VAN WERT CIVIC THEATRE INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $104K · expenses $85K · assets $443K

EIN
23-7029149
Address
PO BOX 823, VAN WERT, OH 45891-0823
Website
WWW.VWCT.ORG
NTEE code
A20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
December 2018 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated October 15, 2017 after an automatic revocation on October 15, 2017 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
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Mission

PRESENTING LIVE THEATRE FOR THE VAN WERT, OHIO AREA

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 22 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

22 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
Terry Plas DIRECTOR2020-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Dale Terry PRESIDENT2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Missy Gehle SECRETARY2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Sandra Grooms TREASURER2017-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Chad Kraner DIRECTOR2017-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Keith Allen DIRECTOR2017-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Robert Laing DIRECTOR2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jan Miller DIRECTOR2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Stephanie Wagner VICE PRESIDE2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Nick Long DIRECTOR2025 1 $0 reported 1
Monica Campbell (former) DIRECTOR2017-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Trent Gossett (former) PRESIDENT2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Ed Eichler (former) SECRETARY2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Audra Zinn (former) DIRECTOR2021 1 $0 reported 1
Burdette Bolenbaugh (former) DIRECTOR2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Mary Ann Falk (former) DIRECTOR2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Randy Wieging (former) DIRECTOR2017-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Amy Mcconn (former) SECRETARY2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Lisa Eichler (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Doug Grooms (former) PRESIDENT2017-2019 0 $0 reported 1
Janelle Miller (former) SECRETARY2017 2 $0 reported 1
Steve Lane (former) VICE PRESIDE2017 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DALE TERRY PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
STEPHANIE WAGNER VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
MISSY GEHLE SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHAD KRANER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
ROBERT LAING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
JAN MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
TERRY PLAS DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
NICK LONG DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2024 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TERRY PLAS PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
DALE TERRY VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
MISSY GEHLE SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHAD KRANER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
ROBERT LAING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
JAN MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
MONICA CAMPBELL DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
STEPHANIE WAGNER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2023 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TERRY PLAS PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
STEPHANIE WAGNER VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
MISSY GEHLE SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHAD KRANER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
ROBERT LAING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
JAN MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
DALE TERRY DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2022 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TERRY PLAS PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
MONICA CAMPBELL VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
MISSY GEHLE SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHAD KRANER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
ROBERT LAING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
JAN MILLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
STEPHANIE WAGNER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
DALE TERRY DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2021 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TRENT GOSSETT PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
TERRY PLAS VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
ED EICHLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
AUDRA ZINN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
BURDETTE BOLENBAUGH DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
MARY ANN FALK DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
RANDY WIEGING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
ROBERT LAING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2020 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED EICHLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
AMY MCCONN SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER1 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
BURDETTE BOLENBAUGH DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
LISA EICHLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
MARY ANN FALK DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
TRENT GOSSETT VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
RANDY WIEGING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
TERRY PLAS DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2019 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DOUG GROOMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
ED EICHLER VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
AMY MCCONN SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER0 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
BURDETTE BOLENBAUGH DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
LISA EICHLER DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
MARY ANN FALK DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
TRENT GOSSETT DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
RANDY WIEGING DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2018 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DOUG GROOMS PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
ED EICHLER VICE PRESIDE2 $0-- $01
AMY MCCONN SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER2 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
BURDETTE BOLENBAUGH DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
LISA EICHLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
MARY ANN FALK DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
TRENT GOSSETT DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
RANDY WIEGING DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
2017 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DOUG GROOMS PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
STEVE LANE VICE PRESIDE2 $0-- $01
JANELLE MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
SANDRA GROOMS TREASURER2 $0-- $01
KEITH ALLEN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
MONICA CAMPBELL DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
LISA EICHLER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
CHAD KRANER DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
AMY MCCONN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
RANDY WIEGING DIRECTOR1 $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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2026-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$103,975$84,703 $443,405$443,405 $35,017$59,149 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$102,637$87,270 $424,133$424,133 $32,028$64,608 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$134,841$87,357 $408,766$408,766 $57,082$73,993 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$113,775$94,691 $361,282$361,282 $52,973$58,806 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$130,658$79,060 $355,033$342,198 $61,763$64,490 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$41,978$33,261 $305,383$290,601 $36,439$3,475 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,365$60,507 $306,871$281,882 $11,799$47,611 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-05-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$74,228$88,180 $288,469$270,026 $8,570$66,233 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-05-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$88,532$73,785 $304,139$283,976 $22,970$65,565 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-05-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,260$72,000 $284,977$284,977 $8,000$76,260 ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $80,473 in all, tax years 2017 to 2024. 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
VAN WERT COUNTY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2017-2019, 2022-2024 6$62,232 2024$6,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2020, 2022 2$17,981 2022$10,529
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “VAN WERT CIVIC THEATRE INC” 2020-2023 4$210 2023$39
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WESTFIELD INSURANCE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “VAN WERT CIVIC THEATRE INC” 2022 1$50 2022$50
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $84,703 spent · pay $0 · grants $4,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $57,305 67.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $21,083 24.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $4,000 4.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,395 1.6%
Printing, publications, postage $920 1.1%
Total$84,703100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $87,270 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $58,014 66.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $21,464 24.6%
Printing, publications, postage $4,397 5.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 2.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,395 1.6%
Total$87,270100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $87,357 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,382 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $64,946 74.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,759 20.3%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,382 2.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,325 1.5%
Printing, publications, postage $945 1.1%
Total$87,357100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $94,691 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,050 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $70,636 74.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $19,862 21.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,050 2.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,495 1.6%
Printing, publications, postage $648 0.7%
Total$94,691100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $79,060 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,194 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $59,325 75.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,677 19.8%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,194 2.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,250 1.6%
Printing, publications, postage $614 0.8%
Total$79,060100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $33,261 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $23,652 71.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,846 23.6%
Fees to independent contractors $1,450 4.4%
Printing, publications, postage $313 0.9%
Total$33,261100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $60,507 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $41,619 68.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $14,119 23.3%
Fees to independent contractors $4,345 7.2%
Printing, publications, postage $424 0.7%
Total$60,507100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $88,180 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $768
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $66,933 75.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,779 23.6%
Printing, publications, postage $468 0.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$768reported apart
Total$88,180100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $73,785 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,000 · events $900
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $41,158 55.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $22,113 30.0%
Printing, publications, postage $5,514 7.5%
Grants and similar amounts paid $5,000 6.8%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$900reported apart
Total$73,785100%

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