American Blues Theater
Donations deductibleAmerican Blues Theater's network
8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). 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
8 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Motogawa | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Eric Berg | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Editha Rosario-Moore | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Gwendolyn Whiteside | Artistic Dir. | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kimberlee Herold | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Manny Buckley | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Michael Levinson | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Rama Ranganathan | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwendolyn Whiteside | Artistic Dir. | 60 | $94k | ||
| Editha Rosario-Moore | President | 4 | $0 | ||
| Kimberlee Herold | Vice President | 4 | $0 | ||
| Michael Levinson | Treasurer | 4 | $0 | ||
| Editha Rosario-Moore | Secretary | 3 | $0 | ||
| Manny Buckley | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rama Ranganathan | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Eric Berg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christopher Motogawa | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- American Blues Theater
- EIN
- 800448191
- Address
- 5627 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, 60659-4921
- State
- Illinois
- Mission
- American Blues Theater is an Ensemble of artists committed to producing new and classic diverse stories that ask the question: What does it mean to be American? (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
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2009
- Principal officer
- Gwendolyn Whiteside (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2009
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsGwendolyn Whiteside
≥7years on the filingsKimberlee Herold
≥7years on the filingsManny Buckley
≥7years on the filingsMichael Levinson
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
- $11.9m
- Total liabilities
- $517k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $11.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $452k
- Program service revenue
- $308k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $8k
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 75