Up Theater Company Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THEATRE AND EDUCATION
- Income
- $60,208
- Spending
- $68,066
- Reserves
- 4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 30, 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 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 (3)
- $30,300 spent. I. All our activities aimed to serve our diverse uptown community. To make our performance more inclusive, we made simultaneous translation for ASL andSpanish available for select performances of our mainstages and select special events. We collaborated with the communities whose spaces we perform in, like Fort Washington Collegiate Church. Our two uptown sister theater organizations are the Pied Piper Theatre and The Peoples Theatre.II. Summer Heat Reading SeriesDuring the summer months, UP chills out with a reading of a classic play in one of our beautiful uptown parks. This year its Nick and Nora Go Off Broadway by Bambi Everson, directed by Kirby Fields.Saturday, July 29 2024 @4pm in Isham Park
- $3,574 spent. Dead of Winter Reading SeriesLocation: Ft. Washington Collegiate CampusDate(s): January 7, 14, 21, 28 2025Description: On four January evenings, UP presents free, exploratory readings of four new plays in various stages of development. These readings always incorporatetalk-backs between the audience and playwrights. - FLOATING DOWN TO CAMELOT by Steven Satta, directed by Janice Goldberg.A gay love story set on a liberal-arts college campus in the 70's.- WISH BONE by Phoebe Farber, directed by Betsy True. A young woman withbig dreams navigates various factions in her job at a chicken-processing plant.- TUMBLEWEED by Marcus Scott, directed by Dev Bondarin. A young black girlwith hair like a tumbleweed faces various standards of beauty both within andout of her immediate family.- BREAD OF LIFE by Frank Pagliaro, directed by Kirby Fields. An unorthodoxtelling of the story of Christ.
- $241 spent. Onward & UPward Fundraising GalaLocation: Mamajuanas CafeDate(s): May 15 2025Description: We honor a community member or local business with our UPstandingPerson of the Year Award. The 2024 recipients were Sarin Prabasi & Elias Gurmu, the founders of Buunni Coffee, a local coffee shop that is a haven for local artists.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2013 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on November 15, 2013.
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 June 2025.
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 September 2014.
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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