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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SHAKESPEARE PLAY ON.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,121,371
Total expenses
$2,363,510
Contributions and grants received
$1,194,022
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$868,546
Investment income
$50,903
Other revenue
$7,900
Total assets, end of year
$2,808,691
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,168
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,753,523
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,077,156
Management and general expenses
$127,859
Fundraising expenses
$158,495
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,077,156

Program services were 87.9% 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

    $22,967

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $79,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,092,055

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $499

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE AND EVENTS

    total $868,546 · related or exempt $868,546

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,903 · excluded $50,903

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $4,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $4,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,000 · excluded $4,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $22,967

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $300

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$300 · excluded -$300

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $16,535

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $12,335

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,200 · related or exempt $4,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,654 · program services $184,635 · management and general $14,019

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $978,920 · program services $853,161 · management and general $42,907 · fundraising $82,852

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $120,168 · program services $95,653 · management and general $9,984 · fundraising $14,531

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,715 · program services $101,525 · management and general $3,637 · fundraising $6,553

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,293 · program services $766 · management and general $34,527

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,932 · program services $56,802 · management and general $5,090 · fundraising $40

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $57,354 · program services $56,854 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,668 · program services $19,387 · management and general $713 · fundraising $10,568

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $619 · program services $619

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,595 · program services $5,918 · management and general $677

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,573 · program services $5,132 · management and general $1,266 · fundraising $175

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $122,100 · program services $122,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,631 · program services $45,631

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND EVENT CO

    total $515,476 · program services $515,476

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $67,306 · program services $10,373 · management and general $14,539 · fundraising $42,394

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUDIENCE SERVICES

    total $3,124 · program services $3,124

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $1,382 · fundraising $1,382

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $196,172 · end of year $431,590

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,370,775 · end of year $1,141,574

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $261,604 · end of year $51,504

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,979 · end of year $1,979

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,690 · end of year $19,137

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

    $1,838,356

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

    $805,956

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,084,500 · end of year $1,032,400

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $124,719 · end of year $130,507

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,777 · end of year $55,168

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,012,384 · end of year $1,770,245

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $983,278 · end of year $983,278

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE, WE CREATE AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY BY BRINGING AUDIENCES AND THEATRE ARTISTS TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE STORIES ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY. MATCHING A FEARLESS AESTHETIC WITH TRANSPARENT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SCS IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THEATRE THAT IS INCLUSIVE, INQUISITIVE, AND THAT ENGAGES WITH THE CONTEMPORARY MOMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BRING AUDIENCES AND THEATRE ARTISTS TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE STORIES ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY.

  • SANTA CRUZ SHAKESPEARE'S OUTDOOR THEATRE FESTIVAL IS A TREASURED 42-YEAR TRADITION IN THE COUNTY, ATTRACTING MULTI-GENERATIONAL THEATERGOERS TO A SHARED EXPERIENCE OF EXCEPTIONAL THEATRE THAT PROVIDES A CANVAS TO EXPLORE, QUESTION, AND CELEBRATE THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND HUMAN CONDITION. IN 2023 SANTA CRUZ SHAKESPEARE RETURNED TO A FULL SUMMER SEASON, INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE'S "TAMING OF THE SHREW AND "KING LEAR," AS WELL AS "THE BOOK OF WILL" BY LAUREN GUNDERSON. SCS ALSO PRODUCED A FRINGE SERIES CONSISTING OF TWO STAGED READINGS AND A FULLY PRODUCED INTERN SHOW (EXIT PURSUED BY A BEAR). IN ADDITION, SCS CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH UCSC, WHICH INCLUDED THE POPULAR "WEEKEND WITH SHAKESPEARE AND "UNDISCOVERED SHAKESPEARE" PROGRAMS, AND WE CONTINUED OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, PRESENTING STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES AND IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $2,077,156 · Revenue $872,746

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rick Wright

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bill Richter

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Frost

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Liz Sandoval

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean Shimoguchi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Margaret Brose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Anne Carson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Duffus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Hackenbracht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Imai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Lohman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Ryan

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 1/1-8/31

    Total calculated
    $56,718
    From this org
    $56,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Larry Mabrey

    MANAGING DIRECTOR 1/1-6/9

    Total calculated
    $63,253
    From this org
    $50,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,879
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lorne Dechtenberg

    MANAGING DIRECTOR 11/13-12/31

    Total calculated
    $11,246
    From this org
    $11,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Charles Pasternak

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $80,316
    From this org
    $80,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349314483

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