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AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

EIN 94-3192980 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2023
$994,231
Expenses 2023
$1,672,023

Program services were 63.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
762 FULTON 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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY WAS INTRODUCED IN 1994 TO OPEN THE REALM OF CLASSIC THEATRE TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE, AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLACE FOR ACTORS OF COLOR TO HONE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENT IN MASTERING SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL ROLES. WE DO THIS BY PRODUCING WORK FROM THE CANON OF CLASSICAL THEATRE, INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE AND GREAT AMERICAN AND WORLD PLAYWRIGHTS, THAT IS LIVELY, ENTERTAINING, AND RELEVANT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY WAS INTRODUCED IN 1994 TO OPEN THE REALM OF CLASSIC THEATRE TO A DIVERSE AUDIENCE, AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLACE FOR ACTORS OF COLOR TO HONE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENT IN MASTERING SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL ROLES. WE DO THIS BY PRODUCING WORK FROM THE CANON OF CLASSICAL THEATRE, INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE AND GREAT AMERICAN AND WORLD PLAYWRIGHTS THAT IS LIVELY, ENTERTAINING, AND RELEVANT.

  • PRODUCTION: MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE PRODUCED 3-4 SHOWS PER A SEASON, RUNNING FROM SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER THRU MAY. SHOWS INCLUDE SHAKESPEARE, CINDERELLA, A BLACK CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRIGHT, AND AN ADDITIONAL CLASSIC PRODUCTION.

    Expenses $584,634 · Revenue $101,004

  • ARTS EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT: ARTS EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT ARE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUTHS AND ADULTS. THE PROGRAMS ARE YEAR-ROUND.

    Expenses $379,180 · Revenue $7,144

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: THIS INCLUDES COST FOR ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ANY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS BOOTH, CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, ETC.

    Expenses $96,504 · Revenue $400

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sherri Young

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88,591
    From this org
    $88,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Everett Alexander

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Harris

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lolita Morrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maurice Brewster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexander Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynette Lockett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nneka Uzoh

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $994,231
    Expenses
    $1,672,023
    Contributions
    $873,796
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,363,237
    Expenses
    $1,170,550
    Contributions
    $1,273,178
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $774,030
    Expenses
    $705,043
    Assets (EOY)
    $676,359

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $558,089
    Expenses
    $293,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $520,098

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $163,483
    Expenses
    $150,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $395,827

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,104,139
    Expenses
    $916,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,490

  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $190,379
    Expenses
    $180,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,317

  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $191,938
    Expenses
    $166,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,343

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.

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.