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CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC

EIN 06-6073063 NEW HAVEN, CT

Revenue 2024
$3,851,603
Expenses 2024
$5,146,226

Program services were 72.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1200
Street
SCSU 501CRESCENT ST D218

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 · 2024

Mission

LONG WHARF THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO PRODUCING BOUNDARY-BREAKING THEATRE WITH AND FOR ITS MANY, KALEIDOSCOPIC COMMUNITIES. OUR VISION IS THEATRE FOR EVERYONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION, INC. D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE (THE ORGANIZATION") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LOCATED IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. FOUNDED IN 1965, ITS MISSION IS TO PRODUCE BOUNDARY-BREAKING THEATRE WITH AND FOR ITS MANY KALEIDOSCOPIC COMMUNITIES. OVER 60 YEARS, LONG WHARF THEATRE HAS GIVEN NEW VITALITY TO THE AMERICAN DRAMATIC CANON BY PRODUCING CLASSIC PLAYS, COMMISSIONING NEW WORKS, AND PREMIERING MORE THAN 100 PLAYS AND MUSICALS. MANY PRODUCTIONS INCUBATED AT LONG WHARF THEATRE HAVE GONE TO HAVE LIFE ON BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY, AND AT THEATRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE PULITZER PRICE-WINNING THE GINE GAME, THE SHADOW BOX, AND WIT. THE COMPANY'S WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED TONY, NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS; A MARGO JONES AWARD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW WORK; AND NOMINATIONS AND CONNECTICUT CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY.

  • FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, LONG WHARF THEATRE PRODUCED 72 PERFORMANCES OF THREE LIVE, PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED PRODUCTIONS - SHE LOVES ME BY JERRY BOCK (MUSIC), JOE MASTEROFF (BOOK), AND SHELDON HARNICK (LYRICS) WITH NEW ORCHESTRATIONS BY ANDY EINHORN; EL COQU ESPECTACULAR AND THE BOTTLE OF DOOM BY MATT BARBOT; AND UNBECOMING TRAGEDY, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TERRENCE RIGGINS - ATTENDED BY 7,843 PEOPLE. THE FIFTH ANNUAL BLACK TRANS WOMEN AT THE CENTER FEATURED NINE NEW PLAYS BY BLACK TRANS WOMEN PLAYRIGHTS, OFFERED ONLINE FOR NATIONAL AUDIENCES. ARTISTIC CONGRESS GATHERED 209 ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, THOUGHT LEADERS, AND THE GREATER NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS WHY THEATRE IS VITAL TO A THRIVING DEMOCRACY. THE CONGRESS OFFERED TWO NEW PLAY READINGS, THREE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, THREE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, AND A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT ANNA DEAVERE SMITH. LONG WHARF THEATRE ALSO SUPPORTED 12 NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING A NEW CANON FOR A NEW AMERICAN THEATRE.

    Expenses $3,728,939 · Revenue $387,750

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • NANCY ALEXANDER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • WILLIAM J ASELTYNE ESQ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JENNY CARRILLO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BABZ RAWLS IVY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KENNETH BOROSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAIL BREKKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHY EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT ESPOSITO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA FRANKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABDUL-REHMAN MALIKO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTOR PADILLA-TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH ROACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONSTANCE ROYSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANITA SHARIFF-HYDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIANA GARCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUBY MELTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANCES PADILLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL TWITTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDAN WOO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY YAO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEE CRUZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACOB G PADRON

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $214,426
    From this org
    $207,906
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,520
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,906
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,520
    Filer's total
    $214,426

  • CHRISTINE INGUI

    MANAGING DIRECTOR (THROUGH NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $198,962
    From this org
    $192,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,597
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,597
    Filer's total
    $198,962

  • ERIC GERSHMAN

    MANAGING DIRECTOR (EFFETIVE NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $44,538
    From this org
    $42,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,663
    Hours/week
    50

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,851,603
    Expenses
    $5,146,226
    Contributions
    $3,319,498
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,462,798
    Expenses
    $3,819,753
    Contributions
    $2,752,051
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,866,631
    Expenses
    $4,563,885
    Contributions
    $2,514,177
    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

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,464,649
    Expenses
    $5,428,049
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,803,331

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,536,395
    Expenses
    $3,542,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,306,895

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,883,109
    Expenses
    $6,531,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,500,115

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,217,281
    Expenses
    $6,454,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,204,896

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,104,584
    Expenses
    $6,997,086
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,466,485

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,722,373
    Expenses
    $7,523,171
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,593,654

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,629,276
    Expenses
    $6,999,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,829,622

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.