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ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY

EIN 13-3218253 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$13,102,628
Expenses 2024
$12,013,283

Program services were 87.4% 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
336 W 20TH 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

At Atlantic, our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Across our work, we are a family of artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, be it a show at Atlantic Theater Company or a class at Atlantic Acting School. As a producer, presenter, and educator of theater, we are driven by the belief that theater can challenge and transform our ways of thinking and urge us to reflect on our role in society. We are committed to uncovering and celebrating the stories of our varied human existence - from our Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning productions to our impactful arts education programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER SIMPLE AND HONEST story- TELLING THAT FOSTERS GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED WORLD.

  • SINCE OUR INCEPTION, ATLANTIC HAS BEEN TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE THEATER AT ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL, WHERE WE EQUIP OUR STUDENTS WITH THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS OF ACTING TO DISCOVER THEIR TRUTHS AND PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS BEYOND OUR DOORS. EACH YEAR, WE OFFER AN ACCREDITED CONSERVATORY PROGRAM, A BFA PROGRAM OPERATED THROUGH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, AND AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY. WE'RE ALSO SERVING OVER 3,500 NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH VARIOUS ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN STAGING SUCCESS, ATLANTIC PARTNERS WITH TWO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS TO OFFER IN-CLASS CROSS-CURRICULAR THEATER LESSONS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, ATLANTIC'S DISCOVER SUCCESS IS A MATINEE PROGRAM PROVIDING STUDENTS FROM 30 NYC SCHOOLS WITH TICKETS TO ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS, PRE-SHOW CLASSROOM VISITS WITH TEACHING ARTISTS, STUDY GUIDES, AND POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLAY'S CAST. STUDENTS RECEIVE TICKETS TO ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS. WE ALSO SERVE NEURODIVERSE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH RELAXED PERFORMANCES THROUGH ACCESS SUCCESS.

    Expenses $5,475,426 · Revenue $6,246,490

  • AT ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, WE'RE AN AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER, PREMIERING WORKS BY INTREPID PLAYWRIGHTS LIKE ANNIE BAKER, LUCAS HNATH, AND SANAZ TOOSSI AS WELL AS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICALS SUCH AS "THE BAND'S VISIT", "KIMBERLY AKIMBO"BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB". AS PART OF THIS WORK, EACH SEASON WE SERVE ALMOST 50,000 PATRONS AND ARTISTS AND PRODUCE FOUR PRODUCTIONS AT THE COMPANY'S TWO THEATER SPACES IN THE CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD OF MANHATTAN: THE 199-SEAT LINDA GROSS THEATER ON WEST 20TH STREET AND THE 99-SEAT STAGE 2 THEATER ON WEST 16TH STREET. PRODUCTIONS PROGRAMMED IN OUR 2024-25 SEASON INCLUDED "I'M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN" BY MONA PIRNOT, "A FREEKY INTRODUCTION" BY NSANGOU NJIKAM, ELYA SMITH'S OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT, "GRIEF CAMP", AND "LOWCOUNTRY", WRITTEN BY ABBY ROSEBROCK AND DIRECTED BY JO BONNEY. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVED OVER 12 PLAYWRIGHTS THROUGH READINGS AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $4,923,867 · Revenue $1,297,847

  • Studio and theater spaces, when not being used for Atlantic programs, are available to rent. Atlantic offers space at scaled prices to help our school alumni build their artistic ensembles, to help other theater education organizations address social issues with theater, and to provide young or up-and-coming non-profit theater companies with the opportunity to bring their work to the New York City audience. Miscellaneous other income is received for various program-related activities.

    Expenses $102,303 · Revenue $42,609

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.

  • Jeffory Lawson

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $482,590
    From this org
    $268,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $214,415
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,175
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $163,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,891
    Filer's total
    $482,590
  • Neil Pepe

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $443,546
    From this org
    $249,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $194,119
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,427
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $163,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,595
    Filer's total
    $443,546
  • Mary McCann

    DIRECTOR/SCHOOL EXEC DIR.

    Total calculated
    $433,893
    From this org
    $215,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $217,998
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,895
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $163,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,474
    Filer's total
    $433,893
  • Heather Baird

    DIR OF EDUC AND RECRUITMENT

    Total calculated
    $143,179
    From this org
    $130,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,809
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lorielle Mallue

    Dir. of Conservatory Training

    Total calculated
    $125,951
    From this org
    $113,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,809
    Hours/week
    40
  • Hilary Hinckle

    BOARD MEMBER/FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $12,084
    From this org
    $12,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Olaf Olafsson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Auerbach

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Pitts

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin R Lyle

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Boneau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Bunson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Danielson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenni Dickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Freind

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Garrett Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clark Gregg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wolf Hengst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger E Kass

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Korf

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Leede

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monique Long

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Pell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ilona Nemeth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Robertshaw

    DIRECTOR

    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. 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
    $13,102,628
    Expenses
    $12,013,283
    Contributions
    $4,540,651
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,716,193
    Expenses
    $15,644,871
    Contributions
    $5,295,202
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,824,165
    Expenses
    $15,064,958
    Contributions
    $6,010,010
    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
    $18,873,753
    Expenses
    $14,798,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,349,510
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,396,675
    Expenses
    $7,757,895
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,591,945
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,288,435
    Expenses
    $11,723,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,125,625
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,363,523
    Expenses
    $12,538,273
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,190,073
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,389,941
    Expenses
    $11,959,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,210,759
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,072,343
    Expenses
    $10,917,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,911,193
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,721,410
    Expenses
    $9,929,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,265,783
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,326,069
    Expenses
    $9,682,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,689,878
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,377,530
    Expenses
    $9,339,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,513,509
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,633,469
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,557,492

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