KARAMU HOUSE

EIN 34-0714448 CLEVELAND, OH

Revenue 2024: $2,889,020
Expenses 2024: $2,705,667

Program services were 64.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A60
Classification: 2000
Street: 2355 E 89TH 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

TO PRODUCE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE, PROVIDE ARTS EDUCATION AND PRESENT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR ALL PEOPLE WHILE HONORING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS - SEE SCHEDULE O

Expenses $1,122,385 · Revenue $288,603
SPECIAL PROGRAMS - SEE SCHEDULE O

Expenses $181,421 · Revenue $187,689
YOUTH AND ADULT ARTS EDUCATION - SEE SCHEDULE O

Expenses $431,185 · Revenue $12,899

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.

Michael JeansMICHAEL JEANS

CO-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Sheila WrightSHEILA WRIGHT

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dr Edward M BarksdaleDR EDWARD M BARKSDALE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Karen HowseKAREN HOWSE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michael BowenMICHAEL BOWEN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jade DavisJADE DAVIS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Diane M DowningDIANE M DOWNING

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Councilman Blaine A GriffinCOUNCILMAN BLAINE A GRIFFIN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tamara HorneTAMARA HORNE

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jennifer HurdJENNIFER HURD

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Colette M JonesCOLETTE M JONES

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David M ReynoldsDAVID M REYNOLDS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marques H RichesonMARQUES H RICHESON

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Autumn R RussellAUTUMN R RUSSELL

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Roshonda B SmithROSHONDA B SMITH

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tiffani Sutton-TaylorTIFFANI SUTTON-TAYLOR

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tony SiasTONY SIAS

PRESIDENT & CEO

Total calculated

$200,000

From this org

$200,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$200,000

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$200,000
Aseelah ShareefASEELAH SHAREEF

VP & COO

Total calculated

$125,000

From this org

$125,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
David OwensDAVID OWENS

CFO

Total calculated

$36,458

From this org

$36,458

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. 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

$2,889,020

Expenses

$2,705,667

Contributions

$2,349,757

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$3,773,319

Expenses

$3,567,375

Contributions

$2,855,439

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$3,199,564

Expenses

$2,872,037

Contributions

$2,784,599

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,889,020	$2,705,667	$2,349,757	$0
2023	$3,773,319	$3,567,375	$2,855,439	$0
2022	$3,199,564	$2,872,037	$2,784,599	$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

$4,216,971

Expenses

$2,810,454

Assets (EOY)

$10,362,256
2020 · 990

Revenue

$3,454,930

Expenses

$1,825,369

Assets (EOY)

$8,492,498
2019 · 990

Revenue

$2,336,931

Expenses

$2,320,352

Assets (EOY)

$7,210,800
2018 · 990

Revenue

$6,448,618

Expenses

$2,274,048

Assets (EOY)

$7,110,135
2017 · 990

Revenue

$3,249,778

Expenses

$1,728,682

Assets (EOY)

$3,042,859
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,836,264

Expenses

$1,425,352

Assets (EOY)

$1,287,711
2015 · 990

Revenue

$945,794

Expenses

$1,325,394

Assets (EOY)

$885,050

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$4,216,971	$2,810,454	$10,362,256
2020	990	$3,454,930	$1,825,369	$8,492,498
2019	990	$2,336,931	$2,320,352	$7,210,800
2018	990	$6,448,618	$2,274,048	$7,110,135
2017	990	$3,249,778	$1,728,682	$3,042,859
2016	990	$1,836,264	$1,425,352	$1,287,711
2015	990	$945,794	$1,325,394	$885,050

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.

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 CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

$422,419

2022 DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE KARAMU BISTRO
THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

$406,192

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

$192,398

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$25,800

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
TREU MART FUND

$25,000

2022 BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
THE MCGREGOR FOUNDATION

$20,000

2024 TO PROVIDE TAP DANCING CLASSES FOR SENIORS
THE MCGREGOR FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 To provide tap dancing classes for seniors
THEATER LEAGUE INC

$10,000

2025 support theater productions
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 COMMUNITY SUPPORT
THEATER LEAGUE INC

$10,000

2024

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Exemption revoked 15 November 2015, reinstated 15 November 2015.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.