2026-07-10T15:37:36-07:00 2025-08-31 990 2024-09-01 943173332 CIRCUS CENTER CIRC 4157598123 755 Frederick St San Francisco CA 94117 Betsy Ferguson Executive Director 9492902585 2026-06-26 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Betsy Ferguson 755 Frederick Street San Francisco CA 94117 2048515 0 X www.circuscenter.org X 1993 CA To inspire passion for the circus arts through training, performance, and community engagement. In the fiscal year ending August 31 2025, we provided 6,000 classes to 25,000+ trainees, produced 24 shows, and provided sustained enrichment activities to hundreds of underserved youth. 5 5 116 20 0 0 461589 679517 1653525 1362640 767 68 -1619 2977 2114262 2045202 0 0 0 0 2024033 1578598 0 0 121606 663665 515569 2687698 2094167 -573436 -48965 291187 231548 888740 962254 -597553 -730706 To inspire passion for the circus arts through training, performance, and community engagement. In FY24-25, we provided 4,400 classes to 1,800 participants, produced 6 shows, and provided sustained enrichment activities to dozens of underserved youth. 0 0 1287453 0 1233813 TRAINING: Circus Center offers classes for every level of ability in flying trapeze, acrobatics, aerial arts, contortion, juggling, and many other disciplines. We have training for all ages, from our recreational and pre-professional youth programs serving students as young as 6 years old, to our recreational adult classes and private lessons. In addition, we offer artist residencies; summer camp; corporate, youth, and group events; workshops; specialty intensives; and much more. Our world-renowned team of instructors have performed with the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, Moscow Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Pickle Family Circus, Circus Bella, Circus Smirkus, Teatro ZinZanni, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, and the Big Apple Circus. 127156 0 136777 PERFORMANCE: Circus Center produced a full season of in-person shows featuring over a hundred Circus Center professional and student circus artists in seven different performances. These shows employ dozens of circus, music, and variety artists annually. Collectively our performances serve thousands of audience members every year, all at accessible ticket prices. 174839 0 13678 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Circus Center partners with schools and community organizations to offer circus arts activities to underserved young people. This year, we continued and grew our after-school program at a center for economically disadvantaged children. We also continued our regular series of community open houses to provide low-barrier introductions to the world of circus. And for those young people who get bit by the circus bug, we offer generous need-based financial assistance and other support for their participation in all of our on-site youth programming. 0 0 0 1589448 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 116 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X X Betsy Ferguson 4157598123 755 Frederick St San Francisco CA 94117 Jeff Thomas Executive Director (8/26/24 - 11/11/24) 40 0 X X 29403 0 0 Anne Clark Executive Director (11/18/24 - 10/3/24) 40 0 X X 11291 0 0 Sophie Turrell Chair (term 10/4/24) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Alison Selle Chair (term 6/30/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Morgan Price Chair 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bridgette Lin Treasurer (term 11/14/24) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Stuart Wong Treasurer (term 8/31/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Peter Ostrow Treasurer (eff 5/1/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Martina Rogers Secretary (term 4/30/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Renita Vinluan-Fan Secretary, Interim Chair (eff 1/9/25_ 1 0 X 0 0 0 Natalie Quan Board Member (term 11/14/24) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bonny Krucik Board Member (term 11/12/24) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dominique Jando Board Member (term 8/1/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bill Maimone Board Member (eff 5/1/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Joules Jetson Board Member (eff 5/28/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 Devin Henderson Board Member (eff 8/31/25) 1 0 X 0 0 0 40694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156309 523208 0 679517 Circus Arts Training 711190 1345280 1345280 0 0 Rental 900099 17360 17360 0 0 0 0 0 0 1362640 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4048 3313 735 735 0 0 2242 2242 0 0 2242 2045202 1365685 0 0 127695 48524 58740 20431 1272795 1056550 160440 55805 68782 50907 13262 4613 109326 91941 12899 4486 26401 0 26401 0 44301 0 44301 0 61546 54241 4870 2435 40901 31060 5943 3898 100721 79842 12779 8100 2918 2480 292 146 77055 65995 7373 3687 13271 13271 26758 26758 60193 51164 6019 3010 17241 12931 2586 1724 44263 43813 450 0 2094167 1589448 383113 121606 72286 50299 0 10000 18366 18872 7316 4227 639717 496991 169988 142726 23231 5424 291187 231548 124091 194671 0 433649 367583 160000 160000 171000 240000 888740 962254 X -647553 -740706 50000 10000 -597553 -730706 291187 231548 -48965 0 0 0 -84188 0 X 0 0 0 X 342711 639811 302370 448870 50000 1783762 1330680 808827 1330680 480568 411589 4362344 1673391 1448638 1633050 929438 461589 6146106 0 0 0 0 0 0 6146106 0 0 0 0 0 0 1881 10557 12438 1673391 1448638 1634931 929438 472146 6158544 0.99798 0.99018 0 0.00000 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Miscellaneous RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183825 121585 62240 0 434369 373971 60398 0 21523 1435 20088 142726 Anthony Kendall Former Executive Dirctor Operations X 130000 240000 0 1 1 240000 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is sent to the board via electronic mail, before filing, for review. Questions or concerns are addressed by the Finance Committee, Executive Director, and finance staff. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Board of Directors regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy by reviewing annual statements and taking any necessary actions for effective oversight. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Finance Committee discussed the Executive Director's accomplishments and compared compensation to other similar non-profits, brought goals and objectives to the board meeting to be discussed and agreed upon, and then presented to the Executive Director when finalized. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Documents are made available upon request. Other organization documents are publicly available.