WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A650

Classification

1200

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.

• DC JAZZ FESTIVAL

  EIN 20-1799842

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE 2024-2025 SEASON MARKED HANA S. SHARIF'S SECOND YEAR AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ARENA STAGE. FOUNDED IN 1950, ARENA STAGE IS THE VOICE OF AMERICAN THEATER RESIDENT IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. WE PRODUCE ALL THAT IS PASSIONATE, EXUBERANT, PROFOUND, ENTERTAINING, DEEP AND DANGEROUS IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. ARENA PRODUCED AND PRESENTED TEN SHOWS, INCLUDING SIX WORLD PREMIERES, WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THE SEASON INCLUDED: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (KREEGER THEATER) BY JOCELYN BIOH, DIRECTED BY WHITNEY WHITE; THE OTHER AMERICANS (FICHANDLER STAGE), WRITTEN BY & STARRING JOHN LEGUIZAMO, DIRECTED BY RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON; DATA (KOGOD CRADLE) BY MATTHEW LIBBY, DIRECTED BY MARGOT BORDELON; DEATH ON THE NILE (KREEGER THEATER) BY AGATHA CHRISTIE ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY KEN LUDWIG, DIRECTED BY HANA S. SHARIF; STEP AFRIKA!'S MAGICAL MUSICAL HOLIDAY STEP SHOW (FICHANDLER STAGE) BY STEP AFRIKA!; SARAH SILVERMAN'S THE BEDWETTER BOOK BY JOSHUA HARMON & SARAH SILVERMAN, MUSIC BY ADAM SCHLESINGER, LYRICS BY ADAM SCHLESINGER & SARAH SILVERMAN, BASED UPON THE BEDWETTER: STORIES OF COURAGE, REDEMPTION, AND PEE BY SARAH SILVERMAN, ADDITIONAL MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVID YAZBEK, DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN (BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH TOM KIRDAHY AND BARRY AND FRAN WEISSLER); THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (FICHANDLER STAGE) BY EDITH WHARTON ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY KAREN ZACARAS, DIRECTED BY HANA S. SHARIF; FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT (KREEGER THEATER) (CO-PRODUCTION WITH CENTER THEATRE GROUP) BY LARISSA FASTHORSE, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL JOHN GARCS; WE ARE GATHERED (FICHANDLER STAGE) BY TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY, DIRECTED BY KENT GASH; A WRINKLE IN TIME (KREEGER THEATER) BOOK BY LAUREN YEE MUSIC AND LYRICS BY HEATHER CHRISTIAN, BASED ON THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY MADELEINE L'ENGLE, DIRECTED BY LEE SUNDAY EVANS (BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH PLATE SPINNER PRODUCTIONS AND DIANA DIMENNA, AARON GLICK, AND CHARLOTTE JONES VOIKLIS).WE CONTINUED SUPPORTING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS AND CREATORS WITH CAMP ARENA STAGE AND THE ALLEN LEE HUGHES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. CAMP ARENA STAGE SERVED 303 CAMPERS AND 8 SEASON-LONG FELLOWSHIPS WERE COMPLETED.THE DC TICKET PARTNERSHIP OFFERS DEEPLY DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO DC PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS SEASON WE PARTNERED WITH PARTNERED WITH 34 TEACHERS AT 26 SCHOOLS REPRESENTING ALL DC WARDS. ARENA STAGE TEACHING ARTISTS LEAD PRE- AND POST-SHOW WORKSHOPS AND EXTENSIVE STUDY GUIDES ARE PREPARED FOR THE STUDENTS.ARENA CONTINUED VOICES OF NOW (VON), AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, DEVISED THEATER PROGRAM WHERE ENSEMBLES OF MIDDLE-SCHOOL, HIGH-SCHOOL, AND ADULT ARTISTS WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PLAYS. ARENA CONTINUES TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS IN DC AND FAIRFAX COUNTY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY-BASED ENSEMBLES INCLUDING A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING.

  Expenses $25,826,319 · Revenue $12,845,700

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.

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

  $28,220,542

  Expenses

  $30,028,570

  Contributions

  $14,737,009

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $63,868,263

  Expenses

  $26,422,281

  Contributions

  $6,736,825

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $29,768,279

  Expenses

  $25,892,323

  Contributions

  $21,027,056

  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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,294,701

  Expenses

  $22,055,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,470,678

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,908,563

  Expenses

  $13,462,884

  Assets (EOY)

  $149,879,794

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,030,478

  Expenses

  $25,017,932

  Assets (EOY)

  $146,547,458

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,491,319

  Expenses

  $27,747,280

  Assets (EOY)

  $149,435,233

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $26,108,354

  Expenses

  $30,637,881

  Assets (EOY)

  $154,169,764

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

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $466,750

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $330,500

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $225,850

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $125,150

  2024 · Arts & Culture

• AARP

  $125,000

  2023 · Sponsorship of various 2023 performances

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $121,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $115,500

  2023 · General Support

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $104,600

  2023 · Arts & Culture

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $102,500

  2022 · General Support

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $96,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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