Nonprofit · EIN 95-4047805
THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC
Tax-exempt · SACRAMENTO, CA 95816
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $3,885,832 | $5,198,687 | -$1,312,855 | $24,088,299 | $15,906,933 | $8,181,366 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $5,102,652 | $5,892,667 | -$790,015 | $25,553,218 | $16,058,997 | $9,494,221 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $4,619,449 | $5,453,495 | -$834,046 | $26,198,444 | $15,969,863 | $10,228,581 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,788,604
- of which government grants
- $160,000
- Program service revenue
- $1,537,064
- Investment income
- $2,085
- Net rental income
- $421,339
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$67,192
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $154,674
- Other revenue
- $558,079
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,352,804
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,768,162
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $306,938
- Travel
- $20,755
- Depreciation
- $722,330
- Program services (functional)
- $4,224,282
- Management and general (functional)
- $814,845
- Fundraising (functional)
- $159,560
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $25,553,218
- Total assets, end of year
- $24,088,299
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $15,906,933
- Net assets, end of year
- $8,181,366
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $23,418,983
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,146,968
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $34,398
- Gross unrelated business income
- $143,339
- Gross receipts
- $4,078,400
- Employees
- 137
- Volunteers
- 145
- Year formed
- 1986
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNDSAY H BURCH | CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $109,667 |
| ROGER BUSFIELD | FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $54,800 |
| ERIN MOOS-RALLENS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MARISA MEREDITH | VICE-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MARK MAPES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| EVA NYBO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TERRI NIKOLE BAKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| STACEY BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HODGES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SUZANNE HOULTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JOHN MCNAUGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MANDY LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| LLOYD LEVINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY LIU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| RACHAEL BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEVIN PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNDSAY H BURCH | CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $108,347 |
| LORI BLUETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| BRITTON TAYLOR | VICE-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SANDRA POOLE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| ERIN MOOS-RALLENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| TERRI NIKOLE BAKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TIMOTHY BUSFIELD | FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR EMERI Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARISA KOLOKOTRONIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MANDY LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THE HON LLOYD LEVINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARK MAPES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KEVIN PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EVA NYBO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN MCNAUGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PATRICK HARBISON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RACHAEL BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARIA ROBINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY LIU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNDSAY H BURCH | CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $109,738 |
| BUCK BUSFIELD | FOUNDER Trustee or director | 40 | $105,048 |
| LORI BLUETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| BRITTON TAYLOR | VICE-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SANDRA POOLE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| ERIN MOOS-RALLENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| YESENIA ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TERRI NIKOLE BAKA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STACEY BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TIMOTHY BUSFIELD | FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SUZANNE HOULTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GREGG D JOSEPHSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARISA KOLOKOTRONIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNIE LAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MANDY LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THE HON LLOYD LEVINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2700 CAPITOL AVENUE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95816-6041
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ERIN MOOS-RALLENS, 2700 CAPITOL AVENUE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95816
- Signed the 990
- LYNDSAY BURCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO
- Phone
- (916) 443-5391
- Website
- BSTREETTHEATRE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CROPPER ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-4047805 or by the name THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
B STREET THEATRE IS ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST ENDURING AND CELEBRATED DESTINATIONS. WE CREATE AND INSPIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL LIVE PERFORMANCES AND THE HIGHEST-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE ALSO SERVE AS A TRUSTED INCUBATOR FOR NEW THEATRICAL WORKS AND PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AT OUR WORLD-CLASS SACRAMENTO HOME, THE SOFIA.
Program accomplishments
- B STREET THEATRE (THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC.)IS PROUD TO BRING HIGH-QUALITY THEATRE AND ARTS EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. OUR ACCLAIMED FAMILY SERIES INVITES STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS INTO OUR 365 SEAT, STATE-OF-THE-ART VENUE IN THE HEART OF MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO WHERE THE STAGE BECOMES THE CLASSROOM. THROUGH LIVE, PROFESSIONAL THEATRE, STUDENTS EXPERIENCE CLASSIC STORIES AND INFLUENTIAL HISTORICAL FIGURES BROUGHT VIVIDLY TO LIFE. EACH SCHOOL YEAR, THIS PROGRAM SERVES MORE THAN 50,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. BEYOND OUR CAMPUS, B STREET THEATRE ALSO BRINGS THE ARTS DIRECTLY INTO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON ACTING, PLAYWRITING, IMPROVISATION, AND PLAY DEVELOPMENT - FOSTERING CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION, AND COLLABORATION.Expenses $4,224,282 · revenue $1,537,064
- B STREET THEATRE PRODUCES SEVEN PROFESSIONAL MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS EACH YEAR, ALONG WTIH SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS, FEATURING ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION PERFORMERS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, AND STAGE MANAGERS. SINCE 1991, B STREET'S MAINSTAGE HAS BEEN A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INCUBATOR FOR NEW WORK, PRODUCING MORE THAN 150 WORLD PREMIERES, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS WEST COAST AND REGIONAL PREMIERES. A CORE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK, B STREET IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF NEW PLAYS IN THE COUNTRY. WITH OVER 6,000 SUBSCRIBERS - A REMARKABLE NUMBER FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF ITS SIZE AND LOCATION - MORE THAN 50,000 PATRONS ATTEND MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS ANNUALLY. IN RECOGNITION OF ITS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND IMPACT, B STREET THEATRE WAS HONORED AT THE 2025 THEATRE OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL THREATRE CONFERENCE.
- THE SOFIA, B STREET THEATRE'S STATE-OF-THE-ART VENUE, IS A VIBRANT HOME FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMING ARTS INCLUDING MUSIC, DANCE,COMEDY, AND DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. OUR MUSIC SERIES FEATURES LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, WITH PAST PERFORMERS, INCLUDING JOHN WAITE, THE LATE ED ASNER, TUCK AND PATTI, JACKIE GREENE, TYCHO, AND MANY MORE. THE SOFIA ALSO SERVES AS A CREATIVE HOME FOR VALUED ARTISTIC PARTNERS SUCH AS THE SACRAMENTO BALLET, SACRAMENTO CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE, THE SACRAMENTO GAY MEN'S CHORUS, TEATRO NAGUAL, THE SACRAMENTO ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL, CALIDANZA, AND MANY OTHERS. TOGETHER, THESE PRESENTED EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WELCOME MORE THAN 30,000 PATRONS ANNUALLY, INTRODUCING NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES TO THE POWER OF LIVE PERFORMANCE.
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
- 95-4047805
- 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
- 1986
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A65)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $24,088,299
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,078,400
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $3,885,832 | $5,198,687 | $24,088,299 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $5,102,652 | $5,892,667 | $25,553,218 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $4,619,449 | $5,453,495 | $26,198,444 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $4,189,560 | $3,914,307 | $27,540,827 | 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 95-4047805).
Questions about THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC
- What is the EIN of THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC is 95-4047805.
- Is THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1986.
- Are donations to THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THEATRE FOR CHILDREN 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 THEATRE FOR CHILDREN 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 THEATRE FOR CHILDREN 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 THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ERIN MOOS-RALLENS.
- Who are the officers and directors of THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $109,667 (LYNDSAY H BURCH, CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,885,832, expenses of $5,198,687 and total assets of $24,088,299 at year end.
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