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← PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,099,976
Total expenses
$2,415,211
Contributions and grants received
$1,308,081
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$697,765
Investment income
$10,577
Other revenue
$83,553
Total assets, end of year
$3,130,912
Total liabilities, end of year
$681,331
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,449,581
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,898,413
Management and general expenses
$362,213
Fundraising expenses
$154,585
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,898,413

Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $593,851

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $714,230

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,846

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $349,773 · related or exempt $349,773

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES & PRODUCT

    total $347,992 · related or exempt $347,992

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,577 · excluded $10,577

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,684

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $80

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,604

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,604 · related or exempt $16,604

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $4,600

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,193

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $3,407 · excluded $3,407

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $63,542 · related or exempt $63,542

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63,542

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $69,640 · program services $54,944 · management and general $5,421 · fundraising $9,275

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $771,584 · program services $608,757 · management and general $60,062 · fundraising $102,765

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,700 · program services $5,286 · management and general $522 · fundraising $892

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,070 · program services $20,569 · management and general $2,029 · fundraising $3,472

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,064 · program services $65,535 · management and general $6,466 · fundraising $11,063

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,482 · management and general $20,482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $641 · management and general $641

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,831 · program services $98,831

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,155 · management and general $6,155

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,223 · program services $62,578 · management and general $15,645

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,388 · program services $14,375 · management and general $13

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,934 · management and general $10,934

  • 20 · Interest

    total $19,210 · management and general $19,210

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $184,615 · management and general $184,615

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,375 · management and general $12,375

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC SERVICES

    total $896,013 · program services $896,013

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSE

    total $68,586 · program services $68,586

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING

    total $19,983 · program services $2,939 · fundraising $17,044

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $17,643 · management and general $17,643

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,074 · fundraising $10,074

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,461 · end of year $740

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,101,573 · end of year $696,097

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $187,977 · end of year $80,751

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,585 · end of year $25,015

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,679,360

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $779,538

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,673,850 · end of year $1,899,822

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $428,487

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,602 · end of year $60,965

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,128 · end of year $35,670

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $434,796

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,913,664 · end of year $1,424,374

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $851,152 · end of year $1,025,207

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE IS DEDICATED TO PRODUCING QUALITY AND INTIMATE PERFORMANCES IN WHICH THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCE IS PARAMOUNT. WE HOLD THEATRE TO BE A SPACE IN WHICH PEOPLE OF ALL SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, RACIAL, SEXUAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS CAN COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRODUCTION OF QUALITY, INTIMATE PERFORMANCES IN WHICH ARTISTS/AUDIENCE INTERACTION IS PARAMOUNT.

  • ARTISTIC SERVICES: DURING OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON (2022-2023), WE PRODUCED FIVE PLAYS THAT DREW 8,045 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, INCLUDING 1,285 FIRST TIME TICKET BUYERS. THE SEASON OPENED WITH DOUGLAS LYONS' COMEDY DRAMA, "CHICKEN AND BISCUITS," ABOUT A BLACK FAMILY NAVIGATING THEIR PASTOR FATHER'S FUNERAL (WITH 1,563 TICKETS SOLD). OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW (INSPIRED BY DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL") SOLD 3,455 TICKETS OVER FIVE WEEKS. IN WINTER 2023 WE PARTNERED AGAIN WITH THE UNITED STATES' PREEMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE, PENUMBRA THEATRE, TO PRODUCE PEARL CLEAGE'S POLITICAL COMIC DRAMA "WHAT I LEARNED IN PARIS." FOLLOWING A THREE-WEEK RUN IN PORTLAND (WITH AN AUDIENCE OF 1,705) THE SHOW RAN AT PENUMBRA IN ST PAUL, MN.WE CLOSED THE SEASON WITH TWO ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS. IN APRIL WE CO-PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "GREAT WIDE OPEN," A PHYSICAL THEATER PIECE INSPIRED BY A NOVEL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND FIRST LOVE (WITH 1,000 ATTENDEES). IN MAY-JUNE WE ENDED THE SEASON WITH A THREE-WEEK RUN OF "THE SOUNDS OF AFROLITICAL MOVEMENT," AN EXPLORATION OF PROTEST THROUGH THE MOVEMENT AND RHYTHMS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THAT REACHED 1,200+. FOR THE PLAYHOUSE, AFROLITICAL SIGNIFICANTLY GREW OUR CAPACITY TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR BLACK ARTISTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY. FOR AUDIENCES IT WAS "AN ASTONISHING FEAT AND "ACCESSIBLE" IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.UNDER THE JOINT LEADERSHIP OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RAMONA LISA ALEXANDER AND PRODUCING DIRECTOR CHARLES GRANT, WE PRODUCED TWO MAJOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, GROUNDED IN STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. IN SEPTEMBER 2022 WE PARTNERED WITH ALBINA VISION TRUST TO PRESENT AN IMMERSIVE TWO DAY EVENT: "PORCHES & STOOPS: AN AFRO-TOPIA POP-UP". HELD IN THE LOWER ALBINA NEIGHBORHOOD, THE POP-UP FEATURED INSTALLATIONS, MADE BY DOZENS OF LOCAL CREATIVES, TO HONOR THEIR VISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FUTURE BASED IN BLACK DIASPORIC COMMUNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY. IN SEPTEMBER WE ALSO PRODUCED FOUR ORIGINAL WORKS FOR FILM BY LOCAL ARTISTS PRESENTED AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL, CINEMA 21, AND THE PLAYHOUSE. ALTHOUGH THE SEASON WAS A CRITICAL SUCCESS, WE EXPERIENCED INTERNAL CHALLENGES AS WE TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. IN RESPONSE TO ARITST FEEDBACK, WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL WEEK OF REHEARSAL TIME AND SHORTENED THE REHEARSAL WEEK (FROM SIX TO FIVE DAYS) FOR FUTURE PRODUCTIONS. IN ADDITION TO AN ONSITE CULTURAL COMPETENCY EXPERT WHO HELPS CREATIVE TEAMS NAVIGATE CHALLENGES IN THE PROCESS, WE HAVE ALSO STARTED TO PROVIDE HEALTH STIPENDS SO THAT ARTISTS CAN ACCESS WELLNESS SERVICES THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. THESE CHANGES HAVE HELPED BOOST ARTISTS' MORALE AND THE LAST THREE SHOWS OPENED ON TIME.

    Expenses $1,414,894 · Revenue $428,138

  • EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: IN JUNE 2023 WE LAUNCHED OUR THIRD YEAR OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING WITH PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SERVING 779 ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS. WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HOSTED THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PAID APPRENTICESHIP WITH TWO STUDENTS FROM THE HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA A&M. IN A SELF-REFLECTION AT THE COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP, ONE PARTICIPANT REPORTED "I FEEL MORE PREPARED, MORE FOCUSED, AND DETERMINED TO CONTINUE MY JOURNEY IN THEATRE."

    Expenses $483,519 · Revenue $349,773

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Robinson

    BOARD CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Greg Hinckley

    VICE CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Mark

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Clarke

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andy Riccetti-Eberly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maude Hines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Colas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shauncey Mashia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pancho Savery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Weaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Weaver

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,593
    From this org
    $49,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,594
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 6TH STREET ARTISTS HOUSE LLC

    TO PROVIDE HOUSING/ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VISITING ARTISTS. · OR · income $4,202 · assets $384,922

    Directly controlled by THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 January 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202530319349300928

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