THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

520 EIGHTH AVENUE 24 FL

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

• GRANT PROGRAMSTCG DISTRIBUTES GRANTS TO THEATRES AND INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR THROUGH A SERIES OF PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS. BY MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, TCG CAN PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GROWING BODY OF PROFESSIONALS AND HELP BUILD AND CONNECT A NEW GENERATION OF PRACTITIONERS. PROGRAMS DURING FY25 INCLUDED: THE WILLA KIM COSTUME DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP; THE RISING LEADERS OF COLOR PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTED A COHORT OF THEATRE JOURNALISTS; A NEW ROUND OF THRIVE! GRANTS, PROVIDING GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR UNDER-RESOURCED THEATRES OF COLOR; AND THE INTRODUCTION OF FUNDS FOR THE DOLLS, A NEW GRANTING INITIATIVE FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR ARTISTS.

  Expenses $1,018,402 · Grants $99,845

• PUBLICATIONSTCG IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF DRAMATIC TEXT IN NORTH AMERICA. OUR CATALOG HAS OVER 500 TITLES, INCLUDING 22 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS, ONE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, 11 MACARTHUR "GENIUSES", AND NUMEROUS TONY, DRAMA DESK, AND OBIE AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS. TCG BOOKS PROUDLY REPRESENTS OVER 140 WRITERS WHO EMBODY EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRITING AND ALSO REPRESENT DIVERSE IDENTITIES OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND AGE. OUR PLAYWRIGHTS AND AUTHORS ARE SHAPING THE CANON AND LEGACY OF MODERN THEATRE. TCG BOOKS HAS A DUAL OBJECTIVE: TO BRING NEW LITERARY VOICES TO PUBLIC ATTENTION AND CULTIVATE INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ITS PLAYWRIGHTS THAT NURTURE THEIR CAREERS. TO DATE, OVER 5 MILLION COPIES HAVE BEEN SOLD. TCG'S INDUSTRY-LEADING PUBLICATION, AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, IS THE NATIONAL AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE MAGAZINE, INFORMING READERS ABOUT MEANINGFUL WORK AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AFFECTING THEATRE ART AND PRACTICE. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THEATRE, AT IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL THEATRE ECOLOGY THROUGH PUBLIC ACCESS TO MORE EQUITABLE ARTS JOURNALISM. DURING FY25, THE EDITORIAL CONTENT AND PODCASTS OPERATED ONLINE AT AMERICANTHEATRE.ORG AND QUARTERLY PRINT EDITIONS, ENGAGING OVER 1 MILLION READERS WHILE HIGHLIGHTING EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE THEATRE SECTOR. THE FIELD INCREASINGLY LOOKS TO AT TO TAKE ON IN-DEPTH, INCLUSIVE THEATRE JOURNALISM AS NEWS OUTLETS DECREASE ARTS COVERAGE AND FALL OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE EVOLVING THEATRE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $2,342,500 · Revenue $1,137,368

• MEMBERSHIPTCG CONDUCTS RESEARCH FOR AND ABOUT THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE FIELD TO ASSESS THE CHANGING NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF THE THEATRE COMMUNITY, CHRONICLE THE FIELD'S GROWTH, SUPPORT NATIONAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND CREATE RESOURCES TO AID THEATRE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR WORK. TCG ALSO PROVIDES FIELD-WIDE LEADERSHIP BY REPRESENTING THE FIELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, BY ADVOCATING ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING NEA APPROPRIATIONS, COVID-RELIEF EFFORTS, ARTS EDUCATION FUNDING, TAX INCENTIVES FOR CHARITABLE GIVING, THE VISA PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, FUNDING FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND PROTECTING PERFORMING ARTS TECHNOLOGY. FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, TCG HAS LED THE AMERICAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE FIELD AS ONE OF ITS MOST ROBUST AND INFLUENTIAL SOURCES OF THEATRE-SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND SURVEYS. TCG ASSESSES AND CHRONICLES THE FIELD'S FISCAL EVOLUTION INCLUDING FINANCE, AUDIENCE, AND DONOR TRENDS THROUGH THEATRE FACTS, THE INDUSTRY'S BROADEST OVERVIEW OF THE THEATRE ECOLOGY; THE SALARY SURVEY; AND OTHER SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS AND TOPICAL SURVEYS IN AREAS SUCH AS GOVERNANCE, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND MORE. IN FY25, TCG RELEASED THE 44TH ANNUAL THEATRE FACTS REPORT FOR 2023, DOCUMENTING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC RECOVERY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PUBLISHED THE AGGREGATE RESULTS OF TCG'S SALARY SURVEY IN JUNE 2025. FY25 MARKED THE RETURN OF TCG'S SURVEY AND REPORT ON NON-PROFIT THEATRE GOVERNANCE AND BOARDS, AS WELL AS A SURVEY OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING INDIVIDUAL THEATRE PRACTITIONERS. THE RESULTS OF THESE ASSESSMENTS WILL INFORM PROGRAMMING AT TCG'S MAJOR FY26 CONVENINGS, THE FALL FORUM ON GOVERNANCE AND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE.IN FALL 2024, TCG INTRODUCED "THE LOBBY PROJECT," A RESOURCE DESIGNED TO HELP THEATRES USE THEIR VENUES TO SUPPORT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE WEBINAR SERIES "WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT NOW" FOCUSED ON HELPING THEATRES NAVIGATE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT POLICY AND FUNDING. ALONG WITH THEATRE ADVOCACY WEEK IN MARCH 2025, THESE ONLINE PROGRAMS WERE ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE.TCG ALSO OFFERS THEATRE LEADERSHIP CONNECTEDNESS AND TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE VIRTUAL MEETINGS TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO CONNECT AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE MORE FREQUENTLY - WHICH HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN CONNECTING MEMBERS SINCE COVID-19. BUDGET GROUPS 1 AND 2 (WITH ANNUAL BUDGETS UNDER $1 MILLION) ARE PARTICULARLY ACTIVE ON TCG'S ONLINE COMMUNITY PLATFORM, TCG CIRCLE, WITH 303 AND 380 DISCUSSION THREADS, RESPECTIVELY. PARTICIPANTS USE THIS PLATFORM TO DISCUSS AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THEATER-MAKING AND LEADERSHIP. THIS ENGAGEMENT DEMONSTRATES THAT TCG'S NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING SERVICES ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE TO SMALL-BUDGET THEATRES.

  Expenses $830,515 · Revenue $30,472

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

  $3,500,460

  Expenses

  $5,737,719

  Contributions

  $2,026,026

  Grants paid

  $99,845

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,283,547

  Expenses

  $7,291,701

  Contributions

  $2,480,666

  Grants paid

  $204,110

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,810,022

  Expenses

  $6,455,621

  Contributions

  $4,347,903

  Grants paid

  $867,862

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

  $6,761,151

  Expenses

  $5,760,078

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,293,926

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,479,146

  Expenses

  $4,933,694

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,951,315

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,461,267

  Expenses

  $7,876,974

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,458,021

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,340,778

  Expenses

  $7,955,099

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,305,187

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,208,063

  Expenses

  $8,645,821

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,296,675

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

• AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST

  $50,000

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• BINDLESTIFF STUDIO

  $50,000

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• GOLDEN THREAD PRODUCTION

  $50,000

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• ALTERNATIVE THEATER ENSEMBLE

  $50,000

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• BREAKING WAVE THEATRE COMPANY INC

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• NEW YORK LIVE ARTS

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• HATTILOO THEATRE

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• GILLOURY INSTITUTE

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

• NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK

  $42,500

  2022 · THRIVE! - RECOGNIZE UNRESTRICTED AWARD

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• LARK THEATRE COMPANY INC

  $66,111

  2022 · Grant

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $30,000

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $30,000

  2024 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $26,000

  2023 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $20,000

  2023 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,450

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC

  $15,000

  2024 · CRITICAL MINDED A FISCALLY SPONSORED PEOJECT OF ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS HAS AWARDED THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP A 50,000 GRANT FOR IT EFFORTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THEATER PROGRAMMMING FOR THEATER CRITICS THROUGH TRAVEL GRANTS

• THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2022 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $13,500

  2022 · General Support

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

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