TOWN HALL THEATER INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: TOWN HALL THEATER INC (EIN 03-0358794)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-08-11
IRS object ID: 201642249349300314
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-08-11T06:24:15-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Tapia & Huckabay PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 38	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vergennes	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05491	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030358794	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Town Hall Theater Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	TOWN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8023881436	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 128	AddressLine1Txt
City	Middlebury	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05753	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	WALTER DEVERELL JR	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8023881436	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-08-01	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	WILLIAM S HUCKABAY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	8028707086	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-12-15 16:53:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	BENJAMIN DEPPMAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 128	AddressLine1Txt
City	Middlebury	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05753	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$988,764	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.townhalltheater.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1998	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Community Theater in the Historic Middlebury Town Hall. The Town Hall Theater proudly presents approximately 160 events per year and offers performing arts classes and in-school residencies. The wide variety of offerings include opera, theater, film, live music and comedy. The Jackson Gallery features rotating exhibits from some of Vermont's finest artists. See Page Two for additional information.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	29	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$461,878	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$514,101	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$415,456	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$452,123	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$10	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,147	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$13,524	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$887,488	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$979,758	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$270,651	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$299,186	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$68,397	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$680,881	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$609,121	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$951,532	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$908,307	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$64,044	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$71,451	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,607,506	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,644,632	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$590,457	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$563,143	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,017,049	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,081,489	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Community Theater in the Historic Middlebury Town Hall.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$589,909	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$394,701	RevenueAmt
Desc	THEATER PERFORMANCES - THE THEATER PRODUCES, SPONSORS AND PROVIDES A VENUE FOR MANY CONCERTS, STAGE PRODUCTIONS, ART INSTALLATIONS, FILMS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. ATTENDANCE OF 16,949 AT 161 PERFORMANCES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$145,774	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$57,422	RevenueAmt
Desc	WORKSHOPS, CLASSES & SCHOOL OUTREACH - THE THEATER PROVIDES OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, PROVIDES A VARIETY OF ARTS-BASED CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS, AND IS INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. 13 OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN 10 SCHOOLS THAT INCLUDED 35 CLASSROOMS AND 790 STUDENTS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$735,683	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	24	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	29	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DEBORAH LAFRAMBOISE	PersonNm
Phone	8023881436	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 128	AddressLine1Txt
City	Middlebury	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05753	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
BENJAMIN DEPPMAN
President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHARLIE GRIGG
Vice-President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PETER DEGRAFF
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WALTER DEVERELL JR
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN ANDERSON-RAY
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRUCE BAKER
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PIETER BROUCKE
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAN BROWN
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUE BYERS
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GEORGE CADY
Former Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL WYNCOOP
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARGARET KEITH
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JORGE MARTIN
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ASHAR NELSON
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHRYN TILTON
Director	1	Yes (X)
CINDY SELIGMANN
Director	1	Yes (X)
DOUGLAS ANDERSON
Executive Director	40		Yes (X)	$54,549		$901

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$54,549	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$901	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$127,740	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$12,391	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$6,250	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$367,720	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$145,712	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$514,101	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
Ticket Sales	711110	$345,868
Box Office Fees	711110	$12,478
Stage Rentals	711110	$36,355
Education Revenue	711110	$57,422

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$452,123	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$12,391	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$22,530	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$9,006	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,524	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$13,524	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$979,758	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$452,123	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$13,534	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,450	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,614	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,418	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,418	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,447	TotalAmt
Program Services	$156,951	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,807	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,689	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,687	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,653	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$661	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$373	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,602	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,399	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,390	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,710	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,710	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$205,105	TotalAmt
Program Services	$193,205	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,849	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$51	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,658	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,658	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,917	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,230	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,750	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,937	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,078	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,078	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,656	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,523	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,706	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$427	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,113	TotalAmt
Program Services	$66,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,819	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,432	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$814	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$573	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,222	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,461	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$609	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$152	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,611	TotalAmt
Program Services	$125,981	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,326	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,467	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,832	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,699	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Box Office Supplies	$14,379	$14,379	$0	$0
Fundraising & Membership Expenses	$14,745	$0	$0	$14,745
Theater & Production Supplies	$36,325	$36,325	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$10,785	$6,872	$2,296	$1,617

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$908,307	TotalAmt
Program Services	$735,683	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,227	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$68,397	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,185	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,791	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$81,086	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,439,149	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,284,023	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,248,655	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,155,126	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$347,143	BOYAmt
EOY	$342,629	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,607,506	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,644,632	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,500	BOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$581,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$556,726	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,976	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,417	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$590,457	BOYAmt
EOY	$563,143	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,683,102	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,702,080	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,611	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,813	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$290,336	BOYAmt
EOY	$340,596	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,017,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,081,489	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,607,506	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,644,632	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$71,451	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$7,011	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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	$339,596	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$367,962	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$490,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$461,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$514,101	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,174,515	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$339,596	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$367,962	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$490,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$461,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$514,101	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,174,515	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$573,485	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,601,030	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,174,556	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$959,122	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73630	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.72920	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$347,143	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$16,500	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$7,014	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$342,629	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$181,622	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$155,154	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$10,367	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$347,143	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$100,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$60,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$21,622	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$181,622	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$100,000	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$100,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.01000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.88000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.11000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$253,167	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$253,167	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,747,688	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$896,312	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,851,376	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$353,497	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$307,379	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$46,118	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$84,797	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$80,332	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,465	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$4,155,126	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others	Desc
Book Value	$342,629	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$342,629	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Payroll & Related Withholdings	Desc
Amt	$6,417	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$6,417	TotalLiabilityAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt IV, Line 2b	Town Hall Theater, Inc. acted as a fiscal sponsor for a number of grants benefitting a local artist (see Schedule L for additional information). The agency relationship ended in 2015.
Pt V, Line 4	Income from the endowment fund (held by the Vermont Community Foundation and accounted for under generally accepted accounting principles as a "Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others") is for operating and capital support for the Middlebury Town Hall Theater.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KATHERINE GRIDLEY	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Former Director	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$3,500	TransactionAmt
Transaction	See Below	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part IV Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Katherine Gridley, a former member of the board of directors, was the beneficiary of a number of grants supporting the "Emerging Youth Artists" program for which the Organization acted as fiscal sponsor. Ms. Gridley was paid $3,500 in 2015. The agency relationship ended in 2015.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	6	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$145,712	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Average Share Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt XI	Line 9 - Change in Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others of ($7,014) plus $3 rounding.
Pt VI, Line 11b	A draft of Form 990 is reviewed by the Treasurer with a final version made available to the Board prior to filing.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The Organization's conflict of interest policy is enforced through formal communication and action at the monthly board meetings and annual retreat.
Pt VI, Line 15a	The Board reviews informal comparability data and contemporaneously substantiates its deliberations related to the Executive Director's (and any other senior management) annual compensation adjustment.
Pt VI, Line 15b	See above.
Pt VI, Line 19	Governing documents and Form 990 are available at the Organization's office with reasonable requests for copies fulfilled without charge to the party making the request.