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← WOOSTER GROUP INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WOOSTER GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,293,857
Total expenses
$1,747,399
Contributions and grants received
$1,118,395
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,066,668
Investment income
$34,814
Other revenue
$73,980
Total assets, end of year
$1,923,699
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,180
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,879,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,273,282
Management and general expenses
$347,283
Fundraising expenses
$126,834
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,273,282

Program services were 72.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $57,879

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $134,145

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $926,371

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEDIA AND OTHER FEES

    total $755,524 · related or exempt $755,524

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $158,056 · related or exempt $158,056

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COMMISSIONS

    total $150,200 · related or exempt $150,200

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,888 · related or exempt $2,888

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,929 · excluded $34,929

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14,566

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

    securities $14,681

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$115

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$115 · excluded -$115

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $115,325

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $57,879

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $41,345

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $73,980 · excluded $73,980

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $169,519 · program services $152,567 · management and general $8,476 · fundraising $8,476

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $767,013 · program services $533,281 · management and general $158,431 · fundraising $75,301

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,843 · program services $85,717 · management and general $15,126

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,444 · program services $83,555 · management and general $14,622 · fundraising $6,267

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,775 · program services $9,110 · management and general $11,388 · fundraising $2,277

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $237,390 · program services $145,755 · management and general $76,635 · fundraising $15,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,065 · program services $7,943 · fundraising $14,122

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,348 · program services $6,209 · management and general $3,622 · fundraising $517

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,875 · program services $21,500 · management and general $5,375

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,649 · program services $8,519 · management and general $2,130

  • 24a · Other expenses: COOP MAINTENANCE

    total $160,080 · program services $128,064 · management and general $32,016

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $46,080 · program services $44,248 · management and general $1,832

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $19,244 · program services $15,395 · management and general $3,849

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND SECURIT

    total $17,445 · program services $13,956 · management and general $3,489

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,629 · program services $17,463 · management and general $10,292 · fundraising $4,874

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $646,667 · end of year $1,214,339

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $501,831 · end of year $513,650

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $112,847 · end of year $90,312

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,095 · end of year $9,140

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

    $298,610

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

    $202,352

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $90,534 · end of year $96,258

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,913 · end of year $44,180

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,190,796 · end of year $1,637,282

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $142,265 · end of year $242,237

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE WOOSTER GROUP, INC.'S PRIMARY MISSION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL FORMS OF DRAMA AND THE INTERPLAY OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WOOSTER GROUP, INC.'S PRIMARY MISSION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL FORMS OF DRAMA AND THE INTERPLAY OF PERFORMING, MEDIA AND VISUAL ARTS.

  • THE WOOSTER GROUP, INC. IS A NEW YORK BASED THEATER COMPANY KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS GROUND-BREAKING EXPERIMENTS IN THEATER PERFORMANCE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ELIZABETH LECOMPTE, THE GROUP HAS MADE MORE THAN 40 WORKS FOR THEATRE, DANCE, AND MEDIA, INCLUDING RUMSTICK ROAD (1977), L.D.S. (JUST THE HIGH POINTS) (1984), HOUSE/LIGHTS (1999), TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (PHEDRE) (2002), HAMLET (2007), THE TOWN HALL AFFAIR (2017), THE B-SIDE (2017), THE MOTHER (2021) AND SYMPHONY OF RATS (2024). THE GROUP HAS TOURED INTERNATIONALLY TO EUROPE, RUSSIA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. THE PERFORMING GARAGE AT 33 WOOSTER STREET IS THE GROUP'S PERMANENT HOME. THE ORGANIZATION OWNS AND OPERATES THE GARAGE AS A SHAREHOLDER IN THE GRAND STREET ARTISTS CO-OP, ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE FLUXUS ART MOVEMENT IN THE 1960'S.

    Expenses $1,273,282

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kate Valk

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $67,633
    From this org
    $63,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,548
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Lecompte

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $54,754
    From this org
    $49,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,411
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paul Berman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peyton Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Hedstrom

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $61,966
    From this org
    $57,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,875
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jim Clayburgh

    BOARD MEMBER

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510459349301146

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