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OPEN BOOK THEATRE COMPANY

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $166K · expenses $159K · assets $48K

EIN
46-4875283
Address
1621 WEST RD, TRENTON, MI 48183-2675
Website
OPENBOOKTC.COM
NTEE code
A60
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
Cross-check
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Mission

TELLING STORIES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

1 person 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
Krista Schafer PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR2023-2024 $45,704$45,704 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 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
William Jasman VICE PRESIDENT2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Erin Shelton TREASURER2017-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Diana Mente SECRETARY2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Erin Chapman MEMBER AT LARGE2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Peter Poulos MEMBER AT LARGE2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Krista Schafer Ewbank (former) PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR2017-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Madeleine Jones (former) VICE PRESIDENT2017-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Brett Chittum (former) MEMBER AT LARGE2019-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Lea Ellwood-Filkins (former) SECRETARY2017 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR45 $45,704-$0 $45,7041
WILLIAM JASMAN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN CHAPMAN MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
PETER POULOS MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN CHAPMAN MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
PETER POULOS MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN CHAPMAN MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
PETER POULOS MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
BRETT CHITTUM MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
BRETT CHITTUM MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
BRETT CHITTUM MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR10 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
BRETT CHITTUM MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT2 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM JASMAN SECRETARY2 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER2 $0-$0 $01
DIANA MENTE MEMBER AT LARGE1 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTA SCHAFER EWBANK PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
MADELEINE JONES VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
LEA ELLWOOD-FILKINS SECRETARY2 $0-$0 $01
ERIN SHELTON TREASURER1 $0-$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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$165,974$158,657 $47,508$35,584 $93,408$72,566 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$184,281$182,911 $42,661$28,267 $114,332$69,429 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$160,774$188,020 $42,520$26,897 $101,887$58,044 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$163,557$184,904 $54,143$54,143 $107,605$55,461 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$78,308$40,958 $75,490$75,490 $69,378$8,918 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$98,113$92,515 $38,140$38,140 $72,137$24,841 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$120,391$120,092 $32,542$32,542 $28,747$85,114 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,446$81,118 $32,243$32,243 $28,841$60,324 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$71,117$57,677 $16,915$16,915 $16,299$41,894 ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $78,284 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. 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
SHUBERT FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “OPEN BOOK THEATRE COMPANY” 2022-2024 3$45,000 2024$15,000
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MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2024 3$24,672 2024$6,465
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DONALD D MATEER FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “OPEN BOOK THEATRE COMPANY” 2016-2017, 2025 3$8,000 2025$2,500
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “OPEN BOOK THEATRE COMPANY” 2020-2023 4$612 2023$90
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Who funds organizations like this

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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS DAF sponsor$211,7729 12016–2024 ENNIS PUBLIC THEATRE
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $158,657 spent · pay $49,028 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,526 33.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $49,028 30.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $40,416 25.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,687 9.9%
Total$158,657100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $182,911 spent · pay $52,632 · grants $0 · events $2,001
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,825 29.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $52,632 28.8%
Fees to independent contractors $47,469 26.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $28,985 15.8%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$2,001reported apart
Total$182,911100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $188,020 spent · pay $55,394 · grants $0 · events $513
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $55,394 29.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $51,456 27.4%
Fees to independent contractors $50,145 26.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $31,025 16.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$513reported apart
Total$188,020100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $184,904 spent · pay $56,463 · grants $0 · events $1,165
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $56,463 30.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $44,812 24.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $42,446 23.0%
Fees to independent contractors $41,183 22.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,165reported apart
Total$184,904100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $40,958 spent · pay $15,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,528 37.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,000 36.6%
Fees to independent contractors $6,775 16.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,655 8.9%
Total$40,958100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $92,515 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $54,803 59.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,706 22.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,006 18.4%
Total$92,515100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $120,092 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $47
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $51,550 42.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $37,132 30.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $23,136 19.3%
Printing, publications, postage $8,274 6.9%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$47reported apart
Total$120,092100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $81,118 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $338
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $33,060 40.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,490 27.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,896 20.8%
Printing, publications, postage $8,672 10.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$338reported apart
Total$81,118100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $57,677 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $385
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $22,880 39.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,883 25.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $14,554 25.2%
Printing, publications, postage $5,360 9.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$385reported apart
Total$57,677100%

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