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SYNERGY THEATER

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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2020–2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $157K · expenses $140K · assets $41K

EIN
38-4116407
Address
311 LAKE MEADOW CT, MARTINEZ, CA 94553-5481
Website
SynergyTheater.com
NTEE code
A61
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2019
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Mission

Our mission is to build a better world through improvisational theater. We strive to do this in three different ways. First, by performing our shows. With each performance, we invite our community to come together and celebrate its common humanity through laughter, insight and understanding. Second, by teaching improvisation to others. In our renowned School of Improvisation, we foster the collaborative philosophy unique to our form of art. And finally, by reaching out to the next generation. Our ongoing theater enrichment programs in schools and libraries offer our kids the invaluable life skills, such as teamwork, acceptance, and cooperation, that are inherent to the practice of all live theater and especially to improvisation.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Kenn Adams President2020-2025 $77,161$336,231 1
Nikki Vilas Treasurer2020-2025 $0$2,199 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Karen Adams Secretary2025 4 $0 reported 1
Karen Harrell (former) Secretary2020-2024 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $77K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $77,161-- $77,1611
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $0-- $01
Karen Adams Secretary4 $0-- $01
2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $50K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $49,869-- $49,8691
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $0-- $01
Karen Harrell Secretary4 $0-- $01
2023 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $69K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $67,338-- $67,3381
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $1,622-- $1,6221
Karen Harrell Secretary4 $0-- $01
2022 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $42K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $41,985-- $41,9851
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $457-- $4571
Karen Harrell Secretary4 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $54K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $54,284-- $54,2841
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $120-- $1201
Karen Harrell Secretary4 $0-- $01
2020 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kenn Adams President40 $45,594-- $45,5941
Nikki Vilas Treasurer4 $0-- $01
Karen Harrell Secretary4 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$156,778$140,149 $40,884$38,602 $9,638$147,037 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$136,859$135,442 $23,880$21,973 $12,887$122,773 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$156,110$174,300 $31,348$20,556 $11,448$144,503 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$169,055$133,808 $39,946$39,946 $39,342$129,713 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$86,006$83,885 $4,699$4,699 $25,287$60,719 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$98,740$101,309 $2,807$2,226 $11,596$86,899 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $61 in all, tax years 2022 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SYNERGY THEATER” 2022-2023 2$61 2023$37
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PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSCAA61 $161,746$216,904 TREASURER$24,000 Same NTEE code A61, revenue within 2x, same state
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $140,149 spent · pay $100,552 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $100,552 71.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,138 15.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,427 12.4%
Fees to independent contractors $32 0.0%
Total$140,149100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $135,442 spent · pay $98,176 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $98,176 72.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,978 12.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,649 12.3%
Fees to independent contractors $3,639 2.7%
Total$135,442100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $174,300 spent · pay $130,978 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $130,978 75.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,290 11.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,561 11.2%
Fees to independent contractors $3,471 2.0%
Total$174,300100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $133,808 spent · pay $101,131 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $101,131 75.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $14,870 11.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,784 11.0%
Fees to independent contractors $3,023 2.3%
Total$133,808100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $83,885 spent · pay $68,708 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $68,708 81.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,771 8.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,360 6.4%
Fees to independent contractors $3,046 3.6%
Total$83,885100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $101,309 spent · pay $84,384 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $84,384 83.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,256 7.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,799 6.7%
Fees to independent contractors $2,870 2.8%
Total$101,309100%

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