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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,363,237
Total expenses
$1,170,550
Contributions and grants received
$1,273,178
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$89,559
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$500
Total assets, end of year
$839,626
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,845
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$795,781
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$691,350
Management and general expenses
$455,803
Fundraising expenses
$23,397
Program service expenses (Part III)
$691,350

Program services were 59.1% 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)

    $1,001,908

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $271,270

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $87,930 · related or exempt $87,930

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $1,629 · related or exempt $1,629

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,246 · program services $5,036 · management and general $74,210

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $522,529 · program services $405,498 · management and general $102,102 · fundraising $14,929

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,986 · program services $8,670 · management and general $52,966 · fundraising $1,350

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,759 · program services $25,935 · management and general $17,406 · fundraising $1,418

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $745 · program services $300 · management and general $445

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $433 · management and general $433

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,000 · fundraising $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,435 · program services $11,543 · management and general $21,892

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,507 · program services $182 · management and general $9,325

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $125,609 · program services $92,129 · management and general $33,480

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,574 · program services $30,264 · management and general $37,310

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $560 · program services $560

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,465 · management and general $21,465

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARKETING AND COMMUNICA

    total $66,936 · program services $40,250 · management and general $26,686

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND PROGRAMS

    total $55,648 · program services $52,091 · management and general $3,557

  • 24c · Other expenses: NETWORKING & DEVELOPMEN

    total $30,040 · program services $17,652 · management and general $12,239 · fundraising $149

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION

    total $17,876 · program services $118 · management and general $17,207 · fundraising $551

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,202 · program services $1,122 · management and general $25,080

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,116 · end of year $355,177

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $238,369 · end of year $387,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $24,245

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

    $5,600

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

    $1,120

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,480

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $67,874 · end of year $67,874

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,564 · end of year $2,382

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,141 · end of year $41,463

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $603,654 · end of year $795,781

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION AFRICAN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE'S MISSION IS TO: OPEN THE REALM OF CLASSIC THEATRE TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE; AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLACE FOR ACTORS OF COLOR TO HONE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENT IN MASTERING SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL ROLES. WE CARRY OUT OUR MISSION; BY, PRODUCING WORK FROM THE CANNON OF CLASSICAL THEATRE INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE AND GREAT AMERICAN AND WORLD PLAYWRIGHTS THAT IS LIVELY, ENTERTAINING, AND RELEVANT. REINTERPRETING TIMEFAVORED CLASSICS IN A STYLE THAT SPEAKS TO AND EMBRACES AN AFRICANAMERICAN CULTURALAESTHETIC AND IDENTITY. OFFERING TRAINING TO DEVELOPING ACTORS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR MASTERY OF THE LANGUAGE AND STYLE OF THE CLASSICS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPEN THE REALM OF CLASSIC THEATRE TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE; AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLACE FOR ACTORS OF COLOR TO HONE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENT IN MASTERING SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL ROLES. WE DO THIS BY PRODUCING WORK FROM THE CANNON OF CLASSICAL THEATRE INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE AND GREAT AMERICAN AND WORLD PLAYWRIGHTS THAT IS LIVERLY, ENTERTAINING AND RELEVANT. RE-INTERPRETING TIME-FAVORED CLASSICS IN A STYLE THAT SPEAKS TO AND EMBRACES AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL AESTHETIC AND IDENTITY. OFFERING TRAINING TO DEVELOPING ACTORS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR MASTERY OF THE LANGUAGE AND STYLE OF THE CLASSICS

  • THE LINEUP OF PERFORMANCES FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR FEATURED MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING "ECHOES OF US", "CINDERELLA", "GLASS MENAGERIE", AND "ROMEO AND JULIET".

    Expenses $686,491

  • THE ART EDUCATION PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE SPRING CAMP, SCHOOL RESIDENCIES PROGRAM AND JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

    Expenses $4,859

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wayne Metcalf

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nineka Uzoh

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynette Lockett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maurice Brewster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Courtney Brooks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Alexander Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401379349300520

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