Public Charity

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, of BALTIMORE, MD, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.1M in revenue, $3.0M in expenses, $6.6M in total assets. 52 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 030418380 BALTIMORE, MD Performing Arts NTEE: A60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.1M
Total Expenses$3.0M
Total Assets$6.6M
Grant Records52
Funding Total$1.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY CREATES COMMUNITY THROUGH ENERGETIC, JOYFUL, AND ACCESSIBLE CLASSIC THEATRE, BRINGING OUR ART TO BALTIMORE, THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND BEYOND THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND COMPREHENSIBLE PRODUCTIONS OF SHAKESPEARE AND DYNAMIC, LIVELY, AND RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

Where $100 goes at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

How Chesapeake Shakespeare Company divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$64
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company annually offers 5-7 productions by shakespeare and other playwrights of classic stature
83% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 18,000 people; 1,000 individuals
$8
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company provides many entry points to the works of william shakespeare by offering a wide variety of educational activities including camps and classes for youth…
11% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 16,000 individuals; 3,700 youth
$5
Chesapeake shakespeare companys new multi-year initiative, shakespeare beyond, will bring traveling arts and cultural programming into neighborhoods across Baltimore and maryland in the form of free theatre performances…
6% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Bill Henry
TRUSTEE Calvin Young
TRUSTEE Earle Pratt
PRESIDENT Emily Rockefeller
TRUSTEE Geri Byrd
TRUSTEE & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ian Gallanar

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$973,146 33 grants
Arts & Culture
$233,247 4 grants
Unspecified
$385,247 13 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.1M $3.0M $6.6M
2024 $2.5M $2.9M $6.6M
2023 $2.5M $2.6M $7.0M
2022 $2.2M $1.9M $6.8M
2021 $2.7M $1.0M $6.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.7M to $3.1M (+17%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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