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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY

EIN 23-2521993 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$6,092,549
Expenses 2024
$6,700,546

Program services were 77.1% 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
40 N 2ND 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

FOUNDED IN 1988, ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY IS A PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL THEATRE COMPANY IN OLD CITY, PHILADELPHIA, DEDICATED TO BRINGING TO LIFE GREAT STORIES BY GREAT STORYTELLERS ON THE STAGE, IN THE CLASSROOM, AND IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS HONORS INCLUDING: 89 AWARDS AND 455 NOMINATIONS FROM THE BARRYMORE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE; THE PRESTIGIOUS "GREAT FRIEND TO KIDS AWARD" FROM THE PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM FOR ARDEN CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORK; AND THE "KEYSTONE OF ACCESSIBILITY" BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR WORK MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING TO LIFE GREAT STORIES BY GREAT STORYTELLERS - ON THE STATE, IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

  • IN OUR MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED 2024/25 SEASON, WE PRESENTED FIVE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS AND TWO CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 393 PERFORMANCES PRODUCED, 261 THEATRE PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED, AND MORE THAN 94,000 THEATREGOERS WELCOMED THROUGH OUR DOORS. OUR MAINSTAGE SEASON FEATURED POTUS BY SELENA FILLINGER, INTIMATE APPAREL BY LYNN NOTTAGE, HOLY GRAIL OF MEMPHIS BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER, AUGUST WILSON'S KING HEDLEY II, AND JONATHAN LARSON'S TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL, RENT. FOR ARDEN CHILDREN'S THEATRE, WE PRODUCED PETER PAN, BASED ON THE BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK BY J.M. BARRIE, AND THE HOBBIT, ALSO AN ADAPTATION OF THE CLASSICAL FANTASY NOVEL BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN.

    Expenses $5,079,291 · Revenue $3,171,024

  • IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOAL OF MAKING ARTS EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE, WE CONTINUED ARDEN FOR ALL PROGRAMMING IN 14 LOCAL SCHOOLS, BENEFITING 3,694 UNIQUE STUDENTS, 2,198 THROUGH AFA RESIDENCY (IN-SCHOOL) AND 1,496 THROUGH AFA STAGE (TICKET ACCESS), AND DISTRIBUTING 4,192 SHOW-RELATED BOOKS.

    Expenses $75,461

  • OUR ARDEN DRAMA SCHOOL (ADS) WELCOMED 1,648 STUDENTS TO ADS AND ARDEN SUMMER CAMP COMBINED DURING THE 2024/25 SEASON, DISTRIBUTED OVER $35K IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 47 STUDENTS. ALONGSIDE OUR YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THE ARDEN PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICES PROGRAM, WITH THREE FUTURE THEATRE LEADERS MATRICULATING THROUGH THE SEASON-LONG APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

    Expenses $8,186 · Revenue $338,149

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.

  • AMY L MURPHY

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,862
    From this org
    $130,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,590
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,272
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,699
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,891
    Filer's total
    $161,862

  • TERRENCE J NOLEN

    PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $168,233
    From this org
    $150,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,219
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,014
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,093
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,126
    Filer's total
    $168,233

  • MICHAEL A DONATO

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RAYENNE CHEN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RHONDA BALL

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL S MACFARLAND SVP

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RICHARD L MAIMON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KELLY COLARELLI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNE COOK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROBERT ELFANT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NANCY ELFANT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ELIZABETH A FERNANDEZ-VINA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ELIZABETH H GEMMILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JENNIFER HARMELIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RICHARD HARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • VALERIE I HARRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNE MARIE HORNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HOLLY KINSER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DR SAIFUDDIN T MAMA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HON ROSALYN K ROBINSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHARLES H ROSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MONICA ROSENTHAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GENVIEVE SHIELDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LEE VAN DE VELDE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEVE WOLFSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $6,092,549
    Expenses
    $6,700,546
    Contributions
    $2,275,483
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,556,920
    Expenses
    $6,040,027
    Contributions
    $3,440,323
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,643,157
    Expenses
    $5,283,969
    Contributions
    $3,404,035
    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
    $5,191,205
    Expenses
    $4,402,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,483,355

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,487,604
    Expenses
    $1,886,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,459,150

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,652,085
    Expenses
    $5,652,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,906,269

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,920,036
    Expenses
    $5,899,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,644,520

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,077,827
    Expenses
    $5,715,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,544,707

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,709,061
    Expenses
    $5,444,356
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,177,046

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,824,135
    Expenses
    $5,235,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,922,269

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,704,479
    Expenses
    $5,196,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,809,909

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,094,540
    Expenses
    $5,580,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,658,253

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,207,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,218,033

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