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DRAMA CLUB INC

EIN 30-0836513 NEW YORK, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2024
$834,450
Expenses 2024
$1,269,359

Program services were 83.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A25
Classification
1000
Street
121 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

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

2 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 · 2024

Mission

FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 - ORGANIZATION MISSION DRAMA CLUB, INC. OUR MISSION IS TO CONSISTENTLY CARE FOR YOUTH WHO ARE INCARCERATED AND COURT-INVOLVED BY CREATING SPACE FOR THEM TO THRIVE, USING IMPROV AS THEIR GUIDE. DRAMA CLUB'S CORE VALUES OF LOVE, RESPECT, AND CONSISTENCY ARE REFLECTED IN THEATER-MAKING THAT PROMOTES POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND DEEPENS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THE ORGANIZATION RUNS PROGRAMS AT RIKERS ISLAND, HORIZON, AND CROSSROADS JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE-TO-DETENTION AND POST INCARCERATION PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DRAMA CLUB'S MISSION IS TO CONSISTENTLY CARE FOR YOUTH WHO ARE INCARCERATED AND COURT - INVOLVED BY CREATING SPACE FOR THEM TO THRIVE USING IMPROV AS THEIR GUIDE

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS INCLUDE STRENGTHENING THE SELF-CONCEPT OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY LEARNED SKILLS TO REAL LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, INCREASING TRANSFORMATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH MENTORS AND PEERS, INCREASING SAFE SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPLORE HEALTHY RISK- TAKING, INCREASING INSTITUTIONAL BUY-IN AND STAFF SUPPORT OF ARTS PROGRAMMING FOR INCARCERATED AND JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH, AND STRENGTHENING THE FIELD OF ARTS PROGRAMMING THROUGH COLLECTING RESEARCH ON MITIGATING TRAUMA AND ENHANCING HEALING FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUNG PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION RUNS MULTI-SITE, MULTI-PROGRAM COMPANY OF IMPROV THEATRE WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND PERFORMANCES THAT SERVES APPROXIMATELY 500-700 YOUTH ANNUALLY WHO ARE INCARCERATED, INVOLVED OR AT HIGH RISK FOR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $1,060,874 · Revenue $39,988

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.

  • Josie Whittlesey

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $110,715
    From this org
    $110,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Scott Rabe

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dominic Trinh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Latasha N Kempadoo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annie Howell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ali Kelley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Patterson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Rand

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Aisha Webb

    BOARD SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Briggs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Destiny Anderson

    TREASURER (F

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Oppenheimer

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $834,450
    Expenses
    $1,269,359
    Contributions
    $765,059
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $876,217
    Expenses
    $1,159,530
    Contributions
    $826,481
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,190,393
    Expenses
    $890,429
    Contributions
    $1,147,571
    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
    $1,103,965
    Expenses
    $910,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,188,358

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $802,723
    Expenses
    $543,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $969,407

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $820,903
    Expenses
    $539,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $796,059

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $531,535
    Expenses
    $383,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $432,034

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $344,444
    Expenses
    $246,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $264,634

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $206,947
    Expenses
    $121,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $149,400

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $99,495
    Expenses
    $42,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,495

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $16,783
    Expenses
    $10,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,431

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.