Soho Think Tank Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To nurture, strengthen, and promote an aesthetically and culturally diverse community of independent theatre artists and theatre companies by producing, presenting and programming new work at the New Ohio Theatre located in Manhattan's West Village.
- Income
- $38,330
- Spending
- $126,245
- Reserves
- 3.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 55%
- Highest pay
- $49,918, member/ad
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 14% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 229% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, 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 August 31, 2025, 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 (1)
- $116,820 spent. With the closing of the Christopher Street space Aug.31, 2023 we are no longer d.b.a as New Ohio Theatre, and are now operating as Soho Think Tank (our actual 501.c.3 incorporated name).In September we produced the Downtown Upstate festival, bringing the best of NYC downtown theatre artists to the Hudson Valley, featuring three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends. Downtown Upstate also included a solo performance workshop for local residents. Presented by Ancram Center for the Arts & Stissing Center (Pine Plains). Produced with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. The festival included: Blessed Unrests LA MUSICA DEUXIEME by Marguerite Duras, PUZZLING EVIDENCE, written & directed by Robert Lyons, and PLAYS by Gertrude Stein, performed by David Greenspan. Lenora Champagne taught the solo-performance workshop. The festival was widely covered by local press and included a live interview with Lyons on WKZE, the beloved local radio station.In May we presented CLASS DISMISED, written by Artistic Director Robert Lyons, at La Mama in NYCs East Village for three weeks: April 18 - May 4. We had excellent audiences and many sold-out performances. The New York Times called it Effusively unhinged! The New York Observer called it: a head-spinning collision of political philosophy and clowning. We had also had many on-line raves as well. La Mama offered us an open-ended invitation to return in the future. We'll be bringing PUZZLING EVIDENCE there in spring 2027.In June our show MY ONLINESS, also written by Artistic Director Lyons, was presented at the prestigious Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania. Our entire ensemble (of fifteen) was flown to and housed in Sibiu. We performed on June 20 & 21 to sold-out houses. The work was translated into Romanian and projected on supertitles for the performance. Audiences loved the show and we received two rave reviews from European publications: one from Aplauze and one from Hermannstadter Zeitung. We are hoping to take CLASS DISMISSED there in 2027!In December Robert was interviewed as part of TORCHES, a limited-series podcast produced by Kristin Marting with support from the Mellon Foundation, featuring significant downtown theatre artists of the last thirty years. That program is currently rolling out on HOWLROUND,a digital hub for global theatre conversations.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1997.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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