2025-10-17T13:46:19-07:00 2024-12-31 992204443 Malvoso CPA 360 Grand Ave 408 Oakland CA 94610 990 2024-01-01 100008474 Lobster Theater Project Killing My Lobster LOBS 8054529409 2101 Folsom St San Francisco CA 94110 Emma McCool Executive Director 2025-10-17 true true Shelby Malvoso P01968972 5104736240 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Emma McCool 2101 Folsom St San Francisco CA 94110 229842 false X www.killingmylobster.com X 2002 CA KML's mission is to make fast, smart, inclusive, and fearless sketch comedy that makes people laugh. 4 4 57 104 0 145218 157147 89081 64800 0 18549 0 252848 221947 30000 4442 0 145760 148570 0 3672 106287 90925 282047 243937 -29199 -21990 57843 36141 288 57843 35853 KML's mission is to make fast, smart, inclusive, and fearless sketch comedy that makes people laugh. false false 198703 4442 64800 Killing My Lobster is dedicated to producing high-quality, relevant, and fearless sketch comedy that makes people laugh. We are committed to finding the best and most diverse comedic talent in the Bay Area and bringing those artists together to create original and innovative shows. KML strives to represent the best of the Bay Area accurately and push the boundaries of what's possible in sketch comedy today. In 2024, KML produced 3 original sketch comedy shows: Mythed Opportunity, Toon Out, and The Skin We're In. We continued to maintain our fellowship program. This program along with the BIPOC Scholarship program is designed to amplify voices from the Bay Area BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities by providing them with professional sketch comedy instruction through our writing and acting classes. In 2024, we continued to require directors and instructors to utilize our Equitable Casting Guidelines and have begun implementing the Student Bill of Rights and Artist Bill of Rights. We remain committed to our inclusion goals of BIPOC and women writers on 100% of writing teams. 198703 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 57 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Emma McCool 8054529409 2101 Folsom St San Francisco CA 94110 Emma McCool Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 57372 0 3336 Nicole Odell Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 59078 0 0 Jessica Baldwin President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Taylor Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Noni Varani Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Raj Maradia Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 116450 3336 0 false false false 0 18026 41000 98121 157147 Class Tuition 711110 29892 29892 Other Program Income 711110 13900 13900 Tickets & Appearance Fees 711110 21008 21008 64800 0 0 0 0 0 7895 18026 7895 0 0 0 0 221947 64800 X 0 4442 4442 0 0 125552 121092 4460 0 6197 6197 0 1479 1479 15342 15342 0 0 2288 2288 0 0 0 41756 38603 3153 0 7526 1597 5395 534 0 0 27066 23772 3294 0 0 0 83 83 0 232 232 6298 6298 Fundraising Expenses 5676 3000 -462 3138 0 243937 198703 41562 3672 57111 35641 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 12722 12722 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 57843 36141 288 0 288 X 57843 35853 57843 35853 57843 36141 -21990 X X false false false X 200565 153149 218867 145218 157147 874946 0 0 200565 153149 218867 145218 157147 874946 142427 732519 0 3480 18549 7895 29924 0 904870 385800 0.80950 0.82770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 12722 12722 false Lobster Ball 25921 18026 7895 3695 4200 25921 18026 7895 3695 4200 7895 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The draft was reviewed by the Executive Director, Board President, and Board Treasurer and then reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization enforces its governance policies through quarterly conflict of interest checks at Board Meetings, and recusals recorded in board minutes, annual reminders and onboarding reviews of the whistleblower and document retention policies, and oversight by the Executive Director and Board Chair to ensure compliance, with violations subject to appropriate action. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors determines the compensation for the Executive Director and Artistic Director by reviewing Form 990 of similar-sized nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco and the Bay Area and online searches. The Executive Director determines the salary of staff by reviewing the salaries of similar-sized nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco and the Bay Area through salary surveys and online searches. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Besides the Executive Director and Artistic Director, KML doesn't have any other staff that meets the IRS' definition of an officer or key employee. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the general public upon request.