ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC

EIN 62-1734411 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2023: $279,335
Expenses 2023: $253,405

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A65
Classification: 2000
Street: 4610 CHARLOTTE PIKE

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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Vali Forrister

Producing Artistic Director

Total calculated

$78,174

From this org

$77,274

From related orgs

$0

Other

$900

Hours/week

40
Tasneem Ansaryiah Grace

Director

Total calculated

$2,000

From this org

$2,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

3
Rachel Agee

Director

Total calculated

$800

From this org

$800

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

2
Tracy Coats

Co-Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Paul Walwyn

Co-Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tracy Gershon

Vice-Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Gamble

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Heather Crabtree

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jane Alvis

Past Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kamilah Ajamu

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sharon Dixon Gentry

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Pierre Johnson

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Leah Lowe

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Danielle Frasier

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Stacey Hucks

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lj Ratliff

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Reed Omary

Non-voting board advisor

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

2023

Revenue

$279,335

Expenses

$253,405

Contributions

$193,782

Grants paid

$18,845
2022

Revenue

$191,734

Expenses

$221,330

Contributions

$140,160

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$279,335	$253,405	$193,782	$18,845
2022	$191,734	$221,330	$140,160	$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-EZ

Revenue

$183,166

Expenses

$159,877

Assets (EOY)

$131,949
2020 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$173,432

Expenses

$119,163

Assets (EOY)

$115,249
2019 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$150,357

Expenses

$126,801

Assets (EOY)

$73,224
2018 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$162,197

Expenses

$173,235

Assets (EOY)

$26,795
2017 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$154,757

Expenses

$159,678

Assets (EOY)

$41,071
2016 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$173,841

Expenses

$182,049

Assets (EOY)

$41,108
2015 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$152,679

Expenses

$151,002

Assets (EOY)

$47,746
2014 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$114,007

Expenses

$137,134

Assets (EOY)

$48,297
2013 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$123,328

Expenses

$133,852

Assets (EOY)

$69,033
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$170,189

Assets (EOY)

$87,959

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990-EZ	$183,166	$159,877	$131,949
2020	990-EZ	$173,432	$119,163	$115,249
2019	990-EZ	$150,357	$126,801	$73,224
2018	990-EZ	$162,197	$173,235	$26,795
2017	990-EZ	$154,757	$159,678	$41,071
2016	990-EZ	$173,841	$182,049	$41,108
2015	990-EZ	$152,679	$151,002	$47,746
2014	990-EZ	$114,007	$137,134	$48,297
2013	990-EZ	$123,328	$133,852	$69,033
2012	990	not reported	$170,189	$87,959

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

THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC

$15,000

2024 ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE (ABE) HELPS MIDDLE TENNESSEANS FIND THEIR AUTHENTIC VOICES THROUGH ACTOR TRAINING, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING, INCLUSIVE MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS PLAYS, AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING FOR TEEN GIRLS.
THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC

$10,000

2023 TO HELP 5,500 MIDDLE TENNESSEANS FIND THEIR AUTHENTIC VOICES THROUGH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING, ACTOR TRAINING, AND TEEN GIRL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING.
HELLO IN THERE FOUNDATION

$10,000

2024
THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC

$7,500

2023 TO HELP OVER 1,250 MIDDLE TENNESSEANS FIND THEIR AUTHENTIC VOICES THROUGH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING AND TEEN GIRL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION

$7,500

2022 ACT LIKE A GRRRL (ALAG) IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAM THAT INSPIRES GIRLS TO WRITE ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND TRANSFORM THEIR THOUGHTS INTO MONOLOGUES, DANCES, AND SONGS FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE (ABE) REQUESTS SUPPORT TO HELP FUND A COMPLETE WEBSITE REDESIGN OF ACTLIKEAGRRRL.ORG THAT INCLUDES A SAFE ONLINE GATHERING SPACE FOR TEENAGE GIRLS. IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING OUTREACH TO CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH A FRESH, MORE RELEVANT DESIGN, THE WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE A SECURE PLATFORM FOR GRRRLS TO ACCESS SPECIFIC GATED CONTENT, COURSES, SHARED CALENDARS, AND MORE THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ONLY THEM.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.