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← GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,144,753
Total expenses
$15,506,391
Contributions and grants received
$6,302,653
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,807,370
Investment income
$867,884
Other revenue
$166,846
Total assets, end of year
$20,178,292
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,811,974
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,366,318
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,742,753
Management and general expenses
$1,924,441
Fundraising expenses
$839,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,742,753

Program services were 82.2% 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)

    $93,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,209,153

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $89,340

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $5,714,755 · related or exempt $5,714,755

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER THEATER REVENUE

    total $92,615 · related or exempt $92,615

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61,347 · excluded $61,347

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $46 · excluded $46

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $812,812

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,275

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $806,537

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $806,537 · excluded $806,537

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $271,654

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $104,854

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $166,800 · excluded $166,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $791,428 · program services $307,213 · management and general $484,215

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,227,886 · program services $5,013,666 · management and general $608,809 · fundraising $605,411

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $869,930 · program services $703,352 · management and general $111,342 · fundraising $55,236

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $561,110 · program services $434,582 · management and general $77,016 · fundraising $49,512

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,071 · program services $7,993 · management and general $1,078

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $79,878 · management and general $79,878

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $353,799 · program services $310,924 · management and general $41,125 · fundraising $1,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $764,853 · program services $729,976 · fundraising $34,877

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $676,164 · program services $373,732 · management and general $251,021 · fundraising $51,411

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $313,329 · program services $163,667 · management and general $138,336 · fundraising $11,326

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $420,422 · program services $420,422

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $900,295 · program services $900,295

  • 17 · Travel

    total $360,671 · program services $326,032 · management and general $23,369 · fundraising $11,270

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,023 · program services $8,595 · management and general $1,524 · fundraising $1,904

  • 20 · Interest

    total $82,097 · program services $82,097

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $836,906 · program services $836,906

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $106,728 · management and general $106,728

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $2,139,801 · program services $2,123,301 · fundraising $16,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $114,448

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $204,710 · end of year $65,220

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,999,685 · end of year $2,167,210

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $330,138 · end of year $224,984

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $13,067 · end of year $8,864

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,014,786 · end of year $1,027,963

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

    $23,884,584

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

    $12,432,810

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,254,641 · end of year $11,451,774

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $45,696

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,693,896 · end of year $5,072,133

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,154,880 · end of year $944,293

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,753,198 · end of year $3,139,428

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $213,834 · end of year $228,253

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,322,149 · end of year $1,403,032

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,566,862 · end of year $13,963,286

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, INC. IS AN ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY THEATER THROUGH A SERIES OF PRODUCTIONS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINAR, PLAY READINGS & LECTURES TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES & THE STUDENTS OF UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM & TELEVISION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $12,230,790 · Revenue $5,807,370

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS SEE MISSION & HISTORY STATEMENT ON LINE 4A.

    Expenses $511,963

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gil Cates Jr

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $301,512
    From this org
    $288,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,769
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,051
    Filer's total
    $301,512
  • Tarell Alvin McCraney

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $274,201
    From this org
    $265,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,816
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,816
    Filer's total
    $274,201
  • Adi Greenberg

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ann Cloyd

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Bernstein Rubin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Tenenbaum

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie E Eskenazi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Mann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Fleischer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Malden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia P Stafford

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danny Passman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Brad Edgerton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Heer

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Rice

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jahan Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Horn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Weinstock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Osako

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merle Dandridge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miranda Tollman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noble Hansen

    DIRECTOR (THRU 8/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia L Glaser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Sherman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Nahley Fleishman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Mayberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Sturdivant

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,586
    From this org
    $141,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,893
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Levinson Millan

    ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE/LITERARY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,285
    From this org
    $128,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,000
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dan Ionazzi

    PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $152,908
    From this org
    $152,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,908
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $152,908
  • Patrick Brown

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $147,993
    From this org
    $138,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,445
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Weinberg

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,636
    From this org
    $153,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,694
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,942
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,694
    Filer's total
    $161,636
  • Zenon Dmytryk

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $139,128
    From this org
    $123,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,975
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
SARAH WEINBERG, A HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE, RECEIVED SEVERANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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.

  • GP FILMS LLC

    VIDEO PRODUCTIONS · CA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621679349300542

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