Footlight Players Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$571k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$833k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$7.7m
$553k liabilities
Net assets
$7.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
7.3 years on average
Staff
19
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Footlight Players Inc's network
11 people5 organisationsi11 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (5) 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
11 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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Hudnall | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Carolyn Smith | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dave Kowert | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Natalie Bluestein | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| PAM Bailey | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Philip Leffel | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robert Gebhardt | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sam Stafford | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Shannon Horn | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tom Blomquist | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Troy Strother | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Porter | Executive Director | since 2018 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blomquist | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chris Handal | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Troy Strother | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Holmes | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dave Kowert | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Gebhardt | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shannon Horn | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Teresa Barnett | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bob McFerran | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brian Porter | Executive Director | 40 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Footlight Players Inc
- EIN
- 570357961
- Address
- 20 Queen St, Charleston, SC, 29401-2809
- State
- South Carolina
- Mission
- The footlight players was founded in 1931 and is the oldest continuously performing community theatre in south carolina. The mission of footlight players is to provide quality, affordable, barrier-free community theatre of aprofessional caliber for the citizens of charleston... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A650 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
- 1933
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1952
- 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
≥8years on the filingsDave Kowert
≥8years on the filingsPAM Bailey
≥8years on the filingsPhilip Leffel
≥8years on the filingsShannon Horn
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
- $7.7m
- Total liabilities
- $553k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $7.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $222k
- Program service revenue
- $296k
- Employees
- 19