Nonprofit · EIN 65-0786312
CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC
Tax-exempt · SARASOTA, FL 34239
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $7,544,253 | $8,937,964 | -$1,393,711 | $15,123,622 | $606,762 | $14,516,860 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $9,906,990 | $7,500,709 | $2,406,281 | $16,727,673 | $616,017 | $16,111,656 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $5,189,609 | $4,796,325 | $393,284 | $14,625,364 | $729,580 | $13,895,784 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,117,124
- of which government grants
- $95,925
- Program service revenue
- $6,234,692
- Investment income
- $194,320
- Net rental income
- -$121,082
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $41,760
- Net income from fundraising events
- $86,804
- Other revenue
- -$1,883
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $4,250
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $445,241
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,982,094
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,842,049
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $203,708
- Occupancy
- $548,409
- Travel
- $197,829
- Depreciation
- $371,415
- Program services (functional)
- $7,466,028
- Management and general (functional)
- $807,982
- Fundraising (functional)
- $663,954
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $16,727,673
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,123,622
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $606,762
- Net assets, end of year
- $14,516,860
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,839,990
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,384,395
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $6,132,465
- Gross unrelated business income
- -$121,082
- Gross receipts
- $7,943,770
- Employees
- 82
- Volunteers
- 270
- Year formed
- 1997
- State of legal domicile
- FL
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEDRO REIS | CEO (UNTIL 11-11-24) Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $197,497 |
| JENNIFER MITCHELL | CEO (FROM 11-11-24-6-30-25) Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $151,370 |
| DOLLY JACOBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $96,375 |
| SHARI ASHMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE AHARRIS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH WALK | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RAY PILON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL BELLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR JENNE BRITELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHERIE GORENSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN MACDONALD-BASILE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH WASKOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEN WOODWORTH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEDRO REIS | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $183,787 |
| JULIE HARRIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH WALK | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACK BROWN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BARTON LOWTHER | IPB CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHARI ASHMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL BELLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SALMON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BARB TYE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEPH DUNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN MACDONALD-BASILE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNE BRITELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHERIE GORENSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH WASKOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEDRO REIS | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $168,825 |
| JULIE HARRIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH WALK | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACK BROWN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BARTON LOWTHER | IPB CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHARI ASHMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD MALAWSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SALMON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BARB TYE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2075 BAHIA VISTA ST, SARASOTA, FL 34239-2302
- In care of
- % PEDRO REIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JENNIFER MITCHELL, 2075 BAHIA VISTA STREET, SARASOTA, FL 34239
- Signed the 990
- JENNIFER MITCHELL, CEO
- Phone
- (941) 355-9335
- Website
- WWW.CIRCUSARTS.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- CAVANAUGH & CO LLP
Mission
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Program accomplishments
- PERFORMANCECAC PRODUCES AND PRESENTS PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS PRODUCTIONS FEATURING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTISTS AND ATHLETES UNDER THE BIG TOP AND IN THEATER VENUES, ATTRACTING LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL AUDIENCES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, CAC PRESENTED APPROXIMATELY 250 PERFORMANCES, SERVING AN ESTIMATED 117,000 ATTENDEES. THIS PROGRAM ELEVATES THE VISIBILITY AND RELEVANCE OF THE CIRCUS ARTS AND POSITIONS SARASOTA AS A LEADING DESTINATION FOR HIGH-CALIBER CIRCUS PERFORMANCE.TRAININGCAC OPERATES THE SAILOR CIRCUS ACADEMY, THE NATION'S LONGEST-RUNNING YOUTH CIRCUS, DELIVERING STRUCTURED TRAINING IN CIRCUS ARTS COMBINED WITH PERSONAL, ARTISTIC, AND ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1,980 STUDENTS THROUGH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, IN-SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND RECREATIONAL CLASSES. INSTRUCTION EMPHASIZES DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY. STUDENTS PROGRESS THROUGH DEFINED SKILL LEVELS, PARTICIPATE IN REHEARSAL PROCESSES, AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF LIVE AUDIENCES, WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MEET ESTABLISHED STANDARDS AND CONTRIBUTE TO ENSEMBLE WORK.OUTREACHCAC'S EDUCATION PROGRAMMING BRINGS THE CLASSROOM TO LIFE IN WAYS FEW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES THE ONLY ACADEMIC MAGNET CIRCUS ARTS PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. FOR PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE PROGRAM SERVES AS A CREDIT-BEARING COMPONENT OF THEIR ACADEMIC CURRICULUM. MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND STRUCTURED CLASS SESSIONS AT THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY ARENA, WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TRANSPORTED TO THE FACILITY AS PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY. INSTRUCTION EMPHASIZES PHYSICAL WELLNESS, CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND DISCIPLINE, ALL DELIVERED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CIRCUS ARTS.AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, CAC DELIVERED A CIRCUS SCIENCE CURRICULUM TO APPROXIMATELY 2,750 FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS LOCAL SCHOOLS. THE CURRICULUM USES CIRCUS-BASED INSTRUCTION TO MAKE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS AND APPLIED SCIENCE TANGIBLE, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION. THIS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MODEL REINFORCES CLASSROOM TEACHING, SUPPORTS STUDENT PREPARATION FOR THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE SCIENCE ASSESSMENT, AND STRENGTHENS DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, AND COMMUNICATION ALONG THE WAY.LEGACYCAC PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PRESERVING AND ADVANCING SARASOTA'S HISTORIC CONNECTION TO THE CIRCUS ARTS. THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY WAS BORN FROM DECADES OF SARASOTA CIRCUS HISTORY AND CONTINUES TO SAFEGUARD AND PROMOTE THIS LEGACY. AS THE SARASOTA COMMUNITY APPROACHES THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF CIRCUS IN 2027, CAC CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A STEWARD OF THIS LEGACY, HONORING TRADITION WHILE INTRODUCING INNOVATION THAT REFLECTS THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. THESE LEGACY-FOCUSED EFFORTS REINFORCE THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG-TERM VISION AND SUSTAIN SARASOTA'S IDENTITY AS A GLOBAL CENTER FOR CIRCUS ARTS.Expenses $7,466,028 · grants $4,250 · revenue $6,267,087
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 65-0786312
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B30Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $15,123,622
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,943,770
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $7,544,253 | $8,937,964 | $15,123,622 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $9,906,990 | $7,500,709 | $16,727,673 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $5,189,609 | $4,796,325 | $14,625,364 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,119,202 | $3,643,850 | $8,724,209 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 65-0786312).
Questions about CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC
- What is the EIN of CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC is 65-0786312.
- Is CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC 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 CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JENNIFER MITCHELL.
- Who are the officers and directors of CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $197,497 (PEDRO REIS, CEO (UNTIL 11-11-24)).
- How much revenue does CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,544,253, expenses of $8,937,964 and total assets of $15,123,622 at year end.
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