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OPEN SCENE INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $94K · expenses $97K · assets $4K

EIN
83-3776540
Address
1500 GAY RD APT 5D, WINTER PARK, FL 32789-2938
Website
www.OpenScene.org
NTEE code
A60
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2020
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Mission

Educational and cultural purposes. Open Scene is a Latin-led nonprofit organization that produces educational arts programming performances and community-based cultural experiences that promote cultural understanding and public engagement with the arts in Orlando Florida.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

3 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
Thamara Bejarano Executive and Program Director2021-2025 $32,625$89,275 1
Mariela Saad El Homsi General Producer and Advancement Director2024-2025 $13,105$28,938 1
Mariela Saad Delgado El Homsi (former) Development Director2023 $10,850$10,850 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 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
Gisela Romero Board Chair2024-2025 15 $0 reported 1
Jose Miguel Perez Board Director2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Inmaculada Lozano Board Director2024-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Estefania Herrera Board Director2024-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Melisa Bambussi Board Director2024-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Nelida Malaga (former) Board Director2022-2023 10 $0 reported 1
Aurora Davidowitz (former) Board Director2022-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Eliana Stratico (former) Board Director2022 20 $0 reported 1
Carmen Cornieles-Domanico (former) Director2021 5 $0 reported 1
Shami McCormick (former) Director2021 5 $0 reported 1
Giovanna Quezada (former) Director2021 40 $0 reported 1
Lina Escobar (former) Director2021 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Thamara Bejarano Executive and Program Director40 $32,625-$0 $32,6251
Mariela Saad El Homsi General Producer and Advancement Director40 $13,105-$0 $13,1051
Gisela Romero Board Chair15 $0-$0 $01
Jose Miguel Perez Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Inmaculada Lozano Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Estefania Herrera Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Melisa Bambussi Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $47K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Thamara Bejarano Executive and Program Director40 $30,750-- $30,7501
Mariela Saad El Homsi General Producer and Development Director40 $15,833-- $15,8331
Gisela Romero Board Chair15 $0-- $01
Jose Miguel Perez Board Director5 $0-- $01
Inmaculada Lozano Board Director5 $0-- $01
Estefania Herrera Board Director5 $0-- $01
Melisa Bambussi Board Director5 $0-- $01
2023 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $31K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Thamara Bejarano Executive Director40 $19,950-$0 $19,9501
Mariela Saad Delgado El Homsi Development Director40 $10,850-$0 $10,8501
Nelida Malaga Board Director10 $0-$0 $01
Jose Miguel Perez Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Aurora Davidowitz Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Thamara Bejarano Executive Director40 $0-$5,950 $5,9501
Aurora Davidowitz Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Nelida Malaga Board Director10 $0-$0 $01
Jose Miguel Perez Board Director5 $0-$0 $01
Eliana Stratico Board Director20 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Thamara Bejarano Executive Director CEO60 $0-$0 $01
Jose M Perez Secretary Director20 $0-$0 $01
Carmen Cornieles-Domanico Director5 $0-$0 $01
Shami McCormick Director5 $0-$0 $01
Giovanna Quezada Director40 $0-$0 $01
Lina Escobar Director10 $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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,294$96,584 $3,594$3,594 $70,700$20,000 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$160,543$160,543 $81,409$0 $96,476$22,720 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$139,311$139,311 $139,311$0 $74,502$10,429 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$101,258$101,258 $49,272$0 $17,383$3,231 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$109,764$136,764 $9,226-$26,076 $23,571$5,885 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $79,101 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. 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
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC Public charity Exact 2021-2024 4$74,030 2024$11,290
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FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC Public charity Exact 2021 1$5,000 2021$5,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “OPEN SCENE INC” 2021-2023 3$71 2023$23
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $96,584 spent · pay $45,730 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,730 47.3%
Fees to independent contractors $45,545 47.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,809 5.0%
Printing, publications, postage $500 0.5%
Total$96,584100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $160,543 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $117,725 73.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $23,123 14.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,370 9.6%
Printing, publications, postage $4,325 2.7%
Total$160,543100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $139,311 spent · pay $77,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $77,000 55.3%
Fees to independent contractors $34,958 25.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,461 11.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,042 4.3%
Printing, publications, postage $4,850 3.5%
Total$139,311100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $101,258 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
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Fees to independent contractors $90,284 89.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,236 6.2%
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2021 · Form 990EZ · $136,764 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
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