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PORTLAND CENTER STAGE

EIN 93-1134865 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$7,097,611
Expenses 2024
$8,201,560

Program services were 80.2% 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
128 NW 11TH AVE

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

PORTLAND CENTER STAGE'S MISSION IS TO CREATE TRANSCENDENT THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS SEPARATING PEOPLE. WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATING THE FULL SCOPE OF HUMANITY, APPRECIATING DIFFERENCE, AND FOSTERING BELONGING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE TRANSCENDENT THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS SEPARATING PEOPLE.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $6,240,772 · Revenue $2,921,909

  • PORTLAND CENTER STAGE IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRESH, DIVERSE, AND POWER THEATRICAL VOICES AND IN DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING NEW WORKS THAT ENRICH THE CONTEMPORARY THEATER REPERTOIRE. THE PRINCIPAL COMPONENT OF OUR NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS OUR ANNUAL JAW ("JUST ADD WATER") NEW PLAY FESTIVAL, HELD EACH JULY, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER PLAYWRIGHTS AND OTHER THEATER ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO DEVELOP NEW WORKS IN A CURATED, ARTIST-FOCUSED PROCESS THAT ALSO INVITES AUDIENCES ALONG FOR THE CREATIVE JOURNEY. FOUR PROJECTS WERE SELECTED FOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL: "FIRES, OHIO" BY BETH HYLAND; "A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE IMAGINED TRIAL OF DAISY THE COW, WHO (ALLEGEDLY) CAUSED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE" BY JULIA IZUMI; "GOOD PERSON (A ONE-WOMAN BOUFFON SHOW)" BY BRETT ASHLEY ROBINSON; AND "THE SUNNYVIEW ELEMENTARY ART SHOW" BY ROB SMITH. PUBLIC READINGS OF THE WORKS-IN-PROGRESS WERE PRESENTED AT THE ARMORY DURING JAW'S CLOSING WEEKEND OF FREE EVENTS.

    Expenses $45,910

  • OVER 7,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 6,000 YOUTH, WERE SERVED BY PCS'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, WHICH WERE EITHER FREE OR DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED, INCLUDED STAGE DOOR MATINEES, WORKSHOPS, AND TOURS; TEEN PLAYWRIGHTS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES; THE PCS TEEN COUNCIL; AND PCS TEEN ACADEMY.OVER 500 ADULTS ENROLLED IN CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE RECURRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE LIVING STAGE AND OTHER STORYTELLING ART FORMS.

    Expenses $263,269 · Revenue $49,748

  • PCS OFFERED A WIDE ARRAY OF FREE AND NOMINAL-COST COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AIMED AT EXPANDING ACCESS, INCREASING ENGAGEMENT, ELEVATING LOCAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND SPARKING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR REGION'S HISTORY, CURRENT ISSUES, AND ASPIRATIONS. DURING 2024-25, WE PARTNERED WITH 86 ARTISTS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, ENGAGING 5,174 PEOPLE; 67% OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS WERE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC OR SOCIAL JUSTICE-FOCUSED, WHILE 74% OF ARTISTS AND EXPERTS WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR.A FEW OF THE YEAR'S COMMUNITY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: 1) MONTHLY "FIRST THURSDAY" EVENTS WITH PERFORMANCES BY MUSICAL ARTISTS, AS WELL AS VISUAL ART EXHIBITS; B) "PRESS PLAY" PERFORMANCES AT THE 2024 JAW FESTIVAL THAT FEATURED A STREET DANCE SHOWCASE, BALLET FOLKLORICO, AND MUSICIAN PABLO RIVAROLA C) PRE-SHOW PANEL DISCUSSION WITH BLACK MENS WELLNESS AND D) SEVERAL LITERARY EVENTS WITH PARTNERS LIKE SLAMLANDIA AND LITERAOKE. WE ALSO PROVIDED FREE OR REDUCED-COST PERFORMANCE, REHEARSAL, MEETING, AND EVENT SPACE TO A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING BOOM ARTS, FERTILE GROUND NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, PORTLAND AREA THEATER ALLIANCE, P:EAR, AND MORE.

    Expenses $24,617 · Revenue $16,784

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • VALARIE SASAKI

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • RICH GEORGE

    TEASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • LIANA AVENDANO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • SEAN ANDRIES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER LANIER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMANDA LIGHTHISER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSANNAH MARS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALONZO CHADWICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JELANI MEMORY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTIN VAN SICKLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BECKY GARDINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DELANNA STUDI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIMIKO MATSUDA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARISSA WOLF

    ARTISIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $141,249
    From this org
    $136,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,300
    Hours/week
    40

  • LIAM KAAS LENTZ

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,360
    From this org
    $110,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,067
    Hours/week
    40

  • JESSICA LEFFLER

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,323
    From this org
    $20,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $7,097,611
    Expenses
    $8,201,560
    Contributions
    $3,785,409
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,881,733
    Expenses
    $8,783,006
    Contributions
    $4,881,052
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,749,940
    Expenses
    $9,314,934
    Contributions
    $3,308,616
    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
    $9,649,220
    Expenses
    $9,300,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,091,104

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,640,293
    Expenses
    $3,926,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,466,227

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,900,289
    Expenses
    $9,143,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,443,682

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,260,849
    Expenses
    $10,793,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,305,637

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,508,072
    Expenses
    $9,994,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,277,841

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,237,837
    Expenses
    $10,034,994
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,657,272

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,075,774
    Expenses
    $9,386,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,529,726

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,424,989
    Expenses
    $8,168,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,304,936

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,192,057
    Expenses
    $8,174,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,259,704

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,787,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,760,049

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.