Fright Town Eastside
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Fright Town Eastside builds community on the Eastside of King County WA through participatory arts and theater programming including an all-volunteer community haunted house improvisational theater and arts workshops for teens and adult community members and grants in support of other youth-serving and community charities.
- Income
- $31,864
- Spending
- $24,923
- Reserves
- 39.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 56%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 December 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 (3)
- $25,370 spent. All-volunteer community haunted house. Fright Town Eastside operated its all-volunteer community haunted house in Sammamish WA drawing participants and audiences from across Sammamish Issaquah Redmond and Bellevue. The haunted house is the organizations signature public program and primary fundraising vehicle. Admission to the haunted house is open to the public; supporters make voluntary contributions on-site or online. During the 2025 season more than 300 individuals attended the haunted house without making any contribution demonstrating the voluntary nature of donor support. The organization charges no admission fee sells no concessions conducts no gaming or raffles and offers no goods or services of fair market value in exchange for contributions. Expenses funded venue rent construction supplies marketing and outreach insurance food for volunteers and event-related operating costs. Direct event expenses are reported on Form 990-EZ Line 6c and detailed on Schedule G
- $1,030 spent. Improv theater and arts workshops. Fright Town Eastside delivered six improvisational theater training sessions for teens and adult community members and four arts and crafts workshops focused on costume set and prop design. All workshops were led by volunteers and offered as community programming aligned with the organizations mission of participatory arts education.
- $20,000 spent. Grants to youth community charities. Fright Town Eastside granted 20,000 to other community charities in 2025: 2,000 to Sammamish Friends EIN 45-4396265 3020 Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd SE #559 Sammamish WA 98075 to support their community Mud Run fundraising event; 1,500 to Friends of Sammamish Youth EIN 93-1953310 1818 211th Way NE Sammamish WA 98074; 1,500 to Youth Eastside Services EIN 91-0849093 999 164th Ave NE Bellevue WA 98008; and 15,000 to Rescue at Red Barn Farm EIN 93-3321237 5703 208th Ave NE Redmond WA 98053-2440 in support of their charitable program operations and continued provision of community gathering space. These grants further the organizations exempt purpose by extending support to aligned youth-serving and community-building programs in the same geographic service area.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 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 December 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 April 2025.
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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