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BLESSED UNREST THEATRE INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $120K · expenses $118K · assets $57K

EIN
11-3662328
Address
PO BOX 38, NEW YORK, NY 10108-0038
Website
www.blessedunrest.org
NTEE code
A65
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2003 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

The creation and presentation of live theatrical performance.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors Member2016-2024 $24,000$163,700 1
Jennifer Allen Business Manager2022-2024 $14,400$37,001 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

14 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Laura Wickens Board President2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Damen Scranton Treasurer2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
David Wooten Secretary2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dr Charles Gillespie Board Member2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Arthur Strimling Board President Emeritus2016-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Tara Powers Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Michael Leslie Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Tom Marshall (former) Board Member2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Matt Opatrny (former) Treasurer2016-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Lisa Reilly (former) Vice President2016-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Anna Kepe Haas (former) Secretary, Board of Directors2016 0 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Haas (former) Board of Directors2016 0 $0 reported 1
Ian Robertson Duncan (former) Board of Directors2016 0 $0 reported 1
Leslie Tyrie (former) Board of Directors2016 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · 2 paid, $38K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors Member35 $24,000-$0 $24,0001
Jennifer Allen Business Manager16 $14,400-$0 $14,4001
Laura Wickens Board President1 $0-$0 $01
Damen Scranton Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
David Wooten Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Dr Charles Gillespie Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Tara Powers Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Michael Leslie Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling Board President Emeritus1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 8 people listed · 2 paid, $38K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors Member35 $24,000-$0 $24,0001
Jennifer Allen Business Manager16 $14,400-- $14,4001
Laura Wickens Board President1 $0-$0 $01
Damen Scranton Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
David Wooten Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Dr Charles Gillespie Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling Board President Emeritus1 $0-$0 $01
Tom Marshall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $34K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Secretary35 $26,000-$0 $26,0001
Jennifer Allen Business Manager15 $8,201-$0 $8,2011
Matt Opatrny Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President1 $0-$0 $01
Laura Wickens Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Tom Marshall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $18K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Secretary35 $18,000-$0 $18,0001
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President1 $0-$0 $01
Laura Wickens Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Tom Marshall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Secretary20 $0-$0 $01
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $8K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Secretary20 $7,800-$0 $7,8001
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President1 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $21K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Secretary40 $21,450-$0 $21,4501
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer40 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President0 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $21K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director, Board of Directors40 $21,450-$0 $21,4501
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer30 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling President0 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $21K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jessica Burr Artistic Director and President40 $21,000-$0 $21,0001
Matt Opatrny Managing Director and Treasurer30 $0-$0 $01
Anna Kepe Haas Secretary, Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01
Jonathan Haas Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01
Lisa Reilly Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01
Ian Robertson Duncan Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01
Arthur Strimling Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01
Leslie Tyrie Board of Directors0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$119,987$117,509 $57,429$57,429 $110,792$7,711 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,115$104,149 $54,951$54,951 $94,886$4,229 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$162,926$153,522 $59,985$59,985 $150,832$9,714 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$106,936$78,477 $50,581$50,581 $100,501$6,435 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$43,989$24,106 $22,122$22,122 $40,306$3,683 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$31,781$22,454 $2,239$2,239 $31,781$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$121,676$112,840 $0-$7,088 $88,932$32,029 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,115$118,925 $0-$15,924 $52,420$43,552 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$65,876$63,364 $3,886$3,886 $43,565$22,311 ---

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $147,802 in all, tax years 2010 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE SHS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BLESSED UNREST THEATRE”, “BLESSED UNREST THEATRE INC” 2012, 2021-2025 6$70,000 2025$10,000
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RUTH AND HAL LAUNDERS CHARITABLE TR Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BLESSED UNREST THEATRE INC” 2019, 2021-2022, 2024 4$47,500 2024$10,000
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PLAY ON SHAKESPEARE Public charity Exact 2022 1$12,500 2022$12,500
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JKW FOUNDATION TR UA 092597 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BLESSED UNREST THEATRE INC” 2023 1$10,000 2023$10,000
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OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Blessed Unrest Theatre Inc” 2010-2013, 2017-2018, 2020 8$5,600 2020$250
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ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES NEW YORK INC Public charity Exact 2011 1$2,000 2011$2,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BLESSED UNREST THEATRE INC” 2020-2023 4$202 2023$43
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $117,509 spent · pay $25,818 · grants $0 · events $1,823
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $58,335 49.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $25,818 22.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $19,268 16.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,544 9.0%
Printing, publications, postage $3,544 3.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,823reported apart
Total$117,509100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $104,149 spent · pay $25,752 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $50,146 48.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $25,752 24.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,232 15.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,693 9.3%
Printing, publications, postage $2,326 2.2%
Total$104,149100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $153,522 spent · pay $27,897 · grants $0 · events $6,294
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $70,919 46.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $32,958 21.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $27,897 18.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,653 12.8%
Printing, publications, postage $2,095 1.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$6,294reported apart
Total$153,522100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $78,477 spent · pay $19,322 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $40,237 51.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $19,322 24.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,853 13.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,433 8.2%
Printing, publications, postage $1,632 2.1%
Total$78,477100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $24,106 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $16,099 66.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,157 17.2%
Printing, publications, postage $2,040 8.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,810 7.5%
Total$24,106100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $22,454 spent · pay $8,380 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $8,380 37.3%
Fees to independent contractors $6,895 30.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,394 15.1%
Printing, publications, postage $2,573 11.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,212 5.4%
Total$22,454100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $112,840 spent · pay $23,815 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $31,617 28.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $26,538 23.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $24,942 22.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $23,815 21.1%
Printing, publications, postage $5,928 5.3%
Total$112,840100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $118,925 spent · pay $24,574 · grants $0 · events $289
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $41,229 34.7%
Fees to independent contractors $30,572 25.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $24,574 20.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,940 14.2%
Printing, publications, postage $5,610 4.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$289reported apart
Total$118,925100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $63,364 spent · pay $22,646 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $22,646 35.7%
Fees to independent contractors $18,758 29.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $12,161 19.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,810 10.7%
Printing, publications, postage $2,989 4.7%
Total$63,364100%

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