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← THE ELDEN STREET PLAYERS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE ELDEN STREET PLAYERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$728,855
Total expenses
$799,987
Contributions and grants received
$329,645
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$372,428
Investment income
$10,456
Other revenue
$16,326
Total assets, end of year
$872,515
Total liabilities, end of year
$113,884
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$758,631
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$617,271
Management and general expenses
$125,669
Fundraising expenses
$57,047
Program service expenses (Part III)
$617,271

Program services were 77.2% 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)

    $137,528

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $192,117

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,015

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET INCOME

    total $265,588 · related or exempt $265,588

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $106,840 · related or exempt $106,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,456 · excluded $10,456

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,560

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,560

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,560 · related or exempt $1,560

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $20,086

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,739

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $12,347 · related or exempt $12,347

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,419 · related or exempt $2,419

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,419

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $274,680 · program services $156,233 · management and general $71,609 · fundraising $46,838

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,177 · program services $12,045 · management and general $5,521 · fundraising $3,611

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,660 · management and general $4,660

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,025 · program services $1,839 · management and general $874 · fundraising $312

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,231 · program services $19,671 · management and general $12,340 · fundraising $220

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,979 · program services $17,525 · management and general $4,023 · fundraising $2,431

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $20,480 · program services $20,480

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $68,151 · program services $65,812 · management and general $2,339

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,286 · program services $2,221 · management and general $51 · fundraising $14

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,841 · management and general $12,841

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,445 · program services $7,772 · management and general $4,258 · fundraising $1,415

  • 24a · Other expenses: PERFORMANCE STIPENDS

    total $257,122 · program services $257,122

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $46,535 · program services $45,534 · management and general $1,001

  • 24c · Other expenses: ONLINE SALES SERVICE

    total $8,748 · program services $7,315 · fundraising $1,433

  • 24d · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT

    total $4,529 · program services $2,530 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $738

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,098 · program services $1,172 · management and general $4,891 · fundraising $35

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $110,647 · end of year $291,991

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $361,599 · end of year $115,637

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $27,649 · end of year $11,918

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,080 · end of year $2,026

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,325 · end of year $23,499

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

    $554,069

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

    $234,070

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $332,840 · end of year $319,999

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $100,995 · end of year $106,501

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $324 · end of year $944

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,465 · end of year $28,220

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $94,270 · end of year $84,703

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $961 · end of year $961

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $802,948 · end of year $746,713

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,815 · end of year $11,918

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ELDEN STREET PLAYERS, ORGANIZED IN 1989, DOING BUSINESS AS NEXTSTOP THEATRE, OPERATES AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE. THE MISSON OF THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES UNCHANGED TO OPERATE A THEATRE FACILITY, TO STAGE AND PRODUCE THEATRE AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS WITHIN THE FACILITY, AND TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT COMPLIMENTS THE PERFORMING ARTS FOCUS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

  • THE COMPANY OFFERED BOTH MAJOR DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS OF FULL LENGTH PLAYS AND MUSICALS AND THEATER FOR FAMILY AND YOUNGER AUDIENCES. THE PERFORMANCES WERE IN A PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY WHICH SEATS 104, RENTED FROM THE FRIENDS OF ELDEN STREET PLAYERS DURING THE YEAR. OVER 6,100 TICKETS WERE SOLD TO OVER 115 STAGE PERFORMANCES. A NUMBER OF TICKETS WERE DONATED TO OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFITS FOR THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT VETERANS AND ACTIVE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, THEATER EDUCATION CLASSES WERE OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $617,271 · Revenue $372,428

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melody Fetske

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey Neuman

    VP - ADMINIS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hoori Ahdieh

    VP - DEI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wesley Clark

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica Hill

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dina Eagle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Merkel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Boatright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Koszarek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • FRIENDS OF THE ELDEN STREET PLAYERS LLC

    RE LEASING · VA · 86.68% owned · share of income $2,306 · share of assets $251,592

    Directly controlled by THE ELDEN STREET PLAYERS NEXTSTOP THEATRE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522249349301697

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