Ko Theater Works Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
KO THEATER WORKS, INC. is dedicated to fostering innovative artistic collaborations in an atmosphere conducive to deep collaboration. We present and also create and original pieces that surprise, provoke and inspire our community in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. We are also dedicated to uplifting and amplifying artists and arts organizations by trainings, residencies and artistic services.
- Income
- $14,219
- Spending
- $21,796
- Reserves
- 38.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 51%
- Highest pay
- $12,224, artistic director/board member at large
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $12,696 spent. ARTISTIC SERVICES - bringing theatrical excellence to performing arts productions in the form of design, technical, box office and production services. We served 7 different artistic projects.
- $2,206 spent. RESIDENCIES. We offered a series of Artistic, Administrative, Technical and Organizational Capacity-Building Residencies for outside artists and performing arts organizations. Areas covered included accounting practices, producing, grant-writing and fundraising, branding, artistic process facilitation, marketing, preparation for touring, and theatrical design. 8 outside arts organizations or individual artists or were mentored through this program.
- $2,075 spent. PERFORMING ARTS INSTRUCTION: We offered 3 intensive trainings. One two-week residential workshop was for 15 students from the US and abroad, and was centered on the creation of original works of theatrical performance. Another was for 24 first-time choreographers on how a choreographer collaborates with a lighting designer. The third was an intensive training for two students on the international history of experimental theatre.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1993.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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