Nonprofit · EIN 47-3543143
THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY
Tax-exempt · MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,535,039 | $1,512,761 | $22,278 | $544,318 | $613,367 | -$69,049 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,175,036 | $1,270,798 | -$95,762 | $384,913 | $476,240 | -$91,327 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $393,281 | $429,657 | -$36,376 | $449,571 | $455,136 | -$5,565 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $507,955
- of which government grants
- $157,900
- Program service revenue
- $924,777
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $102,307
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $114,900
- Other salaries and wages
- $64,165
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $193,950
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $4,997
- Depreciation
- $131,668
- Program services (functional)
- $1,289,694
- Management and general (functional)
- $157,771
- Fundraising (functional)
- $65,296
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $384,913
- Total assets, end of year
- $544,318
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $613,367
- Net assets, end of year
- -$69,049
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $98,502
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$69,049
- Gross receipts
- $1,535,039
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 23
- Year formed
- 2015
- State of legal domicile
- NJ
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janeece Freeman-Clark | Artistic Director | 40 | $55,276 |
| Cathi Flanagan | Acting Treas. Officer | 0 | $30,088 |
| Terri Gorgone | Secretary Officer | 3 | $13,800 |
| Patty Gonzalez | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anuraj Bismal | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Jessica Sporn | Trstee Emeritus Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Hilary Hoover | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Kilkenney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Meryl Budnick | Trustee Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| MaryBeth Boger | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Jennene Tierney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ilena Silverman | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Veena Raj | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Larsen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Elaine Schwartz | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Roberts Greene | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Melani Wilson Smith | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Genevieve Wrenn | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janeece Freeman-Clark | Artistic Director | 40 | $47,000 |
| Jessica Sporn | Co-President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $10,000 |
| Patty Gonzalez | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anuraj Bismal | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Hilary Hoover | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Kilkenney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Meryl Budnick | Trustee Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| MaryBeth Boger | Co-President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Jennene Tierney | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Ilena Silverman | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Veena Raj | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Larsen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lindsay Roberts Greene | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Melani Wilson Smith | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Terri Gorgone | Secretary Officer | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janeece Freeman-Clark | Artistic Director | 40 | $12,500 |
| Anuraj Bismal | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Hilary Hoover | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Kilkenney | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Meryl Budnick | Trustee Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| MaryBeth Boger | Co-President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Jennene Tierney | Co-President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Ilena Silverman | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Veena Raj | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Larsen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Maureen Ludwig | Co-Treasurer Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Lindsay Roberts | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Melani Wilson Smith | Co-Treasurer Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Christopher Joyce | Trustee Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Terri Gorgone | Secretary Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Jessica Sporn | Executive Director | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 409, MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042-0409
- Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
- 349 Irving Avenue, South Orange NJ 07079
- Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
- Adrian Banks, 310 Self Pl, South Orange NJ 07079
- Signed the 990
- Janeece Freeman-Clark, Artistic Director
- Phone
- (862) 205-3525
- Website
- www.vanguardtheater.org
- Return prepared by
- MAUREEN A LEIDL CPA
Mission
Vanguard Theater Company (VTC), founded by two Black artists, provides equitable opportunity, training, and access to theater artists and audiences. VTC is changing the narrative through theater dedicated to DREAM: Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Activism and Mentorship. VTC creates a space for individuals of different racial and socio-economic backgrounds and life circumstances to address issues of social justice through theater.
Program accomplishments
- VTC challenges conventional social and cultural narratives through theater dedicated to DREAM: Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Activism, & Mentorship. The vision of VTC is to be recognized as a model for purposeful inclusion of diverse voices and stories; casting and leadership that reflects our community and partnerships that propel cross community conversations with non-arts organizations, including public, private and higher education, government entities and advocacy groups. Ultimately, VTC ensures that stories get told in ways that spark new thought and conversation about bias and its consequences.Expenses $533,188
- VTC identifies and helps develop the next generation of playwrights, composers, lyricists, performers, and stagecraft artists from races and communities that have historically faced institutional and structural barriers to mainstream musical theater. VTCs ongoing educational and training programming, which reaches more than 500 students annually, includes DREAM VTC,an education and performance program for ages 12-18 that emulates a professional production experience as well as VTC Kids, our foundational program for students ages 7-12. All of the education programs emphasize using the arts to give back to the community. The VTC signature mentorship programs are of critical importance in the efforts to challenge narratives.Expenses $470,820
- Summerstock, a 2-week residential camp is an intensive, by-audition, performing arts experience for serious musical theater students, ages 12-19, in residence at Camp in NJ. Students learn critical theater skills and life lessons. For many it is their first experience living and working outside of their socio-economic and demographic bubbles. For some, it is their first opportunity living in nature and engaging in traditional camp activities. The staff is led by professional actors and directors, and approximately 112 campers perform five fully produced shows in two weeks time. In addition to show rehearsals, campers take workshops in a variety of areas including: Songwriting, Shakespeare, Musical Theater Dance, Music Theory, Sight Reading and Character Analysis. Recreational activities such as: swimming, boating, archery, hiking, and nightly campfires, perfectly round out the camp experience.Expenses $285,686
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-3543143
- 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
- 2015
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A65)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $544,318
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,535,039
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,535,039 | $1,512,761 | $544,318 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $1,175,036 | $1,270,798 | $384,913 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2023 | $393,281 | $429,657 | $449,571 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $992,469 | $1,171,682 | $347,749 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $961,898 | $868,434 | $476,638 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2014 Officer: Adrian Banks | June 30, 2015 | ≤ $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 47-3543143).
Questions about THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY
- What is the EIN of THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY is 47-3543143.
- Is THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
- Are donations to THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY 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 THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY?
- The 990-N for 2014 names Adrian Banks.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 18 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $55,276 (Janeece Freeman-Clark, Artistic Director).
- How much revenue does THE VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,535,039, expenses of $1,512,761 and total assets of $544,318 at year end.
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