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← DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,786,381
Total expenses
$2,775,861
Contributions and grants received
$10,000
Grants paid
$35,000
Program service revenue
$1,422,778
Investment income
$275,759
Other revenue
$1,077,844
Total assets, end of year
$5,808,219
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,450,697
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,357,522
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DUES

    total $657,854 · related or exempt $657,854

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUTHORS COALITION

    total $647,477 · related or exempt $647,477

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SALES OF DOCUMENTS

    total $55,081 · related or exempt $55,081

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AWARD INCOME

    total $35,000 · related or exempt $35,000

  • 2e · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $12,575 · unrelated business $12,575

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $14,791 · related or exempt $14,791

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $112,026 · excluded $112,026

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,077,687 · excluded $1,077,687

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,820,336

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

    securities $1,656,603

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $163,733

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $163,733 · excluded $163,733

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $157 · related or exempt $157

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $157

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $35,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $194,888

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $951,959

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,582

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $207,660

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,565

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,259

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,539

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,609

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $149,029

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,759

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $66,975

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,361

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $376,077

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,373

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $578

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,045

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $115,403

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,359

  • 24a · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $144,603

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAGAZINE EXPENSES

    total $122,746

  • 24c · Other expenses: AWARD NIGHT EXPENSE

    total $21,416

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $13,905

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,171

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $673,153

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $23,820

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $364,560 · end of year $51,366

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

    $4,209,180

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

    $2,510,539

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,182,454 · end of year $1,698,641

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,964,999 · end of year $3,304,042

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,159 · end of year $57,197

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $132,934

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $327,759

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,178,491 · end of year $1,990,004

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $4,353,681 · end of year $3,357,522

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITY OF PLAYWRIGHTS, COMPOSERS, LYRICISTS AND LIBRETTISTS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING, INFORMING, AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF DRAMATISTS EVERYWHERE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DRAMATISTS GUILD IS A 501(C)6 TRADE ASSOCIATION WITH 9,000+ MEMBERS ESTABLISHED IN 1919 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF AUTHORS OF DRAMATIC AND DRAMATICO-MUSICAL WORKS WRITTEN FOR THE STAGE; TO PROTECT THE AUTHORS' RIGHTS IN SUCH WORKS; TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEIR WORKS ARE CREATED AND PRODUCED; AND TO FORMULATE TYPES OF PRODUCTION CONTRACTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH WORKS.

  • THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED OVER EIGHTY YEARS AGO, AND IS THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION WHICH ADVANCES THE INTERESTS OF PLAYWRIGHTS, COMPOSERS, LYRICISTS AND LIBRETTISTS WRITING FOR THE LIVING STAGE. THE GUILD HAS OVER 7,000 MEMBERS NATIONWIDE, FROM BEGINNING WRITERS TO THE MOST PROMINENT AUTHORS REPRESENTED ON BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY AND IN REGIONAL THEATERS. THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING DRAMATISTS IN PROTECTING BOTH THE ARTISTIC AND ECONOMIC INTEGRITY OF THEIR WORK. THE GUILD BELIEVES THAT A VIBRANT, VITAL AND PROVOCATIVE THEATER IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE ONGOING CULTURAL DEBATE WHICH INFORMS THE CITIZENS OF A FREE SOCIETY. THE GUILD BELIEVES THAT IF SUCH A THEATER IS TO SURVIVE, THE UNIQUE, IDIOSYNCRATIC VOICES OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO WRITE FOR IT MUST BE CULTIVATED AND PROTECTED.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amanda Green

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristoffer Diaz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christine Toy Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Adams

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Ahrens

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Anderson-Lopez

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Auburn

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Birkenhead

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Burbano

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Carnelia

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirsten Childs

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kia Corthron

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Creech

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gretchen Cryer

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ty Defoe

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lydia R Diamond

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Coons

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie Sibblies Drury

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Flaherty

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Gilman

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Goldfarb

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Guare

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Gwon

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel D Hunter

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chisa Hutchinson

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Henry Hwang

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Jordan

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rajiv Joseph

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hansol Jung

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Kander

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Kaplan

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Karam

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Kron

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Kushner

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Lapine

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Zoe Laufer

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Leight

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Lew

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Lindsay-Abaire

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Lippa

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lopez

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Mann

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Margulies

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Menken

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marsha Norman

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Nottage

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Austin Pendleton

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Rebeck

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Ruhl

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Schenkkan

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Schwartz

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Patrick Shanley

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Shire

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rona Siddiqui

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Spector

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Georgia Stitt

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lloyd Suh

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Sweet

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shaina Taub

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanine Tesori

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Turner

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alfred Uhry

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Weidman

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Weller

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bess Wohl

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George C Wolfe

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Wright

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maury Yeston

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Sevush

    ED OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $240,984
    From this org
    $194,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,888
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,847
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,249
    Filer's total
    $240,984

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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 corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • DG COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT INC

    C · MGMT OF COPYRIGHTS · NY · 100% owned · share of income $345,332 · share of assets $50,552 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202622309349301967

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