PLAYWRIGHTS CENTER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A650

Classification

2000

Street

710 RAYMOND AVE

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

• MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MCKNIGHT, JEROME, AND TIDES FOUNDATIONS, FELLOWSHIPS PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY $365,000 EACH YEAR FOR RESIDENCIES, COMMISSIONS, HEALTH ANV LIVING STIPENDS, AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. THROUGH THESE FELLOWSHIPS, THE PLAYWRIGHTS' CENTER FUNCTIONS AS A HOME FOR : TWO MINNESOTA-BASED MCKNIGHT FELLOWS IN PLAYWRITING: ONE NATIONALLY-BASED MCKNIGHT NATIONAL RESIDENCY AND COMMISSION FELLOW, THREE MCKNIGHT THEATER ARTIST FELLOWS, FOUR NATIONALLY-BASED JEROME FELLOWSHIPS FOR EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS; TWO MANY VOICES FELLOWS OF COLOR (ONE MINNESOTA-BASED); TWO MINNESOTA-BASED MANY VOICES MENTEES, AND THREE VENTUROUS PLAYWRIGHT FELLOWS EACH RECEIVE AN AWARD OF $50,000 OVER TWO YEARS, AS WELL AS A PRODUCTION SUBSIDY GRANT OF UP TO $50,000 TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY AT A THEATER OF THE PLAYWRIGHT'S CHOOSING. THROUGHOUT THEIR TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS, THE PLAYWRIGHTS ARE IN RESIDENCE AT THE PLAYWRIGHTS' CENTER WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AN INDIVIDUALLY-TAILORED LINEUP OF NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES.

  Expenses $951,844 · Grants $268,903 · Revenue $100,713

• THE CORE WRITER PROGRAM GIVES 25-30 PLAYWRIGHTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE TIME AND TOOLS TO DEVELOP NEW WORKS FOR THE STAGE. ALL CORE WRITERS RECEIVE PLAY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS AT THE CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH PROMINENT DIRECTORS, ACTORS, DRAMATURGS, AND DESIGNERS. SELECTED WORK BY CORE WRITERS MAKES UP THE FORMAL SEASON OF PUBLIC READINGS: THE ANNUAL PLAYLABS FESTIVAL AND RUTH EASTON NEW PLAY SERIES. THE CENTER ALSO PROMOTES CORE WRITERS AND GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH PRODUCING THEATERS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGH THE REGULARS AND NEW PLAYS ON CAMPUS PROGRAMS.WE OFFER ONLINE PLAYWRITING AND TELEVISION-WRITING COURSES TAUGHT BY TODAY'S LEADING WRITERS IN THE FIELD FOR STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $1,086,066

• MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL AND PROVIDES MORE THAN 1,500 PLAYWRIGHTS WORLDWIDE WITH TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT. BENEFITS INCLUDE A DATABASE OF PLAYWRITING OPPORTUNITIES, ONLINE AND IN-PERSON CLASSES AND SEMINARS, ACCESS TO READINGS WITH PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, DRAMATURGICAL SERVICES, AND MORE. IN ADDITION, THE PLAYWRIGHTS' CENTER'S NEW PLAYS ON CAMPUS PROGRAM SERVES DOZENS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE, PROVIDING SCRIPT-MATCHING SERVICES, ARRANGING PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCIES, AND OFFERING IMMERSIVE APPRENTICESHIPS TO STUDENT PLAYWRIGHTS.

  Expenses $315,630

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.

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

  $1,208,092

  Expenses

  $3,202,470

  Contributions

  $1,107,126

  Grants paid

  $268,903

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,028,045

  Expenses

  $3,084,040

  Contributions

  $5,880,979

  Grants paid

  $277,524

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,817,787

  Expenses

  $2,734,827

  Contributions

  $1,695,054

  Grants paid

  $377,703

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

  $2,484,856

  Expenses

  $2,329,099

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,451,807

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,263,756

  Expenses

  $2,051,556

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,908,050

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,198,277

  Expenses

  $1,559,295

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,692,753

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,274,083

  Expenses

  $1,720,551

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,114,972

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,497,943

  Expenses

  $1,379,601

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,413,165

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,871,998

  Expenses

  $1,347,504

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,266,658

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $780,421

  Expenses

  $1,302,978

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,750,086

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,270,231

  Expenses

  $1,229,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,232,070

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,614,829

  Expenses

  $1,138,288

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,187,934

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,120,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,713,877

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

  $452,800

  2024 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $388,750

  2022 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $67,148

  2023 · ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES, DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $40,366

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• THRIVENT CHARITABLE IMPACT & INVESTING

  $17,000

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $15,998

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ARTS & CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $15,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $13,300

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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