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US nonprofit · EIN 341881815 · Cleveland, OHiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 341881815) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Near West Theatre

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.3m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$7.1m
$210k liabilities
Net assets
$6.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
17
4.4y av
Staff
12
200 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
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Near West Theatre's network

17 people9 organisationsi17 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (17). Violet dotted lines (9) 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

17 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 17 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ashley WasielewskiTrustee2025
1 yr
Brandon CastanedaTrustee2025
1 yr
Brandon RuddTrustee2025
1 yr
Deanna MurlinTrustee2022
4 yrs
DEB YandalaVice Preside2020
6 yrs
Divya SridharTrustee2024
2 yrs
Dylan FallonTrustee2022
4 yrs
Edward StockhausenCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Emily BaxterTrustee2024
2 yrs
Emily GessnerTrustee2025
1 yr
James LazarusTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Jason BristolTrustee2018
8 yrs
Jazmin LongTrustee2018
8 yrs
Kenneth KalynchukPresident2021
5 yrs
Kristy CruzTrustee2022
4 yrs
Matthew GrimesTrustee2022
4 yrs
TOI ComerTrustee2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 17 →

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Michael ObertaczManaging Directorsince 2018
Robert Navis JRArtistic Directorsince 2018
Stephanie Morrison HrbekExecutive Director2018
Trinidad SniderArtistic Directorsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Michael ObertaczExecutive Di50$89k
Trinidad SniderArtistic Dir50$83k
Emily BaxterTrustee1$0
Jason BristolTrustee1$0
Brandon CastanedaTrustee1$0
Toi ComerTrustee1$0
Kristy CruzTrustee1$0
Dylan FallonTrustee1$0
Emily GessnerTrustee1$0
Matthew GrimesTrustee1$0
Kenneth KalynchukPresident2$0
James LazarusTreasurer2$0
Jazmin LongTrustee1$0
Deanna MurlinTrustee1$0
Brandon RuddTrustee1$0
Divya SridharTrustee1$0
Edward StockhausenSecretary2$0
Ashley WasielewskiTrustee1$0
Deb YandalaVice Preside2$0

About

Legal name
Near West Theatre
EIN
341881815
Address
6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44102-3018
State
Ohio
Mission
Near west theatre creates life-changing theatre arts experiences that empower our community. (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
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1978
Principal officer
Michael Obertacz (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJason Bristol
≥8years on the filingsJazmin Long
≥8years on the filingsTOI Comer
≥6years on the filingsDEB Yandala

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$7.1m
Total liabilities
$210k
Net assets or fund balances
$6.9m
Contributions and grants received
$778k
Program service revenue
$348k
Employees
12
Volunteers
200

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$839k$1.4mDeficit $542k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.