Accountability is part of the work. How we are constituted, who decides what, the rules we work by, and where the money comes from. What is public is downloadable here; the rest is shared on request.
Mexican tax registration (RFC): TNO001215NI3
What we are, legally
Compañía Teatral del Norte, A.C. A nonprofit civil association incorporated in 1995 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
A registered Mexican charitable organization. We are authorized by Mexico's tax authority to receive tax-deductible donations under Mexican law and issue a fiscal receipt for each one. This is the Mexican equivalent of charitable status; it is not a US 501(c)(3) determination.
For donors in the United States: gifts are made to our fiscal sponsor, Alianza Fronteriza de Filantropía, a 501(c)(3) organization, designated for Compañía Teatral del Norte, and are deductible under US law.
Current charitable-status certificate · PDF
Who decides what
Board of Directors. Sergio Galindo, president; Jesús Ochoa, José Ramón Enríquez and Roberto Méndez. The Board approves the strategic plan and the annual budget and meets on a set schedule.
Executive Director. Paulo Galindo. Sets artistic direction and programming, and reports to the Board.
Administration and Operations. Paulina Serrato. Runs the venue, staff, permits and tax compliance, with decision-making authority of her own.
The full distribution of areas and responsibilities is in our institutional org chart. Spending thresholds and the detail of delegated authority are documented separately, in an internal decision matrix.
The rules we work by
Our governance policies are written and approved, and gathered in a single document: conflict of interest, gift acceptance and refusal, safeguarding, data protection, image consent, and handling and documentation of funds.
Two are worth naming here, because they bear directly on anyone who supports us: we do not accept gifts that place conditions on the artistic content of a production, and no one with a personal interest in a decision takes part in making it.
Where the money comes from
Four sources, deliberately mixed: no arts organization should depend on one.
Earned income. Ticket sales, venue rental and our café. This pays for day-to-day operations.
Public funding. National and state programs won competitively. We hold a competitive award from México en Escena — Artistic Groups, of Mexico's Ministry of Culture. The current term closes in 2026 and the next runs from December 2026 to December 2028.
Tax-incentive funding. EFIARTES and EFICAS, which let companies taxed in Mexico direct part of their income tax to artistic production.
Philanthropy. From individuals, companies and foundations, in Mexico and abroad.
Accounts
We publish an annual report each year with activity figures, the composition of our income and where it was spent. Every one since 2021 is here. Financial statements and budget detail are shared on request, for due diligence, evaluation or audit.
Annual reports
2025 · Thirty years. The premiere of Hamlet, Prince of Sonora and an anniversary run of Güevos rancheros, which turned thirty. Two new programs begin: El Rola and the Jam Seshions. 164 performances and concerts, 8,344 attendees. 2025 annual report · PDF
2024 · Touring Sonora. The year of widest territorial reach and the season with the most guest companies from outside the state: Tijuana, Culiacán, Los Mochis, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Mérida and Baja California. 177 performances, 71 productions staged, 14,994 people reached. 2024 annual report · PDF
2023 · Going national. A tour to Mexico City — the Centro Cultural Universitario at UNAM and the Centro Cultural del Bosque — closing at the 51st Festival Internacional Cervantino. Premieres of Romeo and Juliet and Fruncidos, and the opening of La Galería. 191 performances, 405 participants, 16,015 people reached. 2023 annual report · PDF
2022 · Festivals of our own. The first full year without capacity restrictions, and the year the company built two festivals from nothing: Somos del Cerro, for the neighborhoods on the Cerro de la Campana, and DMT, the International Performing Arts Festival. Premiere of La Hora del Bacanora. 8,546 attendees. 2022 annual report · PDF
2021 · Reopening. May to December, after the pandemic closure. The Foro Roberto Méndez Romandía was completed, and El Mentidero became the first venue in Hermosillo licensed under a municipal category for arts and culture — a category the company proposed and had written into the regulation. Three premieres, 103 performances at the venue and 45 on La Cachetona. 2021 annual report · PDF
Each report states how it counted. The criteria changed over the years — audience in a touring year is not measured the way it is in a year at home, and 2021 covers only eight months — so the figures are given year by year rather than as a continuous series.
Planning
Strategic plan 2026–2028 · PDF
On request: financial statements for the year, administrative expense ratio, and articles of incorporation.
Questions
If you need a document that is not here, or information for a due-diligence or audit process, write to us and we will provide it.
Paulina Serrato, Administration and Operations · administracion@mentidero.mx