Merely Players
Donations deductibleRevenue
$314k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$330k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$214k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$214k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
2.4 years on average
Staff
6
25 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
7
named in Part VII
Merely Players' network
3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
3 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.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 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Heath | Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Diane Panelli | Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Heather Howe | Member | 2024 | 2 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.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Heath | Member | since 2022 |
| Diane Panelli | Member | since 2022 |
| Heather Howe | Company secretary | since 2022 |
| Janet Curry | President | since 2022 |
| Jessica Jane Harris | Treasurer | since 2022 |
| Kate Ishay | Company secretary | since 2022 |
| Marc Arbeeny | Vice President | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Heath | Member | 10 | $3k | ||
| Diane Panelli | Member | 10 | $2k | ||
| Heather Howe | Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Marc Arbeeny | Vice President | 10 | $0 | ||
| Janet Curry | President | 12 | $0 | ||
| Kate Ishay | Secretary | 10 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Jane Harris | Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
Colorado roster
11 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263012712). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Heather Howe | Member |
| Marc Arbeeny | Vice President |
| Harris Jane Jessica | Treasurer |
| Charles Ford | |
| Curry Janet | President |
| Janet Curry | President |
| Mona Wood Patterson | Director |
| Heather Padoven | Secretary |
| Diane Panilli | Member |
| Deborah Heath | Chairman |
| Charles Roland Ford | Technical Theatre Director |
About
- Legal name
- Merely Players
- EIN
- 841443379
- Address
- 49 Wedgewood Cir, Durango, CO, 81301-7251
- State
- Colorado
- Mission
- Performing Arts Organization (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
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1997
- Principal officer
- Charles Ford (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsDeborah Heath
≥2years on the filingsDiane Panelli
≥2years on the filingsHeather Howe
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $214k
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $214k
- Contributions and grants received
- $177k
- Program service revenue
- $135k
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 25
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 | $334k | $254k | $80k |
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.Merely Players 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: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 4 December 1997
- Registered agent
- Charles Roland Ford (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.