BARTER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA
EIN 54-6000120 ABINGDON, VA
- Revenue 2025
- $9,152,907
- Expenses 2025
- $8,052,593
Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 127 W MAIN ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
UTILIZE A RESIDENT COMPANY OF ARTISTS TO PRODUCE AND CREATE LIVE THEATRE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD; USE THE THEATRE AS A VEHICLE FOR EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES; AND TO SERVE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PRODUCE AND CREATE LIVE THEATRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC GOOD, TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE THEATRICAL ARTS FOR ALL AGES, AND TO ATTRACT TOURISTS TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
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IN 2025, BARTER THEATRE PRODUCED 13 IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL SHOWS FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES AND 5 SHOWS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES AT BARTER THEATRE FOR A TOTAL OF 532 PERFORMANCES, TOURED 2 SHOWS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES ACROSS 9 STATES, PRESENTED 7 FREE STAGED READINGS, AND PRODUCED A YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, COLLEGE PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL, AND BLACK STORIES BLACK VOICES MONOLOGUE FESTIVAL FOR A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 155,734.00
Expenses $6,509,116 · Revenue $5,070,249
As filed on the 2025 return.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Betsy BoydBETSY BOYD
EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Evelyn CookEVELYN COOK
EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bob GilmerBOB GILMER
EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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James P JonesJAMES P JONES
EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kay BunnKAY BUNN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris WaltersCHRIS WALTERS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Marvin GilliamMARVIN GILLIAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pam KramerPAM KRAMER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ramesh MurthyRAMESH MURTHY
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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John RaineroJOHN RAINERO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Henry JoyHENRY JOY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy ArnoldNANCY ARNOLD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark EschleMARK ESCHLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dan GleiDAN GLEI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tina McDanielTINA MCDANIEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael PenningtonMICHAEL PENNINGTON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Nancy DefrieceNANCY DEFRIECE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Judy SlaughterJUDY SLAUGHTER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joe SmithJOE SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron CarsonRON CARSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lois ClarkeLOIS CLARKE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kyle MacioneKYLE MACIONE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Debbie QuillenDEBBIE QUILLEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Debbie SmithDEBBIE SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michele YaromaMICHELE YAROMA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $9,152,907
- Expenses
- $8,052,593
- Contributions
- $3,938,280
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $6,922,676
- Expenses
- $6,700,341
- Contributions
- $2,474,722
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,014,176
- Expenses
- $5,598,785
- Contributions
- $3,600,480
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,208,012
- Expenses
- $3,639,344
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,953,876
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,250,360
- Expenses
- $3,362,559
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,369,204
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,761,760
- Expenses
- $7,853,339
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,850,575
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,000,395
- Expenses
- $8,736,909
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,414,751
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,281,778
- Expenses
- $7,997,343
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,616,113
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,000,171
- Expenses
- $6,992,789
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,206,237
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,318,872
- Expenses
- $7,466,519
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,690,797
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,401,193
- Expenses
- $7,455,804
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,501,489
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,182,202
- Expenses
- $7,043,356
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,546,802
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $6,374,374
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,095,185
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$50,000
2023 Shakespeare Schools 2023-2024
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE CHARITY
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2025 SUPPORT THE MISSION
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2024 SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE CHARITY
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$33,350
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$30,000
2024 GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
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$30,000
2022 ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.