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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 13 May 2024. 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
$6,329,279 changed to $7,236,742
Total expenses
$13,033,083 changed to $13,867,834
Contributions and grants received
$3,538,864 changed to $4,316,949
Other revenue
$1,530,185 changed to $1,659,563
Total assets, end of year
$53,182,821 changed to $53,158,396
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,508,585 changed to $20,411,448
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,674,236 changed to $32,746,948
Program services expenses
$9,575,553 changed to $9,795,185
Management and general expenses
$1,995,162 changed to $2,160,135
Fundraising expenses
$1,462,368 changed to $1,912,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,575,553 changed to $9,795,185

Totals

Total revenue
$6,329,279
Total expenses
$13,033,083
Contributions and grants received
$3,538,864
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,215,304
Investment income
$44,926
Other revenue
$1,530,185
Total assets, end of year
$53,182,821
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,508,585
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,674,236
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,575,553
Management and general expenses
$1,995,162
Fundraising expenses
$1,462,368
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,575,553

Program services were 73.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $104,100

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $645,279

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $239,829

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,549,656

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE REVENUE

    total $1,215,304 · related or exempt $1,215,304

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,926 · excluded $44,926

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,983 · excluded $4,983

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,363,073

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,363,073

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,363,073 · excluded $1,363,073

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,989

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

    $645,279

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $80,989

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $17,074

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $17,074 · related or exempt $3,299 · unrelated business $13,775

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $145,055 · excluded $145,055

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $145,055

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $672,435 · program services $470,705 · management and general $100,865 · fundraising $100,865

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,385,349 · program services $3,001,659 · management and general $681,178 · fundraising $702,512

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $126,397 · program services $86,607 · management and general $19,602 · fundraising $20,188

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $551,532 · program services $378,312 · management and general $85,394 · fundraising $87,826

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $384,838 · program services $264,172 · management and general $59,516 · fundraising $61,150

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,984 · management and general $4,984

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,291 · management and general $36,291

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $28,731 · fundraising $28,731

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $836,164 · program services $491,884 · management and general $195,460 · fundraising $148,820

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $341,236 · program services $341,236

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,169,195 · program services $726,788 · management and general $338,795 · fundraising $103,612

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $5,425 · program services $5,425

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $927,349 · program services $695,512 · management and general $173,878 · fundraising $57,959

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,562 · program services $15,008 · management and general $1,063 · fundraising $491

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,930 · program services $867 · management and general $2,781 · fundraising $282

  • 20 · Interest

    total $701,705 · program services $638,552 · management and general $42,102 · fundraising $21,051

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,586,617 · program services $1,443,821 · management and general $95,197 · fundraising $47,599

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $204,783 · program services $153,587 · management and general $38,397 · fundraising $12,799

  • 24a · Other expenses: COSTUMES,SETS,PROPS

    total $513,053 · program services $513,053

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIGHTING AND SOUND

    total $151,025 · program services $151,025

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PRODUCTION EXPENS

    total $143,448 · program services $143,448

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $91,689 · program services $31,989 · management and general $59,700

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $150,345 · program services $21,903 · management and general $59,959 · fundraising $68,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,791,092 · end of year $762,231

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,812,453 · end of year $1,067,942

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $9,935,950 · end of year $8,538,715

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $650,395 · end of year $1,460

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,889 · end of year $26,014

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $133,481

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

    $63,314,583

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

    $21,496,693

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,138,086 · end of year $41,817,890

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $67,058 · end of year $968,569

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,030,109 · end of year $1,628,981

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $396,290 · end of year $132,639

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $18,596,965 · end of year $18,596,965

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $150,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,787,966 · end of year $23,710,964

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,590,074 · end of year $8,963,272

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SIGNATURE THEATRE CELEBRATES PLAYWRIGHTS AND GIVES THEM AN ARTISTIC HOME. SIGNATURE MAKES AN EXTENDED COMMITMENT TO A PLAYWRIGHT'S BODY OF WORK, PRODUCING SEVERAL PLAYS BY EACH RESIDENT WRITER AND DELIVERING AN INTIMATE AND IMMERSIVE JOURNEY INTO THE PLAYWRIGHT'S SINGULAR VISION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 1991 BY THE LATE JAMES HOUGHTON, THE TONY AWARD-WINNING SIGNATURE THEATRE IS LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAIGE EVANS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAROLD WOLPERT. SIGNATURE FOSTERS A CULTURAL COMMUNITY AT OUR HOME, THE PERSHING SQUARE SIGNATURE CENTER, WELCOMING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THROUGH OUR DOORS EACH YEAR. OUR 70,000 SQ. FT. FRANK GEHRY-DESIGNED SPACE BOASTS THREE THEATRES AND TWO REHEARSAL ROOMS, INCLUDING THE FORD STUDIO, A FLEXIBLE SPACE THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A 99-SEAT THEATRE AS WELL AS 8,800 SQ. FT OF PUBLIC LOBBY SPACE.

  • PRODUCTIONS:SIGNATURE THEATRE'S 2022/23 SEASON FEATURED FOUR PRODUCTIONS BY OUR WORLD CLASS, DYNAMIC GROUP OF CELEBRATED WRITERS. OUR SEASON INCLUDED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF QUIARA ALEGRA HUDES' MY BROKEN LANGUAGE, THE OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF SAMUEL D. HUNTER'S A BRIGHT NEW BOISE, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SARAH RUHL'S LETTERS FROM MAX, A RITUAL, AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS' THE COMEUPPANCE. WE EXPANDED SIGNATURE ACCESS IN OUR 2022/23 SEASON, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGHLY-SUBSIDIZED TICKETS FOR ALL AUDIENCES WHILE ALSO PILOTING NEW MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED BY THE ARTS. IN TOTAL, 34,374 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDED OUR SHOWS LAST SEASON.

    Expenses $9,297,184 · Revenue $1,215,304

  • SIG SPACE:SIGSPACE BRINGS ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING TO THE CENTER'S PUBLIC SPACES AND SUSTAINS OUR LOBBY AS A FREE PUBLIC WORKSPACE AND SOCIAL HUB FOR NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS. WORKING WITH A RANGE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SIGSPACE IS A HOME FOR FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS SUCH AS CONCERTS, WORKS-IN-PROGRESS, STORYTELLING, PANELS, AND CONVERSATIONS. IN THE 2022/23 SEASON, WE HOSTED 44 SIGSPACE EVENTS - RANGING FROM COMEDY NIGHTS TO POETRY READINGS TO SOCIAL HAPPY HOURS - THAT WERE ATTENDED BY A TOTAL OF 1,149 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $182,060 · Revenue $17,074

  • EDUCATION:DURING THE 2022/23 SEASON, OUR FREE STUDENT MATINEES OFFERED OVER 900 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FREE PERFORMANCES OF SELECT SEASON PRODUCTIONS AND ENGAGE WITH THE ARTISTS BEHIND THOSE PRODUCTIONS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED DAY OF PLAY, A FREE FESTIVAL OF WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN THEATER; NEARLY 200 STUDENTS FROM OVER 30 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED.

    Expenses $96,309

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • EDWARD NORTON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUGLAS E CHITTENDEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN WEINER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY J MCCLIMON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $144,153
    From this org
    $138,382
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,771
    Hours/week
    40

  • BARBARA PAIGE EVANS

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $368,396
    From this org
    $336,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,860
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,536
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,660
    Filer's total
    $368,396

  • BRENDA AIKEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERNARD L DIKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID KLAFTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI KRAMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLEN LAMB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY G LITTLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NINA B MATIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LILA NEUGEBAUER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY NORTHUP

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA PELS

    TRUSTEE (THRU MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL H RAUCH ESQ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNA WALKER-KUHNE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA CUTLIP

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOWARD L ELLIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE H GOLDFARB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTEN JAMES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHIL KONORT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ATUL SUBBIAH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DREW SUSSMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH WHITAKER

    ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,210
    From this org
    $139,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,963
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,599
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,648
    Filer's total
    $161,210

  • KENNETH NAANEP

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $124,265
    From this org
    $111,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,554
    Hours/week
    40

  • PAUL ZIEMER

    DIRECTOR OF PROD & FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $144,701
    From this org
    $127,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,982
    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. 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349308804

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