Santa Rosa Players
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
6th Street Playhouse is a performing arts theater that engages, entertains and inspires a diverse community. We do this by consistently producing plays, musicals, and educational programs that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.
- Income
- $2.1 million
- Spending
- $1.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- -13.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 52%
- Employees
- 70
- Volunteers
- 50
- Highest pay
- $95,000, executive dir.
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
Fair: 50 out of 100. Higher than 20% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 66% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 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: 55 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2515 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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 (2)
- $1.2 million spent. 6th Street Theater produces high quality theatrical productions to the general public through the use of two theatres. The main theater, the G.K. Hardt Theatre, seats 184 and includes disabled seating and Phonic Ear loop for the hearing impaired. The Monroe Stage is an intimate and flexible seat black box theater located next door to the G.K. Hardt Theatre. The Studio holds full productions of classics, new works and theater that showcases creative risk-taking.Nine staged productions plus three special event productions were held in the 2024-2025 season. Approximately 22,000 tickets were sold for the staged productions and 1,000 tickets were sold for the special event productions that included 13 performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet co-produced with a Shakespeare Company, a new Playhouse concept. Also added was a new Theater for Young Audiences, an original works production of Holly Days, which sold 480 tickets.
- $284,297 spent. 6th Street Theater provides educational and artistic outreach classes and workshops for youth and adults of all ages and levels of experience through the School of Drama. Youth - Youth classes are for children ages 2 - 12 years old. These classes are designed to foster an interest in theater arts, deepen connections between family members and communities, and provide tools for self expression.Teen - Teen classes are for teens 13-19 years old. These classes are designed to support and foster the development of young artists, help teenagers acknowledge and understand their complicated worlds through self awareness and a deepened connection with their peers, and help them develop tools for confidence and problem solving.Adult - Adult classes provide a place to explore, strengthen skills, and grow as artists and people.Seniors - Classes for seniors, ages 55 years old and over, are designed to help transform negative attitudes towards aging to a new vision of continuous growth, and to honor and celebrate the sharing of rich and varied experiences of older adults.In the 2024-2025 season, the Education Program 6th Street Studio held 20 classes that served 395 students. These students performed in eight different productions that held 40 performances and had audiences numbering 5350 patrons.
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
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 November 6, 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 July 1972.
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 November 4, 2026.
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