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Colonnades Theatre Lab Inc

EIN 23-7293173 · Nashville, TN

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood78 out of 100GovernanceFair50 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

GLOBAL ARTS CORPS (GAC) USES THEATER AND STORYTELLING AS A PROCESS TO DEVELOP GROUP TRUST AND BELONGING, AND NOW WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT THEM CREATING THEIR OWN PRODUCTIONS AND CONNECT THEM ACROSS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL DIVIDES USING THEIR STORIES AS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR COMMUNICATION. IN 2024, THIS PROJECT CONTINUED, IN ISNIQ, KOSOVO AS WELL AS WIND RIVER RESERVATION IN WYOMING USA. WORKING WITH KIDS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING RADIO STORIES AS ENSEMBLES. OVER THREE PHASES OF SEVERAL WEEKS EACH, MORE THAN 70 KIDS HAVE BEEN COMING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE AND IN SMALLER GROUPS TO BEGIN THE MESSY PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE STORY CREATION. EXPERIMENTING IN SOUND EFFECTS, MUSIC, JUGGLING, AND MORE, THESE KIDS HAVE BEGUN TO STRUCTURE STORIES THAT ARE BOTH SEEPED IN THEIR HISTORY AND ALSO INFORMED AND HELD IN THE PRESENT MOMENT OF THEIR REALITY. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE BEGUN A PARALLEL PROCESS AT THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION IN WYOMING AND HAVE BEGUN TO

Income
$189,273
Spending
$224,846
Spent on programs
81%
Reserves
9.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 92%
Employees
0

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 78 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 9.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 19% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 27% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    81% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 50 out of 100. Higher than 25% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    7 of 7 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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)
  1. $182,864 spent. OUR AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS HAVE SPANNED MORE THAN 47 CITIES AND 12 COUNTRIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS, REACHING OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AND FACILITATING RECONCILIATION WORKSHOPS FOR MORE THAN 15,000 PARTICIPANTS. MOST RECENTLY, WE SUPPORTED A GROUP OF 19 YOUNG CAMBODIAN CIRCUS PERFORMERS TO CREATE A STAGE PRODUCTION, SEE YOU YESTERDAY, AS A WAY TO MOVE BACKWARDS IN TIME ACROSS GENERATIONS SEPARATED BY GENOCIDE. USING THEIR PRODUCTION AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE PAST, THEY UNCOVERED DIMENSIONS OF THEMSELVES IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMA OF THEIR ELDERS AND ANCESTORS. THEY THEN TOOK THEIR LEARNINGS ON THE ROAD, PERFORMING ACROSS CAMBODIA, THE US, AND THEN IN AFRICA, INCLUDING A GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE TO 18,000 PEOPLE IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN RWANDA. THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND TOURING THIS PRODUCTION WAS DOCUMENTED IN A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THE JOURNEY BACK TO NOW. SINCE THEN, GLOBAL ARTS CORPS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS CHILDREN'S RADIO EXCHANGE, A MULTIYEAR INITIATIVE AIMED AT SUPPORTING KIDS AROUND THE WORLD TO COLLECTIVELY CRAFT THEIR OWN STORIES WITHOUT ADULT INTERVENTION. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH GROUPS OF KIDS, MOSTLY IN THE PRE-TEEN AGE RANGE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING EXERCISES TO FACILITATE STORYTELLING PROCESSES. WORKING ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, WE ARE DEVELOPING RADIO PRODUCTIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. OUR AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS HAVE SPANNED MORE THAN 47 CITIES AND 12 COUNTRIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS, REACHING OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AND FACILITATING RECONCILIATION WORKSHOPS FOR MORE THAN 15,000 PARTICIPANTS. MOST RECENTLY, WE SUPPORTED A GROUP OF 19 YOUNG CAMBODIAN CIRCUS PERFORMERS TO CREATE A STAGE PRODUCTION, SEE YOU YESTERDAY, AS A WAY TO MOVE BACKWARDS IN TIME ACROSS GENERATIONS SEPARATED BY GENOCIDE. USING THEIR PRODUCTION AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE PAST, THEY UNCOVERED DIMENSIONS OF THEMSELVES IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMA OF THEIR ELDERS AND ANCESTORS. THEY THEN TOOK THEIR LEARNINGS ON THE ROAD, PERFORMING ACROSS CAMBODIA, THE US, AND THEN IN AFRICA, INCLUDING A GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE TO 18,000 PEOPLE IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN RWANDA. THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND TOURING THIS PRODUCTION WAS DOCUMENTED IN A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THE JOURNEY BACK TO NOW. SINCE THEN, GLOBAL ARTS CORPS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS CHILDREN'S RADIO EXCHANGE, A MULTIYEAR INITIATIVE AIMED AT SUPPORTING KIDS AROUND THE WORLD TO COLLECTIVELY CRAFT THEIR OWN STORIES WITHOUT ADULT INTERVENTION. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH GROUPS OF KIDS, MOSTLY IN THE PRE-TEEN AGE RANGE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING EXERCISES TO FACILITATE STORYTELLING PROCESSES. WORKING ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, WE ARE DEVELOPING RADIO PRODUCTIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since February 1974.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. 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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