Public Charity

NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER OPERATOR INC

Based in JAMESTOWN, NY, NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER OPERATOR INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $25.8M in revenue, $5.2M in expenses, $20.2M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 11 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $16.2M.

EIN: 820774057 JAMESTOWN, NY Performing Arts NTEE: A60 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$25.8M
Total Expenses$5.2M
Total Assets$20.2M
Grant Records11
Funding Total$16.2M
Filing Years2019–2024

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 CREATIVE PROCESSES THAT HAVE ELEVATED COMEDY TO AN ART.

Where $100 goes at National Comedy Center Operator Inc

How National Comedy Center Operator Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$26 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$23
Maintain and preserve the national comedy center as the united state' congressionally designated cultural institutiion dedicated to present the story of comedy and preserving it heritage for future…
34% of program spending
$23
The comedy shop
About 33% (cost not reported)
$23
Comedic arts programming
About 33% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER Cindy Aronson
MEMBER George Panebianco
MEMBER Holly Sullivan
MEMBER Jerome Lee Yaw
MEMBER Jon Albro
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Journey Gunderson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$16,162,425 10 grants
Arts & Culture
$30,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $25.8M $5.2M $20.2M
2023 $3.5M $5.2M $22.1M
2022 $5.1M $5.7M $24.0M
2020 $2.0M $3.6M $25.9M
2019 $2.4M $4.1M $27.2M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.4M to $25.8M (+978%), with total assets most recently reported at $20.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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