2026-09-09T13:38:00-04:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 991317026 Franklin Theatrical Fellowship % Melanie Sutton FRAN 6152687708 1033 DEMONBREUN ST STE 300 NASHVILLE TN 37203 MELANIE SUTTON MANAGING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 6152687708 2026-09-10 2025 X X X www.ftfshows. org X X 160929 X 70288 55641 0 0 0 35000 160929 1400 10200 62928 40233 4859 35435 155055 5874 14463 -35000 -14663 X 14463 5874 14463 5874 0 35000 14463 -29126 BRINGING HUMAN BEINGS TOGETHER THROUGH THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF LIVE THEATRE AND MAKING THOSE EXPERIENCES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. FRANKLIN THEATRICAL FELLOWSHIP FTF IS A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL NON-PROFIT THEATRE COMPANY BASED IN FRANKLIN TN. WE STRIVE TO BRING THE KIND OF ARTS PROGRAMMING TO OUR CITY THAT NOT ONLY ENTERTAINS AN AUDIENCE WITH EXCELLENCE BUT ALSO CHALLENGES ALL OF US TO BE A BETTER COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THAT THE TELLING OF STORIES AND THE SHARING OF LAUGHTER TEARS SONGS OR POWERFUL WORDS CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND AND CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER MORE FULLY. THIS VISION FOR HIGH-QUALITY ARTS-BASED FELLOWSHIP GUIDES US TOWARD THE FOLLOWING CORE VALUES: ENRICHMENT CIVIL DISCOURSE HOSPITALITY EQUALITY & GENEROSITY. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS THROUGH MULTIPLE MAINSTAGE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AT ACCESSIBLE PRICING OFFERING FREE TALKBACKS AFTER THOSE PERFORMANCES YOUTH WORKSHOPS FREE TICKETS FOR AT RISK YOUTH AND PUBLIC SCHOOL THEATRE TEACHERS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ARTS PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS. 0 0 ROB MCCRAY PRESIDENT 5 0 CASSIE LEFEVOR VICE PRESIDE 2 0 BEN GREGG TREASURER 2 0 RJ COMER SECRETARY 2 0 SANDY STATLER WEIK BOARD MEMBER 2 0 JENNIFER CLAPP BOARD MEMBER 2 0 MELANIE SUTTON BOARD MEMBER 30 6800 EMILY STEPHENS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND MEDIA MANAGER 5 3400 false false false false false 0 false false false false TN DOUGLAS B GREGG 6000 BLACKWELL LANE FRANKLIN TN 37064 2539619932 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 0 122349 70288 192637 0 0 0 38190 0 38190 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160539 70288 230827 0 0 0 72273 0 72273 0 0 0 3000 0 3000 0 0 0 75273 0 75273 155554 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 160539 70288 230827 0.6739 0.00 0 0.00 X Doing Business As Names Tennessee Theatre Fellowship Part I, line 8 | Other Revenues:, Amount:| A business loan taken out and used to help cover our expenses in the second half of the calendar year., $35000| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Production expenses such as: costuming props set building supplies and furniture makeup chair rentals lighting microphones etc., $35435| Part I, line 20 | Explanation:, Amount:| Fund balance on our loan of -35,000, $-35000| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Aformentioned business loan in the amount of 35,000., $0, $35000| Franklin Theatrical Fellowship respectfully requests that the Internal Revenue Service abate any penalty assessed for the late filing of our Form 990-EZ for the tax year ending December 31 2025. The return was due on May 15 2026 and was filed on September 9 2026. Our filing was delayed by circumstances beyond the organizations control that we believe constitute reasonable cause. By way of background we are a very small and young nonprofit with limited staff and this is only the second year in which we have been required to file an annual return. Our first-year return was filed on time. As a new organization we are still building out our administrative and financial processes and learning the requirements that come with our exempt status. During the spring and summer of 2026 our organization experienced a significant staffing transition that left our already-limited administrative and financial responsibilities understaffed during the very period in which the annual return was to be prepared. Compounding this disruption our Board Treasurer - the officer principally responsible for overseeing the preparation and filing of our annual return - was diagnosed with cancer during this same period. For an organization of our size with so few people to absorb the loss the combination of the staffing transition and the Treasurers treatment interrupted our normal financial oversight and record-keeping. We completed and filed the Form 990-EZ promptly once the necessary financial information had been assembled and responsible personnel were in place. This is an isolated lapse - our only late filing in our short history - and it will not happen again. We have taken steps to prevent a recurrence. In light of these facts we respectfully request that the IRS find reasonable cause for the delay and abate any late-filing penalty assessed under Internal Revenue Code 6652. Thank you.