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COMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATION

EIN 31-1692848 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024
$1,686,655
Expenses 2024
$1,956,640

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A60
Classification
1000
Street
5530 PENN AVENUE

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

KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER IS A HOME FOR CREATIVE EXPERIMENTATION, COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION ROOTED IN THE LIBERATION OF BLACK AND QUEER PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND THE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF AUDIENCES.

  • KST PRESENTS - KST PRESENTS BRINGS EVENING-LENGTH DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE WORKS, FROM LOCAL AND GLOBAL ARTISTS TO OUR PITTSBURGH STAGES ON AN ONGOING BASIS. KST WORKS WITH ARTISTS ON GRANT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING NATIONAL DANCE/THEATER PROJECT, NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK CREATION FUND COMMISSIONS AND ADVANCING BLACK ARTS TO REALIZE THESE PROJECTS.

    Expenses $1,023,706 · Revenue $54,767

  • RENTALS - KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER AND KST'S ALLOY STUDIOS ARE TWO PROFESSIONALLY-EQUIPPED VENUES LOCATED IN THE HEART OF EAST LIBERTY AND ALONG THE PENN AVENUE ARTS DISTRICT, RESPECTIVELY. THESE SPACES PLAY HOST TO A COLLECTION OF EXCITING REHEARSALS, FILM SHOOTS, AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND CAN ACCOMMODATE A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS SUCH AS CONCERTS, DANCE PERFORMANCES, THEATER PRODUCTIONS, LECTURES, AND MEETINGS--ALL AT COMPETITIVE MARKET-BASED RATES WITH A FULL TEAM OF SUPPORT STAFF. KST'S PROVISION OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ALLOWS FOR UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD POPULATIONS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE FACILITIES AND ECONOMICALLY IMPROVES THE KST NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ART.

    Expenses $366,005 · Revenue $192,742

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AT KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER FOCUSES ON PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, COMMUNITY-CENTERED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. OUR FACILITIES SUPPORT A VARIETY OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, REHEARSALS, AND SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITIES ACROSS CREATIVE, CULTURAL, AND PERFORMANCE-BASED DISCIPLINES, OFFERING FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR BOTH ONGOING INSTRUCTION AND SHORT-TERM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $43,256 · Revenue $17,100

  • OTHER- KST IS PROUD TO LAUNCH SPECIAL, TIME-LIMITED PROJECTS ADDRESSING SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUES THAT FULFILL OUR ROLE AS A RESPONSIVE ARTS ORGANIZATION CHARGED WITH BEING A LEADER IN CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE, ADDITIONALLY, KST PROVIDES SERVICES IN CURATION, PROJECT AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR COMPANIES, SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING UNIQUE PERFORMANCE AND ARTS EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $41,576 · Revenue $107,660

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.

  • JOSEPH DECKER

    TREASURER (UNTIL 12/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD SMITH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSSA LYON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTELL COVINGTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELINDA MALONEY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARDELL VELEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNY ALTMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVONNE CAMPOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA OLIVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH PISTELLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIKA TURNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CEPHAS CLAUDE VIDZRO

    TREASURER (STARTING 12/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARONDA WHATLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM GOLDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH HALL

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,316
    From this org
    $96,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,428
    Hours/week
    40

  • MELANIE PAGLIA

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $93,634
    From this org
    $86,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,118
    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
    $1,686,655
    Expenses
    $1,956,640
    Contributions
    $1,294,245
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,197,616
    Expenses
    $1,606,190
    Contributions
    $890,221
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,750,141
    Expenses
    $1,602,200
    Contributions
    $1,463,804
    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
    $2,200,744
    Expenses
    $1,302,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,533,416

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,720,852
    Expenses
    $1,242,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,843,368

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,139,117
    Expenses
    $1,093,356
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,375,695

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,371,688
    Expenses
    $1,324,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,178,104

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,176,243
    Expenses
    $1,301,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,060,608

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,344,539
    Expenses
    $1,211,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,262,092

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,047,602
    Expenses
    $1,570,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,211,836

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,474,060
    Expenses
    $1,806,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,576,229

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,438,037
    Expenses
    $1,420,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,916,776

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,189,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $908,030

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.