The Vanguard Theater Company
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.5m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$544k
$613k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $69k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
15
4.6 years on average
Staff
8
23 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
11
named in Part VII
The Vanguard Theater Company's network
15 people1 organisationi15 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (15). 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
15 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 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuraj Bismal | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Elaine Schwartz | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Genevieve Wrenn | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Hilary Hoover | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ilena Silverman | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jennene Tierney | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jessica Sporn | Trstee Emeritus | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kate Larsen | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lindsay Roberts Greene | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Marybeth Boger | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Melani Wilson Smith | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Meryl Budnick | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Patty Gonzalez | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Stacey Kilkenney | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Veena Raj | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cathi Flanagan | Acting Treas. | 2025 |
| Christopher Joyce | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Erica Branch-Ridley | President | 2018 |
| Janeece Freeman-Clark | Artistic Director | since 2021 |
| Jessica Sporn | Managing Director | since 2021 |
| Kawanzaa King | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Lindsay Roberts | Vice President | 2022 |
| Lynn Irby | President | 2018 |
| Melani Wilson Smith | Treasurer | 2022 |
| Nadine Dubois | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Terri Gorgone | Company secretary | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janeece Freeman-Clark | Artistic Director | 40 | $55k | ||
| Cathi Flanagan | Acting Treas. | 0 | $30k | ||
| Terri Gorgone | Secretary | 3 | $14k | ||
| Patty Gonzalez | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anuraj Bismal | Trustee | 3 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Sporn | Trstee Emeritus | 0 | $0 | ||
| Hilary Hoover | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stacey Kilkenney | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Meryl Budnick | Trustee | 10 | $0 | ||
| MaryBeth Boger | President | 3 | $0 | ||
| Jennene Tierney | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ilena Silverman | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Veena Raj | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kate Larsen | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elaine Schwartz | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lindsay Roberts Greene | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Melani Wilson Smith | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Genevieve Wrenn | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- The Vanguard Theater Company
- EIN
- 473543143
- Address
- Po Box 409, Montclair, NJ, 07042-0409
- State
- New Jersey
- Mission
- Vanguard Theater Company (VTC), founded by two Black artists, provides equitable opportunity, training, and access to theater artists and audiences. VTC is changing the narrative through theater dedicated to DREAM: Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Activism and Mentorship. VTC creates a space for individuals of different racial and socio-economic backgrounds and life circumstances to... (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
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2015
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
- Principal officer
- Adrian Banks (Form 990-N, tax year 2014)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsIlena Silverman
≥8years on the filingsJessica Sporn
≥8years on the filingsMeryl Budnick
≥8years on the filingsPatty Gonzalez
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $544k
- Total liabilities
- $613k
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $69k
- Contributions and grants received
- $508k
- Program service revenue
- $925k
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 23