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← PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,108,080
Total expenses
$2,398,473
Contributions and grants received
$1,145,297
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$921,522
Investment income
$14,568
Other revenue
$26,693
Total assets, end of year
$2,730,881
Total liabilities, end of year
$571,693
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,159,188
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,875,867
Management and general expenses
$412,646
Fundraising expenses
$109,960
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,875,867

Program services were 78.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $407,659

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $737,638

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $487,649 · related or exempt $487,649

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $403,714 · related or exempt $403,714

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS REVENUE

    total $30,159 · related or exempt $30,159

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,568 · excluded $14,568

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,171

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,171

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $9,171 · related or exempt $9,171

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,426

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,426 · excluded $3,426

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $14,096 · related or exempt $14,096

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,096

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,255 · program services $60,814 · management and general $6,015 · fundraising $7,426

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $781,480 · program services $639,979 · management and general $62,927 · fundraising $78,574

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,354 · program services $26,495 · management and general $2,600 · fundraising $3,259

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,701 · program services $64,451 · management and general $6,340 · fundraising $7,910

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,193 · management and general $23,193

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,959 · management and general $18,959

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,811 · program services $98,811

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,324 · management and general $3,324

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $111,147 · program services $88,918 · management and general $22,229

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,870 · program services $9,820 · management and general $50

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,370 · management and general $13,370

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,051 · management and general $7,051

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $209,303 · management and general $209,303

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,560 · management and general $21,560

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTISTIC SERVICES

    total $803,583 · program services $801,925 · management and general $1,658

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSE

    total $79,905 · program services $79,905

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $13,708 · management and general $13,708

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROSPECTING

    total $11,450 · fundraising $11,450

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,449 · program services $4,749 · management and general $359 · fundraising $1,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $740 · end of year $1,544

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $696,097 · end of year $223,193

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,751 · end of year $82,804

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $25,015 · end of year $32,429

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

    $3,358,461

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

    $967,550

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,899,822 · end of year $2,390,911

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $428,487

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,965 · end of year $78,756

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,670 · end of year $43,037

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $300,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $434,796

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,424,374 · end of year $1,782,048

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,025,207 · end of year $377,140

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE'S MISSION IS TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. EACH SEASON WE PRODUCE 4-5 PROFESSIONAL PLAYS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO SERVE 12,000 PEOPLE. OUR FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE MADE SPACE FOR 10,000+ YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND THEIR VOICES, AND SHARE THEIR STORIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRODUCTION OF QUALITY, INTIMATE PERFORMANCES IN WHICH ARTISTS/AUDIENCE INTERACTION IS PARAMOUNT.

  • ARTISTIC SERVICES: DURING OUR 16TH SEASON (2023-2024), WE PRODUCED FOUR PLAYS THAT DREW 11,155 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, INCLUDING 2,232 FIRST TIME TICKET BUYERS. THE SEASON OPENED IN OCTOBER 2023 WITH "ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA: THE MUSICAL." OUR PRODUCTION OF MATILDA WAS A BOX OFFICE HIT, AND WE SUCCESSFULLY WE REMOUNTED THE SHOW IN JUNE 2024. OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW (INSPIRED BY DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL") SOLD 4,263 TICKETS OVER FIVE WEEKS. IN SPRING 2024 WE PRODUCE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ROCK MUSICAL "PASSING STRANGE," WHICH CHRONICLES A BLACK MAN'S ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVER FROM MIDDLE CLASS LOS ANGELES TO A PUNK COLLECTIVE IN 1980S BERLIN. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK FROM "PASSING STRANGE" INCLUDED THAT "IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF THE SENSES AND THAT "I FELT MY OWN STORY COME ALIVE FROM WATCHING THIS PRODUCTION."IN SEASON 16 WE CONTINUED TO CREATE AUDIENCE SPACES THAT CENTER THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY, AND TO PRIORITIZE FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY. FINANCIAL ACCESS INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM, OFFERING PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL TICKETS, AND "COMMUNITY ACCESS" PRICING, ACCOUNTED FOR 22% OF OUR TICKET SALES. WE CONTINUED OUR WORK WITH CULTURAL CONSULTANT KEELA JOHNSON TO SUPPORT OUR ANTI-RACISIT THEATER PRACTICE AND AND CREATE MORE EQUITABLE WORK SPACES. WE ALSO HOSTED TWO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,323,438 · Revenue $541,075

  • EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: IN JUNE 2023 WE LAUNCHED OUR THIRD YEAR OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING WITH PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SERVING 779 ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS. WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HOSTED THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PAID APPRENTICESHIP WITH TWO STUDENTS FROM THE HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA A&M. IN A SELF-REFLECTION AT THE COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP, ONE PARTICIPANT REPORTED "I FEEL MORE PREPARED, MORE FOCUSED, AND DETERMINED TO CONTINUE MY JOURNEY IN THEATRE."

    Expenses $552,429 · Revenue $403,714

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Robinson

    BOARD CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Greg Hinckley

    VICE CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Clarke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Riccetti-Eberly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maude Hines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Colas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shauncey Mashia

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pancho Savery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Weaver

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Weaver

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,255
    From this org
    $59,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,515
    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.

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.

  • 6TH STREET ARTISTS HOUSE LLC

    TO PROVIDE HOUSING/ACCOMODATIONS FOR VISITING ARTISTS · OR · income $1,694 · assets $418,021

    Directly controlled by THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349305445

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