PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A61

Classification

1000

Street

602 NE PRESCOTT 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

• ARTISTIC SERVICES: DURING OUR 17TH SEASON (2024-2025), WE PRODUCED FOUR PLAYS THAT DREW 9,204 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE SEASON OPENED IN FALL 2024 WITH THE MUSICAL "AMLIE," BASED ON THE BELOVED 2001 FRENCH FILM, WHICH PLAYED TO SOLD-OUT HOUSES ACROSS ITS FIVE-WEEK RUN. OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW (INSPIRED BY DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL") SOLD 3,618 TICKETS OVER FIVE WEEKS. IN WINTER 2025 WE PRODUCED NOTES FROM THE FIELD," ANNA DEAVERE SMITH'S POWERFUL ONE-PERSON EXPLORATION OF THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE, DRAWN FROM INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE CLOSED THE SEASON IN SPRING 2025 WITH AUGUST WILSON'S "JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE," THE SECOND PLAY IN WILSON'S AMERICAN CENTURY CYCLE, WHICH FOLLOWS A GROUP OF BLACK BOARDING HOUSE RESIDENTS IN 1911 PITTSBURGH GRAPPLING WITH THE LEGACIES OF SLAVERY AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY. JOE TURNER ALSO PLAYED TO SOLD-OUT HOUSES AND CAPPED A SEASON OF RECORD TICKET SALES.AUDIENCE FEEDBACK FROM "JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE"-"IT BROUGHT NEW INSIGHTS AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY - VERY TROUBLING BUT SO HELPFUL TO APPRECIATE A PERIOD FRAUGHT WITH CHANGE, NOT UNLIKE WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW. THIS IS WHY THEATRE AND ALL THE ARTS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR A STRONG NATION. ABSOLUTELY GREAT STORY, SUPERB PRESENTATION, MOVING PERFORMANCES BY TOPNOTCH ACTORS. THANK YOU! NOTES FROM THE FIELD" INCLUDED THAT "EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS SHOW! IT IS EVERYTHING ART AND THEATER SHOULD BE - MOVING, MEMORABLE, INSPIRATIONAL, REFLECTIVE, AND RELEVANT. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS PLAY FOR A LONG TIME."

  Expenses $1,195,901 · Revenue $520,852

• EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: IN JUNE 2024 WE LAUNCHED OUR FOURTH YEAR OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING WITH PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SERVING 120 STUDENTS FROM 8 ELEMENTARY. IN SEASON 17, 292 PORTLAND YOUTH ACROSS FIVE SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE CREATION AND THEATRE-BASED STORYTELLING.OUR FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE BROUGHT 280 STUDENTS FROM DA VINCI ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HARRIET TUBMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARTS & COMMUNICATION MAGNET ACADEMY, AND PARK ACADEMY (SERVING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES) TOGETHER FOR TEN WEEKS OF COLLABORATION IN ACTING, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION, CULMINATING IN PERFORMANCES AT THE WINNINGSTAD THEATRE. IN RESPONSE TO STAFF FEEDBACK, WE EXPANDED TEACHER TRAINING TO INCLUDE TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, FIRST AID, AND ANTI-RACISM AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY. ONE STUDENT REFLECTED THAT EVEN AS "A DYSLEXIC KID WHO STRUGGLES WITH READING AND I'M DOING ONE OF THE HARDEST PLAYS THAT COULD BE," THE PROGRAM FELT FUN, SUPPORTIVE, AND WORTHWHILE AND MANY PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY THEY BUILT AND THE PRIDE THEY FELT PERFORMING ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. IN SPRING 2025, TEACHING ARTIST KAYLA KELLY LED AN AFTER-SCHOOL RESIDENCY AT ST. ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL OREGON'S ONLY TUITION-FREE PRIVATE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, JUST TEN BLOCKS FROM THE PLAYHOUSE WHERE 12 SIXTH-THROUGH-EIGHTH GRADERS CREATED AND FILMED ORIGINAL SHORT PLAYS TO SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $223,171 · Revenue $116,819

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

  $2,056,772

  Expenses

  $1,892,715

  Contributions

  $1,406,816

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,108,080

  Expenses

  $2,398,473

  Contributions

  $1,145,297

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,099,976

  Expenses

  $2,415,211

  Contributions

  $1,308,081

  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

  $2,183,784

  Expenses

  $1,772,593

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,999,446

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,314,815

  Expenses

  $926,209

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,659,767

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,188,272

  Expenses

  $1,143,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,254,960

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,298,945

  Expenses

  $1,213,832

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,471,115

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,374,514

  Expenses

  $1,266,323

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,277,301

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,674,803

  Expenses

  $1,024,105

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,762,954

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,840,917

  Expenses

  $960,806

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,099,294

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $977,113

  Expenses

  $977,081

  Assets (EOY)

  $180,927

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period

1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008

Principal officer

Michael Weaver

Mailing address

4307 N Commercial AvePortland OR 97217

Website

www.portlandplayhouse.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $157,478

  2022 · Performing Arts

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $140,420

  2023 · Performing Arts

• REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL

  $116,300

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $90,511

  2024 · Performing Arts

• REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL

  $72,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $57,800

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $47,655

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $23,530

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $21,750

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $14,512

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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

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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