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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 25 February 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$267,110 changed to $354,165
Total expenses
$241,897 changed to $370,120
Contributions and grants received
$248,323 changed to $321,028
Program service revenue
$18,787 changed to $33,137
Total assets, end of year
$64,170 changed to $48,216
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,170 changed to $48,216
Program services expenses
$95,934 changed to $87,411
Management and general expenses
$145,963 changed to $282,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$95,934 changed to $87,411

Listed only on the later return

  • Alyssa Armor

Totals

Total revenue
$354,165
Total expenses
$370,120
Contributions and grants received
$321,028
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$33,137
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$48,216
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$48,216
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$87,411
Management and general expenses
$282,709
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$87,411

Program services were 23.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $321,028

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BROADWAY CABERET

    total $33,137 · related or exempt $33,137

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $23,522 · management and general $23,522

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,076 · management and general $8,076

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $53,457 · management and general $53,457

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,726 · management and general $13,726

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,399 · management and general $2,399

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $173,546 · program services $87,411 · management and general $86,135

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $65,394 · management and general $65,394

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,979 · end of year $17,469

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $42,500 · end of year $25,657

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,691 · end of year $90

  • 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 $0 · end of year -$15,954

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NEW PLAY FESTIVAL IS TO DEVELOP NEW THEATRICAL WORKS AND PRESENT AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS BY PLAYWRIGHTS, LYRICISTS, COMPOSERS, AND VARIETY ARTISTS. WE PRESENT READINGS OF NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS, ALONG WITH BROADWAY CABARETS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR WORK SEEKS TO VITALIZE THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF NEW WORK FOR THE STAGE, OFFER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE AUDIENCES WITH A RICH THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. THE FESTIVAL STRIVES TO CHALLENGE, ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE, AND NOURISH THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF NEW MUSICALS, PLAYS, AND VARIETY SHOWS FROM AN INCLUSIVE POOL OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS.

  • MUSIC STAND READINGS: IN 2025, THE PROGRAM FEATURED 8 READING PRESENTATIONS OF 5 YET-TO-BE-PRODUCED PLAYS AND MUSICALS. TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES AMOUNTED TO $45,034. THE PROGRAM WAS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, OF $16,342 FROM SC HUMANITIES, AND $5,000 FROM THE DANIEL MICKEL FOUNDATION, AND $15,000 FROM THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $45,034

  • BROADWAY CABARET: IN 2025, IT FEATURED BROADWAY STAR MARY KATE MORRISSEY WHO SHARED HER PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM NEW MUSICALS TO MEAN GIRLS TO PLAYING ELPHABA IN WICKED ON BROADWAY. TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES WERE $30,161. THE PROGRAM DID NOT RECEIVE GRANT-SPECIFIC FUNDING.

    Expenses $30,161 · Revenue $33,137

  • OUTDOOR VARIETY STAGE AND SPINX MARKET LIVE ARTS FAIRS: IN 2025 IT FEATURED A ROTATING SCHEDULE OF THREE STREET THEATER SHOWS ALONG MAIN STREET, WHERE NON-PROFIT LIVE ARTS INSTITUTIONS SET UP BOOTHS PROMOTING THEIR SEASONS, THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES WERE $12,216. THE OUTDOOR VARIETY STAGE WAS SUPPORTED BY A $15,000 GRANT FROM THE SPINX FOUNDATION

    Expenses $12,216

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Blonstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chip Egan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tami McKnew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Mills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vee Popat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Pelham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kendra Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Warner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mimi Wyche

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alyssa Armor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • West Hyler

    EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    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
2024
Filed
4 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543399349300724

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