BIJOU THEATER CENTER

EIN 62-1303589 KNOXVILLE, TN

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Revenue 2024: $3,730,184
Expenses 2024: $3,435,952

Program services were 91.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 2000
Street: 803 S GAY ST

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

AS A NON-PROFIT CULTURAL INSTITUTION, THE BIJOU THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY AND COMMUNITY BY OFFERING A VIBRANT SPACE FOR LIVE PERFORMING ARTS. THEY STRIVE TO SHOWCASE DIVERSE CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS THAT ENRICH THE LIVES OF EAST TENNESSEANS, HONORING KNOXVILLE'S HERITAGE WHILE SHAPING ITS ARTISTIC FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A HISTORIC THEATRE PRESENTING LIVE PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, AND CULTURAL EVENTS.

THE BIJOU THEATRE PRESENTS A VARIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTIONS, PARTNERS WITH LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST THEIR PRESENTATIONS, AND OFFERS REHEARSAL SPACE FOR PERFORMANCES.

Expenses $3,143,519 · Revenue $3,004,142
N/A
N/A

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.

Catherine RappCATHERINE RAPP

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Fanita OverstreetFANITA OVERSTREET

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Jack SingletonJACK SINGLETON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Kelly StreetKELLY STREET

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chris BarksdaleCHRIS BARKSDALE

HR REP

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Shanna BrowningSHANNA BROWNING

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Ashley CappsASHLEY CAPPS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Shannon McCullockSHANNON MCCULLOCK

FACILITIES COMM. CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Chris TrumpCHRIS TRUMP

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
David ArningDAVID ARNING

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tim ChandlerTIM CHANDLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Michelle ClaytonMICHELLE CLAYTON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Andin FaisonANDIN FAISON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Justin HoskinsJUSTIN HOSKINS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Cole RenfroCOLE RENFRO

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Courtney BergmeierCOURTNEY BERGMEIER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$128,812

From this org

$114,480

From related orgs

$0

Other

$14,332

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

$3,730,184

Expenses

$3,435,952

Contributions

$496,109

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$3,814,042

Expenses

$3,656,143

Contributions

$740,496

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$3,392,685

Expenses

$2,533,114

Contributions

$760,011

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$3,730,184	$3,435,952	$496,109	$0
2023	$3,814,042	$3,656,143	$740,496	$0
2022	$3,392,685	$2,533,114	$760,011	$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

$3,906,222

Expenses

$2,118,560

Assets (EOY)

$4,966,166
2020 · 990

Revenue

$401,286

Expenses

$612,577

Assets (EOY)

$3,185,802
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,974,526

Expenses

$1,852,589

Assets (EOY)

$3,378,713
2018 · 990

Revenue

$2,493,114

Expenses

$2,266,310

Assets (EOY)

$3,282,003
2017 · 990

Revenue

$2,234,051

Expenses

$2,121,495

Assets (EOY)

$3,105,891
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,858,584

Expenses

$1,727,969

Assets (EOY)

$3,338,040
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,827,622

Expenses

$1,647,195

Assets (EOY)

$3,216,345
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,654,414

Expenses

$1,515,859

Assets (EOY)

$3,087,320
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,209,684

Assets (EOY)

$2,927,526
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,277,869

Assets (EOY)

$2,982,896

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$3,906,222	$2,118,560	$4,966,166
2020	990	$401,286	$612,577	$3,185,802
2019	990	$1,974,526	$1,852,589	$3,378,713
2018	990	$2,493,114	$2,266,310	$3,282,003
2017	990	$2,234,051	$2,121,495	$3,105,891
2016	990	$1,858,584	$1,727,969	$3,338,040
2015	990	$1,827,622	$1,647,195	$3,216,345
2014	990	$1,654,414	$1,515,859	$3,087,320
2012	990	not reported	$1,209,684	$2,927,526
2011	990	not reported	$1,277,869	$2,982,896

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

ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE

$60,500

2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE

$60,500

2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE

$24,560

2024 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$17,120

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION

$10,500

2024 ARTS & CULTURE
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 GEN/OPER SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$7,821

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$7,801

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$5,900

2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
VARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE

$5,000

2023 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND TRANSPORTATION

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.