2026-09-15T21:23:45-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 461458976 ARIZONA THEATER MATTERS ARIZ 4807764543 6510 W Butler Dr 100 Glendale AZ 85302 Patrick Reese Administrator 4807764543 2026-09-15 2025 X Arizona Theatre Matters 6510 W Butler Dr 100 Glendale AZ 85302 420380 0 X arizonatheatrematters.org X 2012 AZ Arizona Theatre Matters (ATM) shapes theatre from the substance of accessibility itself, ensuring storytelling reaches everyone regardless of ability, income, or location. By making accessibility an artistic foundation, we create theatre that is deeply inclusive, boldly experimental, and undeniably for all. 7 7 0 126 0 0 319500 420380 0 0 83512 0 403012 420380 0 0 218400 0 0 0 181415 416048 399815 416048 3197 4332 16402 20734 0 0 16402 20734 At Arizona Theatre Matters, we begin with the conviction that artists are our teachers. As apprentices to the people with whom we work, we approach every collaboration ready to have our assumptions challenged and our imaginations expanded. We build theatre and educational programs that embrace the many ways humans communicate, learn, and create. Sound, sign, captioning, performance, conversation, and lived experience are woven into our creative process because every way of communicating has the power to deepen the art. By making room for every artist and every way of creating, more people become collaborators, the art grows bolder, and audiences encounter stories-and one another-in entirely new ways. 0 0 388968 0 0 Arizona Theatre Matters' primary program service is the creation and free public distribution of professionally produced, fully accessible digital theatre. The organization develops and releases original and classic theatrical works designed from inception to be accessible to Blind and Deaf audiences, integrating audio description, American Sign Language performance, and inclusive casting practices as core artistic elements rather than accommodations. During the reporting period, Arizona Theatre Matters produced and released multiple digital theatre works via its public YouTube channel, reaching a global audience of more than 100,000 subscribers and tens of thousands of individual viewers. Productions featured Deaf sign language performers on screen, Blind voice actors in audio roles, and creative teams led by artists from the communities served. All programming was offered free of charge to the public, removing economic, geographic, and physical barriers to participation. The organization's work prioritizes audiences historically excluded from live theatre, including Blind, Deaf, low-income, rural, and home-based viewers, while also serving educators, libraries, and community organizations through ongoing digital access. Program accomplishments include the completion and release of multiple full-length and short-form productions, national and international viewership growth, and the establishment of a sustainable digital theatre model centered on accessibility, artistic excellence, and public benefit. 0 0 0 388968 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 AZ X X Jamie Johnson 5202452326 749 W Bougainvillea Dr Oro Valley AZ 85302 Dineta Williams-Trigg Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Ina Shivack Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Jeanmarie Bishop President 70 0 X 0 0 0 John McCann Vice President 0 0 X 0 0 0 Jamie Johnson Treasurer 0 0 X 0 0 0 Madeline Jarboe Secretary 0 0 X 0 0 0 Debra Lyman Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56380 364000 0 420380 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 420380 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27080 27080 310120 310120 21543 21543 16215 16215 3459 3459 0 0 30400 30400 1697 1697 5534 5534 416048 388968 27080 0 16402 20734 16402 20734 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16402 20734 0 0 16402 20734 16402 20734 4332 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 X 0 0 X 76791 125982 162306 403012 420380 1188471 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76791 125982 162306 403012 420380 1188471 0 1188471 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1188471 0 1 1 X Form 990, Header, Line B Arizona Theatre Matters is amending its 2025 Form 990 to correct the classification and presentation of expenses and related governance disclosures. Of the $270,800 originally reported as salaries and wages, $27,080 is reclassified as nonemployee management services and $243,720 is reclassified as independent contractor program services. When combined with the $66,400 of independent contractor expenses originally reported on Part IX, line 11g, total line 11g contractor services are $310,120. Part III is amended to report $388,968 of program service expenses. Part VII is amended to correctly list the organization's officers and directors. Part IV, line 12a is amended to reflect that the organization obtained independent audited financial statements for the tax year. Schedule O is amended to explain the expense reclassification, contractor-service categories, governance corrections, and return-review process. Total revenue, total expenses, and net change in assets are unchanged by the amendment. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 was reviewed by the Administrator prior to submission. A complete draft was emailed to all members of the governing body, who reviewed and approved the return before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Forms 990 are also available for public inspection through third-party nonprofit information services, including GuideStar/Candid. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Performers / voice artists: $115,000 Directors / creative directors: $45,000 Designers / technical artists: $38,000 Accessibility artists & consultants: $44,000 Editors / post-production artists: $36,000 Production support personnel: $32,120 This is an amendment, not a late filing.