Totals
- Total revenue
- $374,921
- Total expenses
- $645,955
- Contributions and grants received
- $304,306
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $66,680
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $3,935
- Total assets, end of year
- $390,285
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $16,854
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $373,431
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $418,979
- Management and general expenses
- $187,569
- Fundraising expenses
- $39,407
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $418,979
Program services were 64.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$53,761
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$250,545
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2a · Program service revenue: Perf,fees/admissions
total $66,680 · related or exempt $66,680
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Misc.
total $3,935 · related or exempt $3,935
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11e · Other revenue, total
$3,935
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $72,000 · program services $70,560 · fundraising $1,440
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $238,412 · program services $107,217 · management and general $101,490 · fundraising $29,705
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $26,977 · program services $17,152 · management and general $7,540 · fundraising $2,285
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $45,564 · program services $17,092 · management and general $27,330 · fundraising $1,142
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $11,676 · management and general $11,676
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $133,013 · program services $110,510 · management and general $22,503
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,210 · program services $1,986 · management and general $1,224
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13 · Office expenses
total $22,928 · program services $14,666 · management and general $6,000 · fundraising $2,262
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $4,651 · program services $4,651
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16 · Occupancy
total $45,573 · program services $40,569 · management and general $3,336 · fundraising $1,668
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17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,509 · management and general $1,509
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $4,306 · program services $3,014 · management and general $861 · fundraising $431
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24a · Other expenses: Service fee and taxes
total $19,024 · program services $14,554 · management and general $3,996 · fundraising $474
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24b · Other expenses: Production costs
total $17,112 · program services $17,008 · management and general $104
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $72,934 · end of year $66,284
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $301,888 · end of year $179,330
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $254,631 · end of year $117,772
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $17,202 · end of year $17,202
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,203
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,203
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $58,734 · end of year $9,697
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $9,540 · end of year $8,757
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $51,384 · end of year $8,097
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $377,465 · end of year $298,431
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $267,000 · end of year $75,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Golden Thread Productions mission is to produce passionate and provocative playsfrom or about the Middle East including its global diaspora - that celebrate themultiplicity of its perspectives and identities while serving as a developmentalcatalyst and vibrant artistic home to artists at various stages of their career.Golden Thread brings the Middle East to the American stage, creating treasuredcultural experiences for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Golden Thread Productions is the first American theatre company devoted to plays from or about the Middle East Golden Thread's signature programs include ReOrient Festival and Forum, development and production of full-length plays, New Threads staged reading series, Golden Thread Fairytale Players theatre for young audiences, and an annual Women's Day event.
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FULL-LENGTH PLAYS AND NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT (Mainstage and New Threads) In addition to the production of full-length plays, Golden Thread ensures the discovery and development of new playwrights and plays through commissions and development programs such as readings and workshops. New Threads is an annual staged reading and workshop series that engages its audience in the process of playmaking and allows writers of Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern descent an authentic and supportive space to develop work about the Middle East. Many of the New Threads plays continue on to receive main stage productions.
Expenses $340,518 · Revenue $191,371
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS (Womens Day, General Artistic, Fiscal Sponsorship) Golden Thread celebrates International Womens Day each year with What Do the Women Say?, a curated evening highlighting the works of Middle Eastern women artists. We also provide fiscal sponsorship and occasional artistic support for small projects to Middle Eastern artists.
Expenses $73,197 · Revenue $12,700
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REORIENT FESTIVAL AND FORUM (ReOrient) The ReOrient Festival of Short Plays was inaugurated in 1999 to present alternative perspectives of the Middle East and to showcase the multiplicity of stories, voices and styles from the region and has since becomes Golden Threads most recognized and celebrated program. This ambitious festival, now presented biennially, turns San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and thought-provoking theatre from and about the Middle East. Alongside Middle Eastern voices, ReOrient also features the work of non-Middle Eastern playwrights. In 2009, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the festival, Golden Thread has organized the ReOrient Forum, a weekend-long convening in San Francisco aimed at expanding the dialogue on theatre, the Middle East, and current hot topics that illuminate the regions relationship with the US.
Expenses $3,453
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YOUTH OUTREACH (Fairytale Players) A portion of Golden Threads programming engages and educates youth and family audiences about the Middle East. Golden Thread Fairytale Players create and tour original productions based on Middle Eastern fables and childrens stories. Inspired by popular performance traditions in the Middle East, the performances employ epic storytelling, physical theatre and circus arts techniques and tour schools, libraries, and festivals around the Bay Area.
Expenses $1,811
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Sahar Assaf
Exec Artist Dir
- Total calculated
- $72,000
- From this org
- $72,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Nora El Samahy
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Atwood
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Humaira Ghilzai
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mona Masri
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Chemaly
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle Mulholland
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Babak Sani
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 3 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523079349301247
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