THE CHANCE THEATER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A65

Classification

2000

Street

5522 E LA PALMA AVE

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

• IN 2024, CHANCE THEATER ENGAGED AUDIENCES WITH TICKETED PERFORMANCES AND MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS TO A VARIETY OF PRODUCTIONS, INCLUDING: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, ALMA, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, GLORIA, FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL , JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA THE MUSICAL, AND FANCY NANCY: SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS.

  Expenses $871,273 · Revenue $435,130

• CHANCE'S SPEAK UP PROGRAM EMPOWERS LOCAL TEENS--INCLUDING THOSE AT RISK AND ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, AS WELL AS LOCAL VETERANS --TO FIND THEIR VOICES AND SHARE THEIR UNIQUE STORIES THROUH A THEATER WORKSHOP SERIES. BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, WE GAIN THE CHANCE TO LISTEN, BUILDING UNDERSTANDING THAT LEADS TO GREATER EMPATHY. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE STRIVE TO CREATE A MORE CONNECTED, COMPASSIONATE, AND CREATIVE COMMUNITY. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS, ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS.

  Expenses $98,972 · Revenue $28,145

• CHANCE DEVELOPMENTAL WORK INCLUDES CHANCE'S ON THE RADAR (OTR) NEW WORKS PROGRAM AS WELL AS BOOKED-IN EVENTS TO PARTNER WITH AND HOST LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PRESENT THEIR OWN ARTISTIC PROGRAMS. CHANCE'S OTR INCLUDES A SCRIPT READING SERIES, PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCY, AND COMMISSIONING PROGRAM--ALL DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING DIVERSE NEW STORIES BY EMERGING U.S. PLAYWRIGHTS. IN 2024, WE INVITED AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THROUGH TICKETED EVENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FEATURING THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS: LIPSTICK LOBOTOMY, CALL YOUR MOTHER, BOAT SHOW, TENDERNESS AND GRATITUDE NUMBER FOUR AND BOAT SHOW (2ND READING WITH UPDATED SCRIPT).

  Expenses $80,948 · Revenue $10,731

• EQUIPMENT & SPACE RENTALS; CHANCE RENTS THEIR SPACE TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO USE THE BETTE AITKEN THEATER ARTS CENTER. RENTALS MAY INCLUDE CRIPE OR FYDA-MAR STAGE, CLASSROOM, AND LOBBY SPACE. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IS ALSO RENTED AS-NEEDED FOR THEATRICAL EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, OPEN MIC NIGHTS, WEDDINGS, AND VARIOUS OTHER EVENTS.

  Expenses $41,647 · Revenue $7,875

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.

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

  $1,285,310

  Expenses

  $1,327,169

  Contributions

  $632,820

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,907,606

  Expenses

  $1,356,917

  Contributions

  $1,281,494

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,324,533

  Expenses

  $1,215,227

  Contributions

  $859,604

  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

  $1,670,321

  Expenses

  $837,803

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,495,839

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $729,684

  Expenses

  $687,190

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,536,509

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,128,934

  Expenses

  $1,019,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,214,921

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $977,341

  Expenses

  $972,674

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,041,054

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $859,760

  Expenses

  $862,217

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,074,836

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $797,214

  Expenses

  $771,433

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,026,644

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $975,683

  Expenses

  $744,197

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,075,360

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $975,683

  Expenses

  $744,197

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,075,360

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $927,226

  Expenses

  $554,500

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,011,413

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $611,085

  Expenses

  $379,712

  Assets (EOY)

  $560,843

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

• ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $59,000

  2023 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $57,800

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $52,450

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• ANAHEIM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT - YOUTH THEATRE

• ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $35,000

  2022 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $26,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $25,000

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $10,000

  2023 · 2023 PRODUCER DONATION

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $9,500

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $8,500

  2022 · ARTS & CULTURE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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