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US nonprofit · EIN 832531689 · Frankfort, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 832531689) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of the Garden Theater

Donations deductible
Revenue
$421k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$500k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$3.2m
$17k liabilities
Net assets
$3.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.2y av
Staff
4
136 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
7
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Friends of the Garden Theater's network

5 people3 organisationsi5 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (3) 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

5 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; we list 5 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Amy King Schindler (also filed as Amy Schindler)Director2020
6 yrs
Carol Penfold-PattersonTreasurer2024
2 yrs
David OellerichDirector2020
6 yrs
Elise LoudDirector2024
2 yrs
Katie JonesExecutive Di2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Becky BagnallCompany secretarysince 2023
David OellerichCompany secretary2019
Erin MelcherCompany secretarysince 2020
Jeff SmithTreasurersince 2020
Marci BrooksTreasurer2019
Rick SchmittPresidentsince 2019
Scott HarrisonVice Presidesince 2019

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Katie JonesExecutive Di40$78k
Rick SchmittPresident2$0
Scott HarrisonVice Preside2$0
Jeff SmithTreasurer2$0
Becky BagnallSecretary2$0
Amy King SchindlerDirector2$0
Elise LoudDirector2$0
David OellerichDirector2$0
Carol Penfold-PattersonTreasurer2$0

About

Legal name
Friends of the Garden Theater
EIN
832531689
Address
Po Box 341, Frankfort, MI, 49635-0341
State
Michigan
Mission
The friends of the garden theater, a charitable organization, was formed in 2019 to ensure the garden theater remains a vital part of the frankfort and benzie county community. The garden theater is not only a cinema, it is a community asset utilized for fundraisers, concerts, weddings, talent shows/pageants, historical and current events presentations, and more. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A31 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
2018
Principal officer
Katie Jones (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2020
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsAmy King Schindler
≥6years on the filingsDavid Oellerich
≥3years on the filingsKatie Jones
≥2years on the filingsCarol Penfold-Patterson

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
$3.2m
Total liabilities
$17k
Net assets or fund balances
$3.2m
Contributions and grants received
$159k
Program service revenue
$223k
Employees
4
Volunteers
136

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$421k$500kDeficit $80k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.