UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2017

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Organization: UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC (EIN 47-0854516)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-05-10
IRS object ID: 201821309349200122
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-10T08:25:36-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	204206235	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KOPCZYK OSHER & SCOTT CPAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4415 HARRISON ST STE 544	AddressLine1Txt
City	HILLSIDE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	601621920	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	470854516	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	UTOP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7736800826	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5315 N CLARK STREET RM/STE 171	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60640	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JACQUELINE STONE	PersonNm
Person Title	DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7736800826	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RODNEY C SCOTT	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00733684	PTIN
Phone	3125270111	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-09	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$52,329	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$32,327	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$13,319	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Investment Income	$4	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$3,353	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$1,280	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$2,073	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Other Revenue Total	$3,326	OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue	$51,049	TotalRevenueAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$6,600	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$22,483	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Other Expenses Total	$21,154	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$50,237	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$812	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$28,919	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$29,731	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,584	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,577	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,327	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,919	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,911	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$180	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,919	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,731	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	TUTA'S MISSION IS TO EXCITE THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE WITH THEATRE THAT IS BOTH RELEVANT AND CHALLENGING IN BOTH FORM AND/OR CONTENT. TUTA CONTINUALLY SEARCHES FOR THE UNIQUE AND EXCEPTIONAL IN THE LANGUAGE OF THEATRE, BE IT VERBAL, PHYSICAL, OR VISUAL, IN ORDER TO EXPRESS IDEAS AND EXPOSE QUESTIONS VITAL TO CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY. TUTA IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING THEATRICAL AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THAT BRIDGE ALL FORMS OF CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVIDES.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS PER THEIR MISSION. DURING THE YEAR TUTA PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION OF GENTLE, THREE TUTALAB WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC READINGS, GUEST PREFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Program Service Expenses	$47,692	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$47,692	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
HEATHER JOIREMAN
PRESIDENT	5.00	$0
JACQUELINE STONE
DIRECTOR	2.00	$0
STEPHEN MURRAY
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
SEAN EWERT
DIRECTOR	5.00	$0
HELEN LATTYAK
DIRECTOR	2.00	$0
MAXWELL J LOTSPEICH
DIRECTOR	2.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JACQUELINE STONE	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5315 N CLARK STREET 171	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60640	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7736800826	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,782	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$40,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$38,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,777	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$32,327	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$169,404	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,782	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$40,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$38,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,777	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$32,327	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$169,404	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$56,503	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$112,901	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$48	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$169,452	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$43,612	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.66630	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.65740	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8	MISCELLANEOUS 3,326 TOTAL 3,326
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES MARKETING 1,607 OFFICE EXPENSES 172 INSURANCE 368 MISC. EXPENSES 1,086 PROGRAM EXPENSES 11,847 CREDIT CARD FEES 1,287 TRAVEL 1,012 PROFESSIONAL FEES 3,775 TOTAL 21,154
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 1,900 2,400 PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 2,501 3,751 SECURITY DEPOSITS 3,176 3,176 TOTAL 7,577 9,327
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	DEFERRED REVENUE 0 180
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	TUTA'S MISSION IS TO EXCITE THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE WITH THEATRE THAT IS BOTH RELEVANT AND CHALLENGING IN BOTH FORM AND/OR CONTENT. TUTA CONTINUALLY SEARCHES FOR THE UNIQUE AND EXCEPTIONAL IN THE LANGUAGE OF THEATRE, BE IT VERBAL, PHYSICAL, OR VISUAL, IN ORDER TO EXPRESS IDEAS AND EXPOSE QUESTIONS VITAL TO CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY. TUTA IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING THEATRICAL AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THAT BRIDGE ALL FORMS OF CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVIDES.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS PER THEIR MISSION. DURING THE YEAR TUTA PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION OF GENTLE, THREE TUTALAB WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC READINGS, GUEST PREFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.