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna MacMillan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Martin

    Trustee (THRU 9/28/24)

    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. 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
    $22,850,242
    Expenses
    $20,483,098
    Contributions
    $9,463,558
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,336,190
    Expenses
    $18,829,170
    Contributions
    $11,013,926
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,366,765
    Expenses
    $16,824,752
    Contributions
    $10,127,965
    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
    $20,407,526
    Expenses
    $14,541,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,047,897

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,942,818
    Expenses
    $6,008,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,749,727

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,409,484
    Expenses
    $14,290,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,803,652

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,962,029
    Expenses
    $14,373,938
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,775,702

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,045,702
    Expenses
    $14,801,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,920,376

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,062,577
    Expenses
    $13,663,160
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,087,401

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,358,693
    Expenses
    $13,151,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,434,647

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,405,655
    Expenses
    $12,025,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,083,378

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,851,542
    Expenses
    $12,222,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,976,385

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,619,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,089,513

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.

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 on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.