Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,283,547

Total expenses

$7,291,701

Contributions and grants received

$2,480,666

Grants paid

$204,110

Program service revenue

$692,864

Investment income

$223,329

Other revenue

$886,688

Total assets, end of year

$5,328,783

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,857,289

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,471,494

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,497,380

Management and general expenses

$1,124,668

Fundraising expenses

$669,653

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,497,380

Program services were 75.4% 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 · 2023

• ARTISTIC PROGRAMSTCG DISTRIBUTES GRANTS TO THEATRES AND INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR THROUGH A SERIES OF PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS. BY MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, TCG CAN PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GROWING BODY OF PROFESSIONALS AND HELP BUILD AND CONNECT A NEW GENERATION OF PRACTITIONERS. PROGRAMS DURING FY24 INCLUDE THE WILLA KIM COSTUME DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP, THE RISING LEADERS OF COLOR PROGRAM, IN THE STACKS: TCG BOOKS CREDIT PROGRAM, AND THRIVE! UPLIFTING THEATRES OF COLOR -- A PROGRAM DESIGNED BY TCG TO PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO US-BASED THEATRES OF COLOR.

  Expenses $1,945,164 · Grants $204,110

• PUBLICATIONSTCG IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF DRAMATIC TEXT IN NORTH AMERICA. OUR CATALOG HAS OVER 500 TITLES, INCLUDING 22 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS, ONE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, 11 MACARTHUR "GENIUSES", AND NUMEROUS TONY, DRAMA DESK, AND OBIE AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS. TCG BOOKS PROUDLY REPRESENTS OVER 134 WRITERS WHO EMBODY EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRITING AND ALSO REPRESENT DIVERSE IDENTITIES OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND AGE. OUR PLAYWRIGHTS AND AUTHORS ARE SHAPING THE CANON AND LEGACY OF MODERN THEATRE. TCG BOOKS HAS A DUAL OBJECTIVE: TO BRING NEW LITERARY VOICES TO PUBLIC ATTENTION AND CULTIVATE INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ITS PLAYWRIGHTS THAT NURTURE THEIR CAREERS. TO DATE, OVER 5 MILLION COPIES HAVE BEEN SOLD. TCG'S INDUSTRY-LEADING PUBLICATION, AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, IS THE NATIONAL AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE MAGAZINE, INFORMING READERS ABOUT MEANINGFUL WORK AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AFFECTING THEATRE ART AND PRACTICE. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THEATRE, AT IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL THEATRE ECOLOGY THROUGH PUBLIC ACCESS TO MORE EQUITABLE ARTS JOURNALISM. DURING FY24, THE EDITORIAL CONTENT AND PODCASTS OPERATED ONLINE AT AMERICANTHEATRE.ORG AND QUARTERLY PRINT EDITIONS AND REACHED OVER 1 MILLION READERS WHILE COVERING EVENTS THAT WERE RELEVANT TO THE FIELD. THE FIELD INCREASINGLY LOOKS TO AT TO TAKE ON IN-DEPTH, INCLUSIVE THEATRE JOURNALISM AS NEWS OUTLETS DECREASE ARTS COVERAGE AND FALL OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE EVOLVING THEATRE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $2,688,506 · Revenue $1,281,356

• MEMBER SERVICESTCG CONDUCTS RESEARCH FOR AND ABOUT THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE FIELD TO ASSESS THE CHANGING NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF THE THEATRE COMMUNITY, CHRONICLE THE FIELD'S GROWTH, SUPPORT NATIONAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND CREATE RESOURCES TO AID THEATRE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR WORK. TCG ALSO PROVIDES FIELD-WIDE LEADERSHIP BY REPRESENTING THE FIELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, BY ADVOCATING ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING NEA APPROPRIATIONS, COVID-RELIEF EFFORTS, ARTS EDUCATION FUNDING, TAX INCENTIVES FOR CHARITABLE GIVING, THE VISA PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, FUNDING FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND PROTECTING PERFORMING ARTS TECHNOLOGY. FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, TCG HAS LED THE AMERICAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE FIELD AS ONE OF ITS MOST ROBUST AND INFLUENTIAL SOURCES OF THEATRE-SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND SURVEYS. TCG ASSESSES AND CHRONICLES THE FIELD'S FISCAL EVOLUTION INCLUDING FINANCE, AUDIENCE, AND DONOR TRENDS THROUGH THEATRE FACTS, THE INDUSTRY'S BROADEST OVERVIEW OF THE THEATRE ECOLOGY; THE SALARY SURVEY; AND OTHER SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS AND TOPICAL SURVEYS IN AREAS SUCH AS GOVERNANCE, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND MORE.IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LEAGUE OF CHICAGO THEATRES (LCT), TCG HOSTED OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE FROM JUNE 20-22 IN CHICAGO AND WELCOMING 914 IN-PERSON AND 114 VIRTUAL ATTENDEES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LOCAL VENUES AND VIRTUAL SPACES. IT FEATURED 104 SESSIONS: 60 IN-PERSON SESSIONS AND EVENTS, 18 HYBRID SESSIONS, AND 26 VIRTUAL SESSIONS INCLUDING VIRTUAL PRE-CONFERENCE AFFINITY SPACES."GET WITH THE PROGRAM!" VIRTUAL WORKING GROUPS WELCOMED 200 REGISTRANTS DURING FY24 AND EXPLORED SEASON PROGRAMMING PROCESSES AND HOW THEATREMAKERS HAVE RESPONDED TO RISKS AND CHANGES IN ARTISTIC OFFERINGS.TCG LED A DELEGATION OF NATIONAL THEATREMAKERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN OUR "INSTRUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION: ADVOCACY HILL VISITS & GOVERNANCE ROUNDTABLE" ON APRIL 9-10, 2024. THIS TRIP BEGAN WITH A GATHERING AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH AT GALA HISPANIC THEATRE, FOLLOWED BY ADVOCACY TRAINING AT ARENA STAGE, 20 CAPITOL HILL VISITS, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE STAGE ACT FOR FUNDS FOR NONPROFIT THEATRES AND ARTISTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER PROGRAMMING.TCG ALSO OFFERS THEATRE LEADERSHIP CONNECTEDNESS AND TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE VIRTUAL MEETINGS TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO CONNECT AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE MORE FREQUENTLY - WHICH HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN CONNECTING MEMBERS SINCE COVID-19.

  Expenses $863,710 · Revenue $298,196

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST

  $10,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• BINDLESTIFF STUDIO

  $10,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• GOLDEN THREAD PRODUCTION

  $10,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• ALTERNATIVE THEATER ENSEMBLE

  $10,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• AMERICAN INDIAN ARTISTS INC

  $10,000

  THRIVE! INDIGENOUS THEATRE GRANT

• NOTA LLC

  $10,000

  THRIVE! INDIGENOUS THEATRE GRANT

• RED EAGLE SOARING

  $10,000

  THRIVE! INDIGENOUS THEATRE GRANT

• SPIDERWOMAN THEATRE WORKSHOP

  $10,000

  THRIVE! INDIGENOUS THEATRE GRANT

• THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP

  $7,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK

  $7,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541289349302224

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