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ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE

EIN 93-0828781 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$1,299,729
Expenses 2024
$1,573,428

Program services were 53.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
1515 SW MORRISON 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

Mission

ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE'S MISSION IS TO PRODUCE INTIMATE, PROVACATIVE THEATRE AND PROVIDE A HOME FOR A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES TO TAKE CREATIVE RISKS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMPANY'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE DIVERSE AUDIENCES IN FRESH, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND INTIMATE THEATRE. PRODUCTIONS FEATURE THE WORK OF A CORE GROUP OF ACCOMPLISHED RESIDENT ARTISTS, EACH WITH A SHARED HISTORY AND A SHORTHAND FOR COLLABORATION, WORKING ALONGSIDE GUEST ARTISTS FROM PORTLAND AND BEYOND. THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO WORLD-CLASS ACTING, DIRECTING, DESIGN AND STAGECRAFT THAT SUPPORT NEW PLAYWRITING AND ASPIRE TO EMBODY GREAT LITERATURE, MOVING AUDIENCES TO FEEL AND EXPERIENCE STORYTELLING IN A WAY THAT ONLY THE BEST LIVE THEATRE CAN.

  • ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION - AFTER COMPLETING PARTIAL RENOVATIONS ART REOPENED OUR THEATER WITH A 2024-2025 SEASON OF 3 WORLD PREMIERES. ITINERANT SINCE 2019, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND RENOVATIONS, WE FINALLY RETURN HOME AND WILL PRODUCE IN THE 3000 SQ FT LOBBY, WHICH HAS CLEVERLY BEEN BUILT OUT AS AN INTERIM VENUE UNTIL RENOVATIONS ARE FULLY COMPLETED IN AN ESTIMATED 2-3 YEARS TIME. WE CELEBRATED THIS MOMENTOUS HOMECOMING BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND NOURISHING OUR LOCAL ROOTS WITH A "HOME GROWN" THEMED SEASON THAT FOCUSES ON LOCALLY CREATED PLAYS:THE EVENT! (OCT 13 - NOV 10, 2024) BY LAVA ALAPAI, LINDA ALPER, ANTHONY HUDSON (CONF. TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE), DAN KITROSSER, SUSANNAH MARS, LUAN SCHOOLER, JOSIE SEID. THIS PLAYFUL, BIG-HEARTED PROJECT INCORPORATED AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, TELLING A DELIGHTFULLY BUOYANT STORY ABOUT A DYING SMALL TOWN IN OREGON, MAGICAL OSTRICHES, SPACE ALIENS, AND ONE QUEER KID NAMED RUDY. BEGUN DURING THE PANDEMIC AS PART OF ARTS MERCURY COMPANY, THIS COLLABORATIVELY CREATED WORK STRETCHES THE BOUNDARIES OF LIVE THEATRE TO INCLUDE THE AUDIENCE IN BOTH REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCE.SAPIENCE (FEB 23 - MARCH 23, 2025) BY DIANA BURBANO. COMMISSIONED & DEVELOPED BY ART, SAPIENCE IS AN IMAGINATIVE EXPLORATION OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD. IT CENTERS ON ELSA, A PRIMATOLOGIST STUDYING COMMUNICATION AND ATTEMPTING TO TEACH WOOKIE, AN ORANGUTAN, TO SPEAK. SHE IS ALSO AUTISTIC BUT BELIEVES THAT HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES ARE DISTINCTLY COMPARTMENTALIZED. HER WORLDS COLLIDE WHEN HER NEPHEW AJ, A TEENAGER WHO IS ALSO ON THE SPECTRUM, FORMS A RELATIONSHIP WITH WOOKIE. ART BUILT UPON OUR 2-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH PHAME, A PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS BOTH THEATRICALLY EXCITING AND RESPONSIVE TO THE DISABLED COMMUNITY.THE STORYTELLER (APRIL 22 - MAY 18, 2025) BY SARA JEAN ACCUARDI. A MAGICAL PLAY, AWARDED THE 2023 OREGON BOOK AWARD/ANGUS L. BOWMER AWARD FOR DRAMA. INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARES THE TEMPEST, IT CENTERS ON 17-YEAR-OLD RANDI WHO HAS LIVED HER ENTIRE LIFE OFF THE GRID WITH HER DAD ON A ROTTING OLD HOUSEBOAT, AND SHES SICK OF IT. THAT THE PLAY HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED ELSEWHERE IS AN ACCIDENT OF TIMING: SHE WAS DEVELOPING IT JUST AS THE PANDEMIC HIT AND RECEIVED THE AWARD JUST AS THE AMERICAN THEATRE COLLAPSED. ART WAS HONORED TO OFFER THE PREMIERE AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS REMARKABLE PLAY ABOUT THE STORIES THAT WE NEED AND THAT WE TELL OURSELVES.

    Expenses $789,568 · Revenue $179,328

  • AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES IN ADDITION TO OUR MAINSTAGE PLAYS, ART SUPPORTED WORKSHOPS AND READINGS OF 2 NEW PLAYS, INCLUDING E.M. LEWISS NEW TAKE ON FRANKENSTEIN.RENTING OUR SPACE AT AFFORDABLE RATES WAS ALSO A PRIORITY OF THE SEASON - SHARING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND OFFERING MORE FOR AUDIENCES TO ENJOY. RENTERS INCLUDED THE PORTLAND OPERA, THE ACTORS CONSERVATORY, LINESTORM PLAYWRIGHTS, NORTHWEST ACADEMY, AND PROFILE THEATRE.WE ALSO OFFERED FREE AND LOW COST STUDENT MATINEES, WITH FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS, FOR EACH PLAY OF THE SEASON. AUDIENCE AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT WAS A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR MARKETING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AS THIS WAS THE FIRST SEASON BACK AT OUR HOME LOCATION.

    Expenses $52,222

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • AIYANA CUNNINGHAM

    Managing Dir

    Total calculated
    $141,936
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,936
    Hours/week
    40

  • PANCHO SAVERY

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • NORMA DULIN

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PAUL KOEHLER

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JILL LAM

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEFFREY CONDIT

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHAEL DAVIDSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSIE SEID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NOAH LIEBERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL SZPORLUK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $1,299,729
    Expenses
    $1,573,428
    Contributions
    $1,027,757
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,111,446
    Expenses
    $1,451,460
    Contributions
    $3,988,124
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,055,206
    Expenses
    $2,649,226
    Contributions
    $1,760,782
    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
    $2,680,665
    Expenses
    $2,433,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,727,144

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,775,214
    Expenses
    $2,071,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,936,321

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,759,776
    Expenses
    $3,442,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,363,328

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,378,110
    Expenses
    $3,793,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,358,583

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,689,077
    Expenses
    $4,057,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,174,372

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,395,467
    Expenses
    $3,407,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,760,751

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,470,748
    Expenses
    $3,846,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,623,103

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,637,555
    Expenses
    $2,829,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,721,001

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.

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.