FACTION OF FOOLS THEATRE COMPANY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A65

Classification

1000

Street

545 7TH ST SE

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Other organizations at this address

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

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• CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP

  EIN 52-1015413

• SERVE YOUR CITY

  EIN 80-0753615

• WE HAPPY FEW

  EIN 81-2813656

Mission and programs · 2024

• Last fiscal year, Faction of Fools Theatre Company produced its theatrical season: By DC For DC: Faction of Fools Theatres Season of New, Locally Grown Work! The main projects of this season were the You're Not Special: The Collaborative Playwrighting Project, the companys summer mainstage production, HOW THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE, and its ongoing education efforts.Faction produced its season at The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. All tickets were sold on a sliding scale ($17-$37), meaning that patrons selected the price that fit their household budget. The companys season rehearsal and performance venue, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, is easily accessible via public transit. As a part of You're Not Special: The Collaborative Playwrighting Project, Faction commissioned, developed, and premiered a new play by Doug Robinson, THE SHEPHERD PLAY. The company generated this play collaboratively over four devising workshops (totaling 17 days) between November 2024 and March 2025, culminating in a world premiere staged reading presentation on March 8 at The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop to an audience of 46. Faction will continue to develop this play in preparation for a 2027 world premiere production. HOW THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE was developed and produced at The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, serving an audience of 678. The script for this production was written entirely by the cast of actors. In new works, Faction involves its diverse group of artists early in the creative process, allowing performers to craft their roles and steer the direction of the story. The production received a Helen Hayes recommendation, an enthusiastic audience reaction, and positive critical reviews. Education is at the core of Factions mission of preserving, celebrating, and promoting the classical theatre style of Commedia dell'Arte. This past season, Faction served 342 students through free and paid workshops and performances. As a part of its commitment to make Commedia training accessible for local artists, Faction annually provides a free professional workshop. This year, Faction provided 6 hours of free training to 15 local actors. These workshops provide a pathway to working for the company. This past year, one of the training participants was brought on to understudy for HOW THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE. The company is particularly proud to have offered a free performance of its touring show A COMMEDIA ROMEO AND JULIET to 150 students at Smothers Elementary in NE DC, a Title 1 school with a frozen spending budget. This performance, valued at $2,500 was provided free as a part of Factions dedication to provide free and subsidized programming to its DC student community.

  Expenses $98,061

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

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

  $108,703

  Expenses

  $105,393

  Contributions

  $106,653

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2023

  Revenue

  $114,397

  Expenses

  $85,350

  Contributions

  $102,526

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $90,183

  Expenses

  $76,099

  Contributions

  $45,810

  Grants paid

  — not reported

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-EZ

  Revenue

  $54,110

  Expenses

  $57,693

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,358

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $20,308

  Expenses

  $30,890

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,801

• 2013 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $71,862

  Expenses

  $76,807

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,922

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period

1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

Principal officer

Francesca Chilcote

Mailing address

545 7th St SEWashington DC 20003

Website

www.factionoffools.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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