Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$378,383

Total expenses

$967,530

Contributions and grants received

$302,044

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$47,798

Investment income

$28,541

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$8,043,881

Total liabilities, end of year

$17,394

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,026,487

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$697,740

Management and general expenses

$206,036

Fundraising expenses

$63,754

Program service expenses (Part III)

$697,740

Program services were 72.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE AUGUST WILSON HOUSE (AWH), OPERATED BY DWAC, PRESERVES AND ACTIVATES THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT AUGUST WILSON IN PITTSBURGH'S HISTORIC HILL DISTRICT.ACQUIRED TO HELP REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HONOR WILSON'S LEGACY, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RESTORED AS A VIBRANT ARTS CENTER RATHER THAN A STATIC MUSEUM, IN KEEPING WITH WILSON'S VISION THAT IT "SHOULD BE USEFUL."DWAC WAS FORMED TO CELEBRATE WILSON'S LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE FOSTERING CULTURAL RENEWAL IN THE HILL DISTRICT. ITS WORK BRIDGES HISTORIC PRESERVATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ARTS-CREATING A PLACE WHERE ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, AND RESIDENTS ENGAGE IN PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE.SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE AWH HAS DELIVERED FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND HOSTED ARTS FELLOWSHIPS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, READINGS, WRITING WORKSHOPS, ARTIST TALKS, AND FACILITATED COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS INDEPENDENTLY AND THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE THE CITY'S HILL DISTRICT MASTER PLAN, STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS TO NEARBY CULTURAL ASSETS, AND CATALYZE REINVESTMENT ALONG THE BEDFORD AVENUE CORRIDOR.IN 2025, AWH'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS WERE GROUNDED IN EQUITABLE ACCESS, NEIGHBORHOOD-CENTERED PROGRAMMING, AND THE BELIEF THAT AUGUST WILSON'S LEGACY MUST REMAIN ACTIVE, VISIBLE, AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT SHAPED IT. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AWH DELIVERED FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS AT THE HOUSE, INCLUDING EXHIBITIONS, READINGS, WRITING WORKSHOPS, ARTIST TALKS, AND FACILITATED COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. THESE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS WHILE ENCOURAGING REPEAT VISITATION AND DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SITE AS A LIVING CULTURAL SPACE RATHER THAN A STATIC HISTORIC HOME.SIGNATURE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS INCLUDED THE ANNUAL AUGUST WILSON BIRTHDAY BLOCK PARTY, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTISTS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND VISITORS FOR PERFORMANCES, VISUAL ART, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION IN AND AROUND THE HOUSE. IN 2025, THE BACKYARD THEATER SERIES, INCLUDING STAGED READINGS AND THE PRODUCTION OF AUGUST WILSON'S PLAY "FENCES" FURTHER ACTIVATED THE OUTDOOR SPACE AND DREW BOTH LONGTIME SUPPORTERS AND FIRST-TIME VISITORS INTO THE HILL. PLAY READINGS IN SUPPORT OF PLAYWRIGHTS-IN-RESIDENCE WALI JAMAL AND KIM EL PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS TO SHARE WORK-IN-PROGRESS WHILE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN DIALOGUE AROUND CONTEMPORARY BLACK STORYTELLING. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH REMAINED A CORE PRIORITY. ALSO IN 2025, AWH EXPANDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WITH PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHADYSIDE ACADEMY, AND WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL. THESE PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED STUDENT TOURS AND ARTIST-LED INSTRUCTION TIED TO AUGUST WILSON'S WORK AND BROADER THEMES OF BLACK HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE WATERMELON PAINTING, WERE INCORPORATED INTO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO FOSTER CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND REPRESENTATION, HISTORY, AND VISUAL STORYTELLING.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXTENDED BEYOND FORMAL PROGRAMMING INTO ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONVERSATIONS THAT ELEVATED RESIDENTS' VOICES. THESE EFFORTS STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY TRUST, INCREASED LOCAL PARTICIPATION, AND REINFORCED THE AWH AS A CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY HUB.ITS COMMUNITY DRIVEN LEGACY BRICK PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH PURCHASING A PERSONALIZED INSCRIBED LEGACY BRICK WITH A PERSON'S OWN NAME, OR TO HONOR A LOVED ONE, CELEBRATE A MILESTONE, OR RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION OR ACHIEVEMENT. AUGUST WILSON'S ART FOR AUGUST FIRST WAS HELD IN 2021, WHERE IT SUPPORTED AN EXHIBITION OF 10 ARTISTS WHO WERE OFFERED $1,000 STIPENDS TO CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS THAT PAY HOMAGE TO WILSON'S LIFE AND PLAYS. THE EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED IN 2025 AND 2026 WITH THE WORKS BEING FURTHER EXHIBITED IN OTHER PITTSBURGH LOCATIONS.THE AWH CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER KEY AUDIENCES, YOUTH, ARTISTS, FAMILIES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH VIBRANT PROGRAMMING THAT IS FOCUSED ON ARTS EDUCATION, LITERARY ARTS AND HISTORY. THROUGH THE DWAC, THE AWH IS REVITALIZING THE HILL DISTRICT WITH ARTS, CULTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT. THIS CONTINUED COMMITMENT IS STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY, PRESERVING ITS RICH CULTURAL LEGACY, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND ARTISTS TO THRIVE.

  Expenses $697,740 · Revenue $47,798

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2025

Filed

14 September 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

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