FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER

EIN 39-1944215 SCOTTSBLUFF, NE

Revenue 2023: $713,034
Expenses 2023: $668,762

Program services were 68.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A116
Classification: 2100
Street: PO BOX 276

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 · 2023

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE ARTS COMMUNITY WITHIN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY PRESERVINCG THE HISTORIC MIDWEST THEATER FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AND NURTURING A LIVELY COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF MAINSTREAM AND SPECIALTY FILMS, PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, SCHOOL, HUMANITIES, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF A HISTORIC THEATER BUILDING. ENJOYMENT INCLUDES MOVIES, PERFORMING ARTS, YOUTH ARTS AND EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THE FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER ACQUIRED AND TOTALLY REMODELED A CLASSIC OLD THEATER. THE THEATER IS NOW USED FOR VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE OPERATION USES THE SERICES OF MORE THAN 300 VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR TO COMPLETE ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE.

Expenses $382,348 · Revenue $195,703
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS - FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER ACQUIRED HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS, TOTALLY RENOVATING THE SRUCTURES, AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FOR CULTURAL EVENTS FROM MOVIES TO LIVE THEATER PRODUCTIONS. THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE ENJOYED THE PRODUCTIONS IN THE FACILITY.

Expenses $77,162

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Sharyn WholersSHARYN WHOLERS

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mary RobinsonMARY ROBINSON

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Troy CowanTROY COWAN

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Laurie AlkireLAURIE ALKIRE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Shirley BurfordSHIRLEY BURFORD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kim FergusonKIM FERGUSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lorin KingLORIN KING

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dick MeyerDICK MEYER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bill PetersBILL PETERS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marilyn RahmigMARILYN RAHMIG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Stew RuschSTEW RUSCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tracy SteeleTRACY STEELE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Allen TaylorALLEN TAYLOR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Larita Van BoskirkLARITA VAN BOSKIRK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jeff TracyJEFF TRACY

EX OFFICIO OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tomina WorthmanTOMINA WORTHMAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$60,000

From this org

$60,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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

2023

Revenue

$713,034

Expenses

$668,762

Contributions

$512,004

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$850,631

Expenses

$624,773

Contributions

$570,884

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$713,034	$668,762	$512,004	$0
2022	$850,631	$624,773	$570,884	$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

$746,259

Expenses

$548,346

Assets (EOY)

$2,136,660
2020 · 990

Revenue

$503,085

Expenses

$519,744

Assets (EOY)

$1,687,572
2019 · 990

Revenue

$554,643

Expenses

$654,867

Assets (EOY)

$1,681,493
2018 · 990

Revenue

$560,211

Expenses

$617,567

Assets (EOY)

$1,692,277
2017 · 990

Revenue

$623,603

Expenses

$606,427

Assets (EOY)

$1,748,397
2016 · 990

Revenue

$613,077

Expenses

$541,100

Assets (EOY)

$1,731,581
2015 · 990

Revenue

$478,973

Expenses

$467,671

Assets (EOY)

$1,661,329
2014 · 990

Revenue

$448,903

Expenses

$453,104

Assets (EOY)

$1,646,022
2013 · 990

Revenue

$518,166

Expenses

$436,057

Assets (EOY)

$1,649,111
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$306,666

Assets (EOY)

$1,605,495

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$746,259	$548,346	$2,136,660
2020	990	$503,085	$519,744	$1,687,572
2019	990	$554,643	$654,867	$1,681,493
2018	990	$560,211	$617,567	$1,692,277
2017	990	$623,603	$606,427	$1,748,397
2016	990	$613,077	$541,100	$1,731,581
2015	990	$478,973	$467,671	$1,661,329
2014	990	$448,903	$453,104	$1,646,022
2013	990	$518,166	$436,057	$1,649,111
2012	990	not reported	$306,666	$1,605,495

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

OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$77,620

2023 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$27,045

2022 ARTS/HUMANITIES
REGIONAL WEST MEDICAL CENTER

$20,000

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
NAC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

$12,230

2022 BASIC SUPPORT
NAC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

$6,888

2024 BASIC SUPPORT
NAC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

$6,745

2023 BASIC SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$5,300

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.