CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL INC

EIN 55-0711349 SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV

Revenue 2024: $2,899,583
Expenses 2024: $2,325,496

Program services were 74.9% 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: 92 W CAMPUS DR

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

THEATER AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY ARTS

CATF'S 2024 SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON INCLUDED FOUR NEW PLAYS (ONE IN TWO PARTS) EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS ON A BLACK FAMILY IN THE 1980S AND BEYOND; THE JOURNEY OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR; THE EXPERIENCE OF A NONBINARY, AUTISTIC FILMMAKER WITH SYNESTHESIA; AND THE BURDEN AND CONSEQUENCES OF BURIED SECRETS.. THE SEASON WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE AND WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF OVER 130 ARTISTS. CATF ALSO OFFERED A LARGE SELECTION OF TALKTHEATER EVENTS EXPLORING THE THEMES OF THE PLAYS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A LECTURE BY AIDS ACTIVISTS, BRUNCH WITH THE CATF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT A LOCAL BISTRO, AND AN EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT SYNESTHESIA. CATF ALSO PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS SPEAK STORY AND APPALACHIAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL (ACMF) FOR ITS TALKTUESDAY EVENTS. THE COLLABORATION WITH ACMF BROUGHT MUSICI IRELAND TO SHEPHERDSTOWN TO PRESENT A MOTHER'S VOICE.OUTSIDE OF THE SUMMER FESTIVAL, CATF CONTINUED ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, BRINGING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS INTO EVERY FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM TO READ CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE BOOKS. CATF ALSO PRODUCED A REMOUNT OF ITS 2023 PRODUCTION OF REDEEMED BY CHISA HUTCHINSON AT 59E59 THEATRES IN NEW YORK CITY AS PART OF THE AMPLIFY FESTIVAL. REDEEMED PLAYED FOR 14 PERFORMANCES FROM SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 5, 2024 AND WAS HAILED BY CRITICS.CATF CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS USE OF THE HISTORIC CHURCH BUILDING AND CHURCHYARD THAT WAS DONATED IN 2023. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED NEW PLAY WORKSHOPS, BOARD MEETINGS, AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AS WELL AS MAKING THE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THE HISTORIC CHURCH TOUR AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.SINCE THE FESTIVAL'S FOUNDING IN 1991, CATF HAS GROWN IN NATIONAL REPUTATION AND IS HIGHLY REGARDED AS ONE OF AMERICA'S IMPORTANT NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. EACH YEAR PATRONS COME FROM OVER 38 STATES AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF DARING NEW WORK. NUMEROUS REVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND FEATURE STORIES HAVE APPEARED IN MEDIA VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, THE BALTIMORE SUN, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, AND THE NEW YORKER.

Expenses $1,742,280 · Revenue $506,219

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.

STEPHANIE MATHIAS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CB BABCOCK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANN M HARKINS

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALAN N YOUNT

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PRAGATI BHATT PATRICK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANDY ARNOLD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARY BRADSHAW

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JAMES EROS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NANCY FELDMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHANNON THOMAS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR MARY HENDRIX

PRESIDENT SHEPHERD UNIVERS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DIANA HORVAT

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAUL KESSLER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ELIZABETH MCDONALD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SUSAN MILLS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID RAMPY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PATRICIA RISSLER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AUDREY ROWE

ANTI-RACISM & OPRESSION

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
FALYNN SCHMIDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICK SHAFFER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID EMERSON TONEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LISA YOUNIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LINNSEY AMORES

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERTA DEBIASI MD MS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEANNE MUIR

TREASURER

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

2024

Revenue

$2,899,583

Expenses

$2,325,496

Contributions

$2,371,465

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$3,859,473

Expenses

$2,228,270

Contributions

$3,295,730

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$110,763

Expenses

$127,548

Contributions

$100,810

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,899,583	$2,325,496	$2,371,465	$0
2023	$3,859,473	$2,228,270	$3,295,730	$0
2022	$110,763	$127,548	$100,810	$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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$2,046,807

Expenses

$2,149,857

Assets (EOY)

$1,338,943
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,083,372

Expenses

$809,432

Assets (EOY)

$1,866,121
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,064,551

Expenses

$774,106

Assets (EOY)

$1,397,037
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,610,640

Expenses

$1,540,919

Assets (EOY)

$939,494
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,478,714

Expenses

$1,445,916

Assets (EOY)

$887,055
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,312,813

Expenses

$1,250,094

Assets (EOY)

$768,037
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,190,135

Expenses

$1,196,337

Assets (EOY)

$785,311

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$2,046,807	$2,149,857	$1,338,943
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$1,083,372	$809,432	$1,866,121
2019	990	$1,064,551	$774,106	$1,397,037
2018	990	$1,610,640	$1,540,919	$939,494
2017	990	$1,478,714	$1,445,916	$887,055
2016	990	$1,312,813	$1,250,094	$768,037
2015	990	$1,190,135	$1,196,337	$785,311

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

TIDES FOUNDATION

$320,000

2024 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$31,050

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
TIDES FOUNDATION

$25,000

2023 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$23,865

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

$20,500

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
TIDES FOUNDATION

$20,000

2022 HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$18,400

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

$15,650

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC

$15,500

2023 JCF GRANTS FROM DAFS AND ENDOWMENTS
SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

$15,100

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

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.