Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$5,810,022

Total expenses

$6,455,621

Contributions and grants received

$4,347,903

Grants paid

$867,862

Program service revenue

$476,239

Investment income

$128,390

Other revenue

$857,490

Total assets, end of year

$7,821,426

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,432,553

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,388,873

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,269,709

Management and general expenses

$598,475

Fundraising expenses

$587,437

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,269,709

Program services were 81.6% 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 · 2022

• 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 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GROWING BODY OF PROFESSIONALS AND HELP BUILD AND CONNECT A NEW GENERATION OF PRACTITIONERS. PROGRAMS DURING FY23 INCLUDE THE FOX FOUNDATION RESIDENT ACTOR FELLOWSHIPS; THE WILLA KIM COSTUME DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP, THE ALAN SCHNEIDER DIRECTOR AWARD; THE RISING LEADERS OF COLOR PROGRAM; AND THRIVE! UPLIFTING THEATRES OF COLOR -- A MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM DESIGNED BY TCG AND FUNDED BY THE DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO US-BASED THEATRES OF COLOR. THE RISING LEADERS OF COLOR (RLC) PROGRAM IS A CORE TCG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) AND IS AN EXPANSION AND RE-ENVISIONING OF TCG'S YOUNG LEADERS OF COLOR PROGRAM (YLC), WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2008, AND TCG'S SPARK LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM'S STRUCTURE BRINGS NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO A COHORT OF EARLY-CAREER LEADERS, CREATES A LEARNING SPACE FOR AFFINITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EXPANDS THEIR NETWORK OF EMPOWERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEADERS NATIONWIDE. IN FY23, TCG SELECTED THREE JOURNALISTS OF COLOR WHO ARE COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING THE STORIES OF BIPOC AND BLACK, INDIGENOUS, THEATRES OF COLOR (BITOC); INCLUDING CONTRIBUTING WRITING FOR AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, ATTENDING THE NATIONAL CRITICS INSTITUTE.

  Expenses $2,786,916 · Grants $867,862

• PUBLICATIONSTCG IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF DRAMATIC TEXT IN NORTH AMERICA. OUR CATALOG HAS OVER 500 TITLES, INCLUDING 20 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 FY23, THE EDITORIAL CONTENT AND PODCASTS OPERATED ENTIRELY ONLINE AT AMERICANTHEATRE.ORG AND REACHED OVER 1 MILLION VISITORS WHILE COVERING EVENTS THAT WERE RELEVANT TO THE FIELD. ALSO, AT WORKED ON ITS PLAN TO RELAUNCH THE MAGAZINE'S PRINT VERSION IN FY24 AS A QUARTERLY EDITION. 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 $1,517,712 · Revenue $1,279,179

• 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. ON NOVEMBER 11, 2022, TCG HOSTED "GOVERNANCE AT THE CROSSROADS: A STRATEGIC RETREAT" A THINK TANK FOR A DEEP, GENERATIVE ENVISIONING PROCESS, HELD VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON IN NYC. THROUGH FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS AROUND FOUNDATIONAL GOVERNANCE QUESTIONS, THEATREMAKERS, AND OTHER THEATRE PROFESSIONALS COLLECTIVELY REIMAGINED BOARDS FOR A TRULY JUST AND THRIVING THEATRE FIELD. THIS EVENT ENGAGED 165 TOTAL ATTENDEES, INCLUDING 63 IN-PERSON AND 102 VIRTUAL.BI-WEEKLY FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE 2023, WE HELD ZOOM MEETINGS FOR REBUILDING OUR HOUSES: VIRTUAL WORKING GROUPS ON AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR. SESSIONS PROVIDED THEATRE PEOPLE (APPROXIMATELY 200 ONLINE REGISTRANTS) ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE FIELD'S ACUTE ATTENDANCE CHALLENGES WITH A LONGER-TERM WORKING SPACE TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE, FOSTER SOLIDARITY, AND DEVELOP NEW PRACTICES FOR REBUILDING THEIR AUDIENCES. THE WORKING GROUPS TOOK PLACE IN TWO SEPARATE TRACKS"NEW AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR AND REDEFINING LOYALTY," WHICH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 21, AND "DATA IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT," WHICH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 28.TCG ALSO OFFERS THEATRE LEADERSHIP CONNECTEDNESS TELECONFERENCES TO ALLOW GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPARATE MEMBERS TO CONNECT AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE MORE FREQUENTLY - WHICH PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN COVID-19 RECOVERY EFFORTS.

  Expenses $965,081 · Revenue $54,550

As filed on the 2022 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

  $50,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• BINDLESTIFF STUDIO

  $50,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• GOLDEN THREAD PRODUCTION

  $50,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• ALTERNATIVE THEATER ENSEMBLE

  $50,000

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• BREAKING WAVE THEATRE COMPANY INC

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• NEW YORK LIVE ARTS

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• HATTILOO THEATRE

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• GILLOURY INSTITUTE

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK

  $42,500

  THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202441309349300144

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