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← EAST-WEST PLAYERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EAST-WEST PLAYERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,938,571
Total expenses
$2,844,478
Contributions and grants received
$3,386,925
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$344,196
Investment income
$207,450
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,389,629
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,821
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,335,808
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,285,954
Management and general expenses
$352,259
Fundraising expenses
$206,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,285,954

Program services were 80.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    -$35,850

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $208,607

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,214,168

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $246,244 · related or exempt $246,244

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $81,881 · related or exempt $81,881

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $11,139 · related or exempt $11,139

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,932 · related or exempt $4,932

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,519 · excluded $116,519

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $734,343

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

    securities $643,412

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $90,931

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $90,931 · excluded $90,931

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $41,815

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

    -$35,850

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $41,815

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $241,545 · program services $169,081 · management and general $48,309 · fundraising $24,155

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,055,038 · program services $953,784 · management and general $17,214 · fundraising $84,040

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,321 · program services $1,680 · management and general $480 · fundraising $161

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,737 · program services $94,107 · management and general $3,825 · fundraising $8,805

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $113,250 · program services $98,185 · management and general $5,626 · fundraising $9,439

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $221,430 · program services $27,500 · management and general $193,930

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $17,400 · fundraising $17,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $395,781 · program services $349,847 · fundraising $45,934

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $51,953 · program services $51,953

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $130,044 · program services $111,117 · management and general $6,445 · fundraising $12,482

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,551 · program services $12,615 · management and general $723 · fundraising $1,213

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $108,561 · program services $108,561

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $236,935 · program services $217,537 · management and general $17,458 · fundraising $1,940

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,686 · program services $5,594 · management and general $39,092

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,218 · management and general $1,218

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,690 · program services $14,406 · management and general $1,156 · fundraising $128

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,743 · program services $5,909 · management and general $4,266 · fundraising $568

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION ELEMENTS

    total $55,195 · program services $55,195

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $21,400 · program services $8,883 · management and general $12,517

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $360,424 · end of year $1,099,120

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $371,963 · end of year $768,445

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,633,980 · end of year $1,247,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $228

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,385 · end of year $34,568

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

    $1,081,672

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

    $426,074

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $91,548 · end of year $655,598

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,828,448 · end of year $3,550,710

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,960 · end of year $33,960

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,840 · end of year $30,302

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $16,518 · end of year $23,519

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,718,350 · end of year $5,563,297

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,500,000 · end of year $1,772,511

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF EAST WEST PLAYERS, INC. (EWP) IS TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE BY PRESENTING WORLD-CLASS THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, DEVELOPING ARTISTS OF COLOR, AND PROVIDING IMPACTFUL YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. FOUNDED IN 1965, EWP IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LONGEST-RUNNING THEATERS OF COLOR AND THE LARGEST AND OLDEST ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY. EWP STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER STORIES ARE TOLD BY WORKING TO INCREASE ACCESS, INCLUSION, AND REPRESENTATION IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEATRICAL WORKS, A ROBUST RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES. IN RECOGNITION OF ITS WORK, EWP WAS DESIGNATED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE, ONE OF ONLY 20 ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE THE HONOR.

  • EAST WEST PLAYERS PRESENTS 3-5 MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS PER YEAR. THESE CONSIST OF WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS AND MUSICALS AS WELL AS REINTERPRETATIONS OF CLASSIC OR ESTABLISHED WORKS ALL PRIMARILY WRITTEN, PERFORMED AND/OR DEVELOPED BY ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS. THESE ARE PRODUCTIONS WHICH SEEK TO ILLUMINATE THE DIVERSE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE ASIAN AMERICAN DIASPORA AND PROVIDE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT NOT BE AFFORDED OTHERWISE.

    Expenses $1,945,414 · Revenue $262,315

  • EAST WEST PLAYERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR ASPIRING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND WRITERS. EAST WEST PLAYERS ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE TOURING THEATRE FOR YOUTH PRODUCTIONS WHICH OFFER NEW WAYS TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THEATER THAT STIMULATE STUDENTS TO DISCOVER THE PROMINENT ROLE ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

    Expenses $340,540 · Revenue $81,881

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Snehal Desai

    PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $131,614
    From this org
    $124,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,315
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Rose Chan Loui

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Peter Shimamoto

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derrick Que

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Albert Aubin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Blackwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mercy Steenwyk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randall Tamura

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Chang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Giza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • May Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nayan Shah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmen Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex De Ocampo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Yamazi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Yang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Tee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judith Sasaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenny Lao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Portillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kiyomi Emi

    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
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421349349305587

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