OVATION PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE
EIN 83-1886944 · Theater (A65)
What they do
Last Year We Increased Our Output Substantially. We Performed Four Full-length Broadway Productions: Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella Youre A Good Man Charlie Brown Disneys Newsies and Disneys The Little Mermaid. We Split Our Growing Cast Into Two Halves Younger and Older and Thereby Decreased Our Combined Cast Size of 70 In Cinderella to Casts of 30 - 50 Again. to Facilitate All of These Changes We Also Leased Our Own Performance Space In January. This Incurs A Much Greater Monthly Expense for Ourselves But At Four Shows A Year Up From Two We Can Manage These Costs. We Offered Summer Classes Like Aways and Continued to Grow Into The Fall and Winter. Still No Grants But A Lot of Goodwill From Parents and Volunteers.
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Of every $100 spent, about $100.00 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Basic facts we verified
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Money report from 2025The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders6 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $4,650 for ANDREA GARNER (TREASURER AND SHOW COORDINATOR). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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Financial picture
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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People reported as paid
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See everyone listed on the board or leadership roster (6)
ANDREA GARNERTREASURER AND SHOW COORDINATOR
CECE BELLIDIRECTOR AND SHOW DIRECTOR
BRIAN STEWARTDIRECTOR AND SET BUILDER
JONATHAN SHEPHERDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT
LISHA FINEDIRECTOR AND COSTUMER
NATHAN CARVALLDIRECTOR AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2024
- Location
- 71120 Holmes Road, Sisters, OR 97759
- County
- Deschutes
- In care of
- Jonathan Shepherd
- Primary officer
- Jonathan Shepherd, Executive Director and President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Theater (A65)
- IRS tax category
- Theater