Nonprofit · EIN 20-1944288
EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE
Tax-exempt · MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $241,916 | $252,515 | -$10,599 | $46,058 | $0 | $46,058 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $204,391 | $204,345 | $46 | $56,657 | $0 | $56,657 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $238,127 | $262,617 | -$24,490 | $56,024 | $0 | $56,024 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $206,689
- of which government grants
- $86,223
- Program service revenue
- $35,185
- Investment income
- $42
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $129,450
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $139,613
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,516
- Occupancy
- $17,663
- Travel
- $5,647
- Program services (functional)
- $227,731
- Management and general (functional)
- $19,846
- Fundraising (functional)
- $4,938
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $56,657
- Total assets, end of year
- $46,058
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $46,058
- Gross receipts
- $241,916
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 26
- Year formed
- 2004
- State of legal domicile
- MN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamera Siddiqui | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $63,500 |
| Susan Messerole | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $63,500 |
| Ashawnti Sakina Ford | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $1,650 |
| Siddeeqah Shabazz | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $800 |
| Lauren Anderson | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rebecca Talbot | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Crystal Spring | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Maleeha Rizwy | Board Member Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Sonal Gerten | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Aryca Myers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamera Siddiqui | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $57,875 |
| Susan Messerole | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $57,875 |
| Siddeeqah Shabazz | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $1,700 |
| Lauren Anderson | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rebecca Talbot | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Crystal Spring | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Maleeha Rizwy | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sonal Gerten | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ashawnti Sakina Ford | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamera Siddiqui | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 38 | $55,000 |
| Susan Messerole | Co-Artistic Director Highest-paid employee | 38 | $55,000 |
| Lauren Anderson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rebecca Talbot | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Crystal Spring | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Maleeha Rizwy | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sonal Gerten | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 586 EUSTIS STREET, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406-0000
- In care of
- % AAMERA SIDDIQUI
- Mailing address (990-N for 2018)
- 586 Eustis Street, St Paul MN 55104
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Susan Messerole, 3416 32nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
- Principal officer (990-N for 2018)
- Susan Messerole, 3416 32nd Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55406
- Signed the 990
- Susan Messerole, Co-Artistic Director
- Phone
- (612) 720-4852
- Website
- www.exposedbricktheatre.org
Mission
The mission of Exposed Brick Theatre is to tell untold stories, center omitted narratives and create art at the intersection of identities. We seek to change the canon of theater - one story at a time.
Program accomplishments
- New Play Development and Performances. In 2025, Exposed Brick Theatre (EBT) produced the Through Our Eyes 2 - New Plays Festival. This Festival showcased the work of Twin Cities playwrights from historically excluded communitites, and was the culmination of a year-long Through Our Eyes playwriting cohort. The Festival included the world premiere productions of Burn & Dash by Sunny Thao and Quinceañera by Mayra Gurrola Calderón as well as three staged readings of new work. EBT also toured the play Muyehpen by Ehkhudah Zar, the first ever K'nyaw(Karen)-American play in the U.S., to Worthington, Minnesota; and hosted a stage reading of Zar's newest work, Tohkibaw & Nawthoemaw at Urban Village. Number benefitting: 1366Expenses $132,952 · grants $109,250 · revenue $15,192
- Education: In 2025, EBT taught workshops at several middle, high school, colleges and universities in Minnesota. Over 90% of middle & high school classes were taught at either Minneapolis public schools or St. Paul Public High Schools, and over 95% of all workshops were offered for no cost to the schools. Workshops included Scenes from Muyehpen, a theater workshop using scenes from the first ever K'nyaw(Karen)-American play in the U.S.; Introductory Playwriting, Acting & Social Justice Theater classes. EBT also taught classes to college & universities, including partnership with OnStage to bring scenes from the Through Our Eyes 2 Festival plays into college classrooms to inspire dialogue about issues in the plays; as well as using theater as a way to create connections for incoming first year students at Southwest Minnesota State University. Number benefitting: 1421Expenses $40,376 · grants $12,000 · revenue $1,725
- Artist Training: EBT provides quality arts classes to Twin Cities based artists. Artist Training includes the Through Our Eyes playwriting cohort, a paid, year-long cohort for 6 Twin Cities playwrights. Playwrights attend monthly classes, and are paired with mentors to support the development of a new play. In 2025, the cohort culminated with the Through Our Eyes 2 - New Play Festival, which was included in the New Plays Service Accomplishments category. In addition to the Cohort, in which playwrights are selected, EBT also provides Artist Training classes. While these classes are open to all artists, the classes center artists from historically excluded communities. EBT removes access barriers by offering classes at no cost & reimbursing transportation and childcare for in person classes. Classes taught into 2025 included a five week Storytelling for the Stage workshop series and a Crafting a Monologue workshop. Total Benefitting: 68Expenses $27,470 · grants $25,000
- Community Engagement: Community Engagement takes many forms, but is the work that we do in partnership with other organizations to use theater as a way of building community & engaging in inclusive storytelling events. 2025 collaborations include partnering with Speaking Out Collective for an intergenerational puppet show & puppet making workshop for children & families; and partnering with Theatre Mu and The SEAD Project for Diaspora After Dark, an evening of storytelling based on ghost stories. Number benefitting: 275Expenses $11,664
- Consulting. Using an arts-based focus, Exposed Brick provides consulting that focuses on increasing cultural competency and creating belonging. In 2025, EBT led workshops and training for several arts and funding organizations, and concluded a year-long equity audit project looking at arts funding in the state of Minnesota. EBT presented the findings from the audit at the 2025 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference. Note that the number benefitting only includes those who directly participated in workshops or trainings, and does not include the numerous individuals that have read the equity audit report. Number benefitting: 79Expenses $15,269 · revenue $18,268
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-1944288
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A65)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $46,058
- Income (IRS master file)
- $241,916
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $241,916 | $252,515 | $46,058 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $204,391 | $204,345 | $56,657 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $238,127 | $262,617 | $56,024 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $243,967 | $183,443 | $80,151 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Susan Messerole | December 31, 2018 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-1944288).
Questions about EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE
- What is the EIN of EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE is 20-1944288.
- Is EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Susan Messerole.
- Who are the officers and directors of EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $63,500 (Aamera Siddiqui, Co-Artistic Director).
- How much revenue does EXPOSED BRICK THEATRE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $241,916, expenses of $252,515 and total assets of $46,058 at year end.
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