National Comedy Center Operator Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$25.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$5.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$20.2m
$414k liabilities
Net assets
$19.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
7.5 years on average
Staff
63
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 Operator 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 | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| George Panebianco | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Holly Sullivan | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jerome Lee YAW | Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jon Albro | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Louis Deppas | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Latone (also filed as Mike Latone) | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sarah Demink | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tom Benson | Member | 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 | 32 | $153k | $38k | $24k |
| George Panebianco | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Louis Deppas | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Michael Latone | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Cindy Aronson | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jerome Lee Yaw | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Holly Sullivan | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jon Albro | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Tom Benson | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Demink | Member | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- National Comedy Center Operator Inc
- EIN
- 820774057
- Address
- Po Box 69 2 W 2nd Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The mission of the national comedy center is to provide education on the comedic arts in the form of commentary and contextualization of its bodies of work, telling the vital story of comedy in america across all eras and genres of the art form. As a non-profit cultural institution, the museum celebrates comedy's great minds and unique voices, while providing an examination of the time-honed... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A60 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
- 2017
- Principal officer
- Tom Benson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2019
- 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
- $20.2m
- Total liabilities
- $414k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $19.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.3m
- Program service revenue
- $1m
- Employees
- 63
- 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 | $25.8m | $5.2m | $20.6m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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 Operator, 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
- 15 February 2017
- Registered agent
- Not stated