Nonprofit · EIN 95-4300792
TEN THOUSAND THINGS
Tax-exempt · SAINT PAUL, MN 55104
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,011,679 | $963,872 | $47,807 | $872,645 | $7,990 | $864,655 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,172,254 | $987,413 | $184,841 | $833,111 | $16,263 | $816,848 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $808,753
- of which government grants
- $165,834
- Program service revenue
- $174,282
- Investment income
- $28,644
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $182,115
- Other salaries and wages
- $364,273
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $680,968
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $8,119
- Occupancy
- $37,838
- Travel
- $13,389
- Program services (functional)
- $767,891
- Management and general (functional)
- $105,568
- Fundraising (functional)
- $90,413
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $833,111
- Total assets, end of year
- $872,645
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,990
- Net assets, end of year
- $864,655
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $834,655
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $30,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,011,679
- Employees
- 34
- Volunteers
- 50
- Year formed
- 1991
- 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 May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Thompson | Managing Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $87,445 |
| Marcela Lorca | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $51,042 |
| Caitlin Lowans | Artistic Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $37,391 |
| JD Steele | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $5,000 |
| Regina Marie Williams | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $1,237 |
| H Adam Harris | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Kathy Kukielka | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Rachel Villa | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Chuck Roehrick | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Kristin Aitchison | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Hildy Bowbeer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sun Mee Chomet | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Gasparini | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mari Ann Graham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Amber Michel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Tane | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anna Tift | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcela Lorca | Artistic Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $96,155 |
| H Adam Harris | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Kathy Kukielka | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Amy Apperson | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Chuck Roehrick | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| James Behnke | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Hildy Bowbeer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Braun Pardo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sun Mee Chomet | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Gasparini | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Evert | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Amber Michel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Schubring | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JD Steele | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rachel Villa | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Regina Williams | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kristin Aitchison | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mari Ann Graham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1430 CONCORDIA AVE UNIT 40216, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104-3162
- In care of
- % MICHELLE M HENSLEY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Stephanie Thompson, 1430 Concordia Ave 40216, St Paul, MN 55104
- Signed the 990
- Charles T Roehrick, Treasurer
- Phone
- (612) 203-9502
- Website
- tenthousandthings.org
- Return prepared by
- Anderson & Baxter Ltd
Mission
Ten Thousand Things awakens the creative spirit of audiences and artists by bringing essential and exceptional theater to people from all backgrounds and life experiences.
Program accomplishments
- Ten Thousand Things awakens the creative spirit of audiences and artists by bringing essential and exceptional theater to people from all backgrounds and life experiences.Ten Thousand Things delivered on FY24/25 season goals to produce excellent and accessible theater programming to diverse audiences in Minnesota. Programming highlights included three season productions: John Barton and Kenneth Cavanders HELEN, based on the play by Euripides, produced in the fall; Finegan Kruckemeyers THIS GIRL LAUGHS, produced in the winter; and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawleys VIOLET, produced in the spring. All three productions were presented both to paying public audiences and to audiences who may not otherwise have access to professional theater, through free community tours across the Twin Cities. The season received critical acclaim and the productions were received positively by audiences. In addition to our main production season, Ten Thousand Things re-developed educational programming for individuals experiencing incarceration, after a multi-year pause due to pandemic-related changes in staff and policies at our carceral partner facilities. We developed and led three semester-long theater courses: partnering with Scholars Serving Time to deliver a course in theater to women at Minnesota Correctional Facility Shakopee in the fall; working with Transformation and Reentry Through Education and Community (TREC) to deliver a course to men at Minnesota Correctional Facility Stillwater in the fall; and working again with TREC to deliver a course to men at Minnesota Correctional Facility Faribault in the spring. We also taught workshops at Ramsey County Corrections and Harmony Learning Center's ELL program. In total, we presented 104 shows, reaching 8,191 audience members, and led 50 workshops attended by 945 participants. We partnered with 24 community organizations to reach new audiences. We continued to increase our partnerships with correctional facilities across Minnesota throughout the season, while also serving audience members in the Twin Cities through partnerships with ELL centers, elder centers, youth-serving centers, rehabilitation centers, support centers for the unhoused, and organizations serving people with disabilities. Ten Thousand Things unique, bare-bones model of essentialized theaterperformed in the round, with all the lights on, minimal sets and live musicmakes it possible to tour directly into community organizations and paying audience venues throughout the Twin Cities and into Greater MN.Expenses $767,891
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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-4300792
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1995
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $872,645
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,011,679
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $1,011,679 | $963,872 | $872,645 | XML |
| 990 | May 2024 | $1,172,254 | $987,413 | $833,111 | XML |
| 990 | May 2023 | $1,063,841 | $1,005,656 | $644,961 | IRS |
| 990 | May 2022 | $852,054 | $846,299 | $703,715 | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 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 95-4300792).
Questions about TEN THOUSAND THINGS
- What is the EIN of TEN THOUSAND THINGS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TEN THOUSAND THINGS is 95-4300792.
- Is TEN THOUSAND THINGS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
- Are donations to TEN THOUSAND THINGS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TEN THOUSAND THINGS 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 TEN THOUSAND THINGS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TEN THOUSAND THINGS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TEN THOUSAND THINGS?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names Stephanie Thompson.
- Who are the officers and directors of TEN THOUSAND THINGS?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $87,445 (Stephanie Thompson, Managing Dir.).
- How much revenue does TEN THOUSAND THINGS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,011,679, expenses of $963,872 and total assets of $872,645 at year end.
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