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← 1ST STAGE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by 1ST STAGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,071,908
Total expenses
$1,300,180
Contributions and grants received
$1,788,149
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$228,486
Investment income
$51,823
Other revenue
$3,450
Total assets, end of year
$2,486,494
Total liabilities, end of year
$330,353
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,156,141
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,152,815
Management and general expenses
$136,029
Fundraising expenses
$11,336
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,152,815

Program services were 88.7% 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

    $1,788,149

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $213,615 · related or exempt $213,615

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSION SALES

    total $10,266 · related or exempt $10,266

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SEMESTER CLASSES

    total $4,605 · related or exempt $4,605

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,823 · related or exempt $51,823

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,450

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,450

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,450 · related or exempt $3,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,581 · program services $73,423 · management and general $8,158

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $291,287 · program services $262,158 · management and general $29,129

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,841 · program services $47,557 · management and general $5,284

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,946 · program services $21,551 · management and general $2,395

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,740 · program services $8,740

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $491,125 · program services $487,125 · management and general $4,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $53,380 · program services $49,403 · management and general $3,977

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,023 · program services $4,772 · management and general $25,251

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $163,703 · program services $137,510 · management and general $24,556 · fundraising $1,637

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,753 · program services $19,230 · management and general $1,372 · fundraising $151

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,021 · program services $4,218 · management and general $753 · fundraising $50

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,146 · program services $16,923 · management and general $3,223

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $21,255 · program services $2,365 · management and general $18,890

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $18,270 · program services $7,360 · management and general $1,550 · fundraising $9,360

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $15,223 · program services $9,605 · management and general $5,618

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,768 · program services $60 · management and general $1,708

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,118 · program services $815 · management and general $165 · fundraising $138

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $479,710 · end of year $610,619

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $106,630 · end of year $786,274

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,741

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

    $308,956

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

    $287,750

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,647 · end of year $21,206

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $777,231 · end of year $776,080

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $370,255 · end of year $292,315

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,655 · end of year $20,442

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,825 · end of year $3,750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $381,725 · end of year $306,161

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $409,650 · end of year $120,261

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $952,359 · end of year $2,035,880

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

1ST STAGE BELIEVES THAT GREAT COMMUNITIES REQUIRE GREAT ART, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE TYSONS REGION. 1ST STAGE IS COMMITTED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF TEXTS THAT PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH FOR AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS ALIKE. 1ST STAGE IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A HOME FOR THE AREA'S MOST TALENTED ARTISTS, BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING. 1ST STAGE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THESE ARTISTS WITH THE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT THEIR BEST WORK IN AN INTIMATE SETTING THAT UNLEASHES THE FULL MAGIC OF THEATRE AND EXCITES THE MIND, HEART, AND SOUL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THEATER PRODUCTIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SUBSTANTIAL TEXTS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, 1ST STAGE PRODUCED LIVE PERFORMANCES AND NUMEROUS ONLINE CLASSES, READINGS, AND RECORDINGS. IN 2016 1ST STAGE WAS HONORED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AS "ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST IMPRESSIVE SMALL REGIONAL COMPANIES", AND TWO OF ITS SHOWS WERE CHOSEN AS THE BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS IN AMERICA. 1ST STAGE HAS ALSO BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF MULTIPLE HELEN HAYES AND BROADWAY WORLD AWARDS.

  • THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND TRAINING FOR ACTORS AND TECHNICIANS.IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, 1ST STAGE PRODUCED LIVE PERFORMANCES AND NUMEROURS ONLINE CLASSES, READINGS AND RECORDINGS.

    Expenses $1,152,815 · Revenue $228,486

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jack Wilbern

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Tom Manteuffel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Folake Martin-Milton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Benson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dominique Callins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mitchell Falter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Forman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chidi I James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith M Jobbitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Labarbera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Lovejoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha B McGrane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William T Newman Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Vanstory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Levy

    MANAGING DIR

    Total calculated
    $81,581
    From this org
    $81,581
    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
3 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601359349300445

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