SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1948

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

DESHA CROWNOVER

Phone

6192391311

Tax Period

2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE, founded in 1948, is a community nonprofit that reported $1.5M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue decreased 6% compared to the prior year.

Mission

San Diego Junior Theatre (Junior Theatre) was incorporated in 1948 as a nonprofit corporation and is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 3-18; as well as six main stage productions each season. Students gain confidence, learn leadership, practice teamwork, and build a skill set - not only for a theatre stage, but for the larger stage of the real world. Current students between ages 8 and 18 are invited to audition or work on the backstage crew for eight main stage productions. Productions include Broadway musicals, adaptations from the popular canon of children's literature, and Shakespeare, and are directed, choreographed, and designed by Junior Theatre's production staff and professional guest artists.San Diego Junior Theatre aims to create and sustain a community of inclusion, where everyone feels safe, welcomed and represented, regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, gender identit

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $633,541 Revenue: $406,463

Junior Theatre originally began as a community program at San Diegos Old Globe Theatre. Today Junior Theatre operates as an independent, nonprofit organization for the benefit of children throughout...

Program 2

Expenses: $577,164 Revenue: $654,742

Educational programs and productions are made possible in part by show ticket sales, class and camp registrations, public contributions. Major funding is provided by the City of San Diego, the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the San Diego Junior Theatre Auxiliary.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $317,024

Program Service Revenue $1,061,205

Investment Income $71,878

Other Revenue $180

TOTAL REVENUE $1,450,287

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $1,042,637

Fundraising Expenses $57,737

Program Expenses $1,210,705

Other Expenses $426,770

TOTAL EXPENSES $1,469,407

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$1,450,287	$1,541,885	-0.1%
Expenses	$1,469,407	$1,367,291	+0.1%
Net Income	$-19,120	$174,594	-1.1%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

100

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$26,567

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
JAMES SABA	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$80,927	$0	$80,927
DESHA CROWNOVER	Executive Dir.	40.00	Officer	$26,567	$0	$26,567
CHARLENE CORNELIA	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
JUSTIN RUGGIERO	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
ALLISON HARRIS-TURK	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
STEVE MULTER	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
CARLOS SOLORIO	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
RICK WISNER	President	2.50	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
BILL SCHNEIDERWIND	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$1,450,287	$1,469,407	$2,150,392	$-19,120
2024	$1,541,885	$1,367,291	$2,134,053	$174,594
2023	$1,863,686	$1,271,076	$1,845,208	$592,610
2022	$1,494,467	$1,123,147	$1,238,550	$371,320
2021	$1,020,367	$563,417	$870,893	$456,950
2020	$865,364	$771,872	$376,987	$93,492
2019	$1,238,879	$1,127,381	$395,566	$111,498
2018	$1,243,508	$1,090,288	$265,970	$153,220