Rising Star Theatre Company
Donations deductibleRevenue
$265k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$259k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$197k
$1k liabilities
Net assets
$196k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
3.4 years on average
Staff
1
384 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
6
named in Part VII
Rising Star Theatre Company's network
3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Huff | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tami Norton | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tyler Tollefson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie O'Connor | President | 2023 |
| Dan Lobianco | Vice President | 2023 |
| Lori Kelsey | Company secretary | 2023 |
| Megan Schumacher | Director/Artistic and Education Director | 2023 |
| Nicholas Halder | Producing Artistic Director | since 2018 |
| Stasia Brannon | Treasurer | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Schumacher | Director/Artistic and Education Director | 40 | $53k | ||
| Tami Norton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tyler Tollefson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dan LoBianco | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jesse Huff | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carrie O'Connor | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lori Kelsey | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stasia Brannon | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Rising Star Theatre Company
- EIN
- 273639305
- Address
- 2100 Stonehill Dr, Dubuque, IA, 52003-7017
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- Rising Star Theatre Company (RSTC) was organized exclusively for educational purposes. Specifically, RSTC provides quality theatrical productions, meaningful experiences both on and off-stage, and varied theatre study opportunities for Dubuque and the surrounding tri-state communities (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A65 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2010
- Principal officer
- Megan Schumacher (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2012
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsJesse Huff
≥3years on the filingsTami Norton
≥3years on the filingsTyler Tollefson
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $197k
- Total liabilities
- $1k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $196k
- Contributions and grants received
- $35k
- Program service revenue
- $225k
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 384
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Rising Star Theatre Co. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 18 March 2010
- Registered agent
- Megan Schumacher (city and state not held)