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PENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC

EIN 41-1563764 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$2,032,867
Expenses 2024
$3,287,621

Program services were 75.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A60Z
Classification
1000
Street
270 KENT 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

PENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY CREATES PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE ARTISTICALLY EXCELLENT, THOUGHT PROVOKING, RELEVANT AND THAT ILLUMINATE THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. TODAY, PENUMBRA IS EVOLVING INTO A CENTER FOR RACIAL HEALING. THE PENUMBRA OF THE FUTURE IS A DYNAMIC PERFORMING ARTS, RETREAT, AND LEARNING CENTER DEVELOPING NEW WORK, IDEAS, AND SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. BUILDING UPON ITS HISTORY, PENUMBRA WILL OFFER NEW ARTISTIC PROGRAMS, ROBUST EQUITY TRAINING, WELLNESS SERVICES AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENTS.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,845,648 · Revenue $296,009

  • PENUMBRA CONTINUED TO OFFER ITS EQUITY TRAINING SERVICES TO CLIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PENUMBRA'S EQUITY TRAINING COMBINES EXPERT FACILITATION, A POWERFUL EXPLORATION OF RACE IN AMERICA, MONOLOGUES FROM ARTISTS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO USE THEATRE AS A WAY TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND MODEL. PENUMBRA ALSO EMBARKED UPON A CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO EXPAND ITS EQUITY TRAINING OFFERINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $117,354 · Revenue $146,773

  • PENUMBRA BEGAN EARLY R&D TO INFORM PILOT WELLNESS SERVICES TESTED IN FY24. PENUMBRA ALSO CREATED CURRICULUM FOR ITS PRIDE PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES 2 TO 22.

    Expenses $518,798

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • SARAH BELLAMY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $153,487
    From this org
    $140,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,744
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $26,000
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,743
    Filer's total
    $153,487

  • AMY THOMAS

    COO

    Total calculated
    $143,114
    From this org
    $128,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,636
    Hours/week
    40

  • LOU BELLAMY

    FOUNDER, ART

    Total calculated
    $136,865
    From this org
    $136,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MELANIE DOUGLAS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANNINE BEFIDI

    FIRST VICE C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MCLELLAN

    SECOND VICE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAVONTE ANYABWELE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCUS HILL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL ACITO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCUS FISCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DUANE JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN MALER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAYLA NOURAEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY N SAUNDERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM SULLIVAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE WALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID WELLIVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,032,867
    Expenses
    $3,287,621
    Contributions
    $1,334,583
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,127,399
    Expenses
    $3,820,105
    Contributions
    $1,556,672
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,944,062
    Expenses
    $3,695,941
    Contributions
    $2,486,054
    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
    $2,011,961
    Expenses
    $2,341,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,977,154

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,767,246
    Expenses
    $1,737,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,072,613

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,197,350
    Expenses
    $1,986,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,615,672

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,157,189
    Expenses
    $2,196,710
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,011,756

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,115,636
    Expenses
    $2,061,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,800,477

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,072,033
    Expenses
    $2,130,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $961,910

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,814,801
    Expenses
    $2,130,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,137,956

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,187,557
    Expenses
    $2,373,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,487,612

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,656,841
    Expenses
    $2,087,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,686,114

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,981,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $935,647

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.