- Revenue 2025
- $2,407,026
- Expenses 2025
- $2,842,711
Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A68
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1101 6TH ST SW
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).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC
EIN 53-0246894
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE DC JAZZ FESTIVAL IS TO PRESENT INTERNATIONALLY WORLD- RENOWNED AND EMERGING ARTISTS IN CELEBRATION OF JAZZ; UNIFY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND ENABLE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCE YEAR-ROUND; ADVANCE JAZZ AND MUSIC EDUCATION BY PROVIDING EXCITING, ADVENTUROUS AND DIVERSE MUSIC EXPERIENCES FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS IN GREATER DC AS WELL AS OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS; PROVIDE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DC-BASED JAZZ MUSICIANS; AND HIGHLIGHT DC AS A MAJOR AND VIBRANT CENTER FOR JAZZ; AND AS A PREMIER CULTURAL DESTINATION.
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HELD EXEMPT PURPOSE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON DC.
Expenses $2,353,642 · Revenue $599,726
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Sunny SumterSUNNY SUMTER
CEO/PRESIDEN
- Total calculated
- $216,350
- From this org
- $176,084
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,266
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,084
- Bonus
- $11,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $40,266
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $216,350
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Ronald D AbramsonRONALD D ABRAMSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Claude E BaileyCLAUDE E BAILEY
FOUNDING CHA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kimberly BassetKIMBERLY BASSET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter BellPETER BELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron CarterRON CARTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Meryl ChertoffMERYL CHERTOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Felix ContrerasFELIX CONTRERAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer CurrieJENNIFER CURRIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kevin EubanksKEVIN EUBANKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elliott FergusonELLIOTT FERGUSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pam FrazierPAM FRAZIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeffrey FreundJEFFREY FREUND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Angie M GatesANGIE M GATES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter M GillonPETER M GILLON
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David GorodetskiDAVID GORODETSKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William Lacy Clay JrWILLIAM LACY CLAY JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William KirkWILLIAM KIRK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karen MarangiKAREN MARANGI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert R MarshallROBERT R MARSHALL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erik A MosesERIK A MOSES
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Roger PollakROGER POLLAK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tanner PowellTANNER POWELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Harriet SanfordHARRIET SANFORD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas SilversteinTHOMAS SILVERSTEIN
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
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2025
- Revenue
- $2,407,026
- Expenses
- $2,842,711
- Contributions
- $1,722,085
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,080,988
- Expenses
- $2,517,994
- Contributions
- $2,222,310
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,154,998
- Expenses
- $2,153,153
- Contributions
- $1,388,404
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,735,895
- Expenses
- $1,665,846
- Contributions
- $1,431,495
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,492,287
- Expenses
- $1,483,601
- Assets (EOY)
- $509,622
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,002,894
- Expenses
- $852,812
- Assets (EOY)
- $486,694
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,903,353
- Expenses
- $1,799,982
- Assets (EOY)
- $339,724
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,405,399
- Expenses
- $1,340,302
- Assets (EOY)
- $247,588
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,260,533
- Expenses
- $1,214,515
- Assets (EOY)
- $161,118
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,247,813
- Expenses
- $1,232,790
- Assets (EOY)
- $119,664
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,271,292
- Expenses
- $1,258,315
- Assets (EOY)
- $112,954
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,022,593
- Expenses
- $1,085,519
- Assets (EOY)
- $83,631
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,029,013
- Expenses
- $989,964
- Assets (EOY)
- $149,217
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,050,840
- Assets (EOY)
- $73,718
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
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$62,888
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
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$58,600
2022 CULTURE & ARTS
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$50,250
2024 CULTURE & ARTS
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2023 2024 VISIONS GRANT
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$20,000
2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$13,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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$10,150
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 2023-2024 DC JAZZ FESTIVAL EDUCATION
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HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
$10,000
2024 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
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2022 2022-2023 DC JAZZ FESTIVAL EDUCATION
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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.