National Comedy Center Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$3.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$4.8m
$7m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $2.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
7.5 years on average
Staff
53
300 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
National Comedy Center Inc's network
9 people6 organisationsi9 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (14) 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
9 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 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Aronson | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| George Panebianco | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Holly Sullivan | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jerome Lee YAW | Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jon Albro | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Louis Deppas | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Latone | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sarah Demink | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tom Benson | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Journey Gunderson | Executive Director | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journey Gunderson | Executive Director | 8 | $38k | $153k | $24k |
| George Panebianco | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Louis Deppas | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Michael Latone | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Cindy Aronson | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jerome Lee Yaw | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Holly Sullivan | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Tom Benson | President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jon Albro | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Demink | Member | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- National Comedy Center Inc
- EIN
- 412030241
- Address
- 2 W 3rd St, Jamestown, NY, 14701-5104
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The mission of the lucille ball desi arnaz museum, a non-profit educational institution, is to celebrate the inspiring lives and enduring legacies of pioneering artists, innovators, and leaders lucille ball and desi arnaz, whose contributions have shaped our shared cultural heritage and charted a course for american entertainment history. The museum, located in ball's hometown of jamestown... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A51 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
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Tom Benson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2002
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCindy Aronson
≥8years on the filingsGeorge Panebianco
≥8years on the filingsHolly Sullivan
≥8years on the filingsJon Albro
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.8m
- Total liabilities
- $7m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $2.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.2m
- Program service revenue
- $926k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.4m
- Employees
- 53
- Volunteers
- 300
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6m | $3.3m | $220k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Comedy Center Operator Inc | Charitable contribution | $1.4m |
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.National Comedy Center, Inc. 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: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 28 March 2002
- Registered agent
- Not stated