PLAYERS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A650

Classification

2000

Street

1400 BLVD OF THE ARTS STE 200 # 20

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

• SARASOTA'S FIRST AND OLDEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION, SECOND OLDEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BEGAN IN 1930, IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WITH A SEASON OF ONE-ACT PLAYS. TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE MEMBERS/PATRONS EACH PAID A TWO-DOLLAR SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR THE SERIES.THE PLAYERS FIRST PERMANENT HOME WAS BUILT OF NATIVE PECKY CYPRESS IN 1936. THE ORIGINAL THEATRE SEATED TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX AND COST JUST OVER $9,000. THE PECKY CYPRESS BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT THEATRE ON NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, WHICH OPENED IN JANUARY 1974, SEATING FOUR HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN. THAT FACILITY WAS SOLD IN 2018 AND VACATED IN OCTOBER 2020 AT THE HEIGHT OF CLOSURES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE PLAYERS PERFORMED IN VARIOUS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR VENUES UNTIL OPENING AN INDOOR VENUE OF ITS OWN AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2021 AT 3501 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL IN THE CROSSINGS AT SIESTA KEY.THE PLAYERS THEATRE HAS ACHIEVED A REPUTATION FOR QUALITY PRODUCTIONS AND FOR CREATING PROGRAMMING THAT ENTERTAINS, EDUCATES, AND ENLIGHTENS. THE THEATRE SERVES A DIVERSE AUDIENCE WITH MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL YEAR-ROUND PERFORMING ARTS THAT INCLUDES THE BROADWAY THEATRE SERIES, THE SNAP (SOMETHING NEW AT PLAYERS) SERIES, THE SUMMER SIZZLER SERIES, THE PLAYERS PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL, CONCERTS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.THE PLAYERS STRIVES TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE ARTISTIC QUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF A VOLUNTEER BASED THEATRE. ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP FROM SOME OF THE AREA'S BEST PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS, MUSIC DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, SET, LIGHTING AND COSTUME DESIGNERS, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CHALLENGES EVERYONE TO ACHIEVE HIGH ARTISTIC STANDARDS.THE PLAYERS MAINTAINS AFFORDABLE TICKET PRICES, FROM $5 TO $35, ENSURING THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVE THEATRE IS AVAILABLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THE PLAYERS ALSO PROVIDES OVER THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES EACH YEAR THROUGH ITS CHARITY PREVIEW PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $1,210,958 · Revenue $554,612

• THE PLAYERS PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO OPENED IN 1995 AND IS THE EDUCATIONAL ARM OF THE PLAYERS THEATRE. IT IS A REPUTABLE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO AND VITAL FEEDER TO THE PLAYERS THEATRE FOR ACTORS. THE STUDIO OFFERS CLASSES FOR STUDENTS AGE THREE AND OLDER. CLASSES INCLUDE THE STUDY OF ACTING, SINGING AND DANCE. AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL, CROSSOVER SKILLS ARE EMPHASIZED. THERE ARE TWENTY-NINE CLASSES OFFERED EACH WEEK, SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS, AND AN EIGHT-WEEK INTENSIVE SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN AGES SEVEN TO SEVENTEEN. IN ADDITION TO CLASSES, THERE ARE THREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ELEMENTS OF THE STUDIO: THE PLAYERS KIDS; AND THE SARASOTA PLAYERS FOLLIES, A FIFTY-FIVE AND OLDER TRAVELLING PERFORMING TROUPE. OVER THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM CLASSES AT THE STUDIO ANNUALLY.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $866,181

  Expenses

  $2,504,419

  Contributions

  $126,657

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $985,327

  Expenses

  $2,234,369

  Contributions

  $269,070

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,128,926

  Expenses

  $2,043,082

  Contributions

  $298,074

  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

  $505,336

  Expenses

  $1,673,294

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,019,574

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,345,988

  Expenses

  $1,289,201

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,345,851

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,281,665

  Expenses

  $1,855,633

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,289,973

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,910,050

  Expenses

  $1,886,270

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,832,882

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,371,070

  Expenses

  $1,508,583

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,119,699

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,324,034

  Expenses

  $1,418,332

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,268,528

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,384,354

  Expenses

  $1,280,720

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,146,242

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,283,299

  Expenses

  $1,277,056

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,031,904

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,196,918

  Expenses

  $1,196,900

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,069,829

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,170,768

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,057,182

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

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC

  $98,903

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT, PROGRAM SUPPORT

• SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC

  $34,427

  2024 · IMPROVEMENTS TO NPO'

• WOMANS EXCHANGE INC OF SARASOTA

  $20,000

  2022

• WOMANS EXCHANGE INC OF SARASOTA

  $15,000

  2024

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC

  $10,064

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $7,500

  2023 · ARTS & CULTURE

• SISTERHOOD FOR GOOD INC

  $1,500

  2024

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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