Childrens Community Theatre
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366191935
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- DeKalb, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8159013977
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,627
- Expenses
- $94,124
- Assets
- $65,355
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Katie Browne (President)
- Rebecca Gulke (Vice president)
People named in this filing
- Michael Landshaft (Tresurer)
- Katie Browne (President)
- Rebecca Gulke (Vice president)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Children's Community Theater empowers young people and families to discover their creative voice, build confidence, and experience the transformative power of theatre. Since our founding in 1955, we have been committed to encouraging a lifelong love of the dramatic arts by providing accessible, high-quality theatre experiences that celebrate the talents and contributions of children of all ages and skill levels. Through our productions, summer camps, and community engagement, we create inclusive spaces where young performers develop resilience, collaboration, and self-belief while building meaningful connections with peers and families. Serving over 200 people in DeKalb County annually, we believe that theatre is a tool for personal growth and community vitality, and we are dedicated to ensuring that every child in our community has the opportunity to step onto the stage, discover their potential, and realize their dreams.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our two-week summer camp, held in collaboration with the historic Egyptian Theatre, is an intensive, affordable program for youth ages 818. We keep costs low and offer scholarship opportunities so families from all backgrounds can participate. Structure Two age-track model: -Younger Track (ages 812): hands-on introduction to theater fundamentals acting, voice, movement, improvisation, and basic backstage skills with fun games, ensemble-building, and a polished showcase at the end of camp. -Older Track (high school students, 1418): an ambitious rehearsal schedule focused on mounting a full-length show start-to-finish in two weeks. Students handle acting, vocal work, choreography, tech rehearsals, and run crews under staff and peer-mentor guidance. Curriculum & Experience -Daily schedule combining skill classes, rehearsals, scene work, and technical training. -Professional-style rehearsal process for the older track: blocking, music rehearsals, choreography, tech runs, and dress rehearsals. -Introduction to set, costume, and prop basics; stagecraft and safety; microphone and lighting basics as appropriate. -Leadership and mentorship: older campers mentor younger ones and gain production leadership opportunities (stage manager, crew leads). -Performance: final public sharing or full production mounted in partnership with the Egyptian Theatre, offering real-stage experience and audience performance. Accessibility & Support Low tuition model with need-based scholarships and sliding-scale options. -Accommodations and inclusive practices -Clear communication about rehearsal schedules, pick-up/drop-off, and what to bring. Outcomes Younger campers gain confidence, collaborative skills, and foundational theater knowledge. High school campers experience the intensity of producing a show, develop technical and leadership skills, and leave with a completed production credit and greater artistic maturity. Contact us for dates, registration, and scholarship applications.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 68.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.