Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,859,473
- Total expenses
- $2,228,270
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,295,730
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $543,116
- Investment income
- $3,829
- Other revenue
- $16,798
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,062,742
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $153,212
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,909,530
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,716,865
- Management and general expenses
- $274,723
- Fundraising expenses
- $236,682
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,716,865
Program services were 77.0% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$119,434
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,176,296
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$500,000
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2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE
total $517,904 · related or exempt $517,904
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2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS & MERCHAND
total $13,812 · related or exempt $13,812
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2c · Program service revenue: AD SALES
total $11,400 · unrelated business $11,400
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3 · Investment income
total $3,829 · excluded $3,829
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER
total $16,798 · excluded $16,798
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11e · Other revenue, total
$16,798
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $190,000 · program services $104,500 · management and general $49,400 · fundraising $36,100
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $956,558 · program services $791,504 · management and general $95,365 · fundraising $69,689
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $25,976 · program services $19,786 · management and general $3,577 · fundraising $2,613
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $98,708 · program services $75,185 · management and general $13,590 · fundraising $9,933
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $87,277 · program services $66,479 · management and general $12,017 · fundraising $8,781
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $20,673 · management and general $20,673
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $76,749 · fundraising $76,749
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11g · Fees: other
total $51,994 · program services $4,000 · management and general $17,994 · fundraising $30,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $41,692 · program services $41,692
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13 · Office expenses
total $54,503 · program services $3,339 · management and general $49,649 · fundraising $1,515
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15 · Royalties
total $26,758 · program services $26,758
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16 · Occupancy
total $151,435 · program services $151,435
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17 · Travel
total $66,425 · program services $58,080 · management and general $7,043 · fundraising $1,302
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $10,398 · program services $10,398
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $17,582 · program services $13,071 · management and general $4,511
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23 · Insurance
total $25,071 · program services $25,071
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $127,828 · program services $127,828
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24b · Other expenses: EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
total $72,944 · program services $72,944
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24c · Other expenses: BOX OFFICE EXPENSES
total $34,386 · program services $34,386
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24d · Other expenses: GRAPHIC DESIGN
total $28,675 · program services $28,675
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24e · All other expenses
total $62,638 · program services $61,734 · management and general $904
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $516,278 · end of year $481,809
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $80,811 · end of year $690,460
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $72,772 · end of year $68,561
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,059 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$610,290
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$45,073
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $53,416 · end of year $565,217
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $595,162 · end of year $1,256,695
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $14,237 · end of year $29,480
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $41,669 · end of year $73,732
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
end of year $50,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $344,444 · end of year $613,481
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $919,148 · end of year $2,296,049
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THEATER AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY ARTS
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IN 2023, CATF CONTINUED TO BUILD BACK ITS AUDIENCE BASE POST-PANDEMIC AND INCREASED TICKET SALES ABOVE THE PRIOR YEAR. THE SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON INCLUDED FIVE NEW PLAYS EXPLORING PRIVATIZED SPACE EXPLORATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, REDEMPTION IN THE WAKE OF A HATE CRIME, THE MEANING OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THE COST OF LONG-HELD SECRETS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SEASON SELECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PEGGY MCKOWEN AND - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CATF'S HISTORY - EACH PRODUCTION WAS A WORLD-PREMIERE. THE SEASON WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE AND WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF 130 ARTISTS. CATF RETURNED TO OFFERING A LARGE SELECTION OF TALKTHEATER EVENTS EXPLORING THE THEMES OF THE PLAYS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A LECTURE BY NASA SCIENTISTS, A WEEKLY BRUNCH WITH THE CATF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT A LOCAL BISTRO, AND A CONVERSATION WITH TWO WRITERS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WRITING FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN. CATF CONTINUED TO ADHERE TO EVOLVING COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING OFFERING SEVERAL MASKED PERFORMANCES TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT COMFORT LEVELS AMONG AUDIENCES. CASES OF COVID WERE RARE AMONG STAFF MEMBERS AND SPREAD WAS PREVENTED BY TESTING, ISOLATION, AND MASKING. NO PERFORMANCES WERE CANCELED DUE TO COVID.OUTSIDE OF THE SUMMER FESTIVAL, CATF ALSO PRODUCED A FALL READING SERIES FEATURING TWO STAGED READINGS OF WORK UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND COMMISSIONED A NEW PLAY INSPIRED BY THE LIVES AND STORIES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS OF SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV.CATF WAS GIFTED A HISTORIC CHURCH BUILDING AND CHURCHYARD DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1700S WHEN IN EARLY 2023 THE CHRIST REFORMED UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATION DECIDED TO DISBAND. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AS IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME CATF HAS OWNED REAL PROPERTY AND CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CATF TO INCREASE ITS YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING. CATF INTENDS TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS LOCAL ASSET AND RENOVATE THE THEATER OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING YEARS TO BE A THEATER AND COMMUNITY SPACE THAT CAN BE USED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SINCE THE FESTIVAL'S FOUNDING IN 1991, CATF HAS GROWN IN NATIONAL REPUTATION AND IS HIGHLY REGARDED AS ONE OF AMERICA'S IMPORTANT NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. EACH YEAR PATRONS COME FROM OVER 38 STATES AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF DARING NEW WORK. NUMEROUS REVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND FEATURE STORIES HAVE APPEARED IN MEDIA VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, THE BALTIMORE SUN, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, AND THE NEW YORKER.
Expenses $1,716,865 · Revenue $531,716
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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MARELLEN AHERNE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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STEPHANIE MATHIAS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CB BABCOCK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANN M HARKINS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALAN N YOUNT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PRAGATI PATRICK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANDY ARNOLD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARY BRADSHAW
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALLISON MARINOFF CARLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES EROS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NANCY FELDMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHANNON THOMAS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR MARY HENDRIX
PRESIDENT SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DIANA HORVAT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PAUL KESSLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROB TUDOR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ELIZABETH MCDONALD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SUSAN MILLS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FRANKLIN MOORE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID RAMPY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PATRICIA RISSLER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
AUDREY ROWE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FALYNN SCHMIDT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICK SHAFFER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID EMERSON TONEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LISA YOUNIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LINNSEY AMORES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERTA DEBIASI MD MS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JEANNE MUIR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PEGGY MCKOWEN
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $110,731
- From this org
- $95,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,731
- Hours/week
- 40
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JEFF GRIFFIN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $106,200
- From this org
- $95,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,200
- 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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 10 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202441359349300644
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