Public Charity

WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION

WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $18.6M revenue, $16.0M expenses, $32.8M total assets. 35 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $716K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 231715152 PHILADELPHIA, PA Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$18.6M
Total Expenses$16.0M
Total Assets$32.8M
Grant Records35
Funding Total$716K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF WALNUT STREET THEATRE COMPANY IS TO SUSTAIN THE TRADITION OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS FUTURE VIABILITY AND VITALITY.IT DOES SO THROUGH:- THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE;- THE ENCOURAGEMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS;- THE CULTIVATION OF DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND THE PRESERVATION AND CHRONICLING OF ITS THEATRE BUILDING, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

Where $100 goes at Walnut Street Theatre Corporation

How Walnut Street Theatre Corporation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$21 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$69
Mainstage productions:during the 2024-25 season, Walnut Street Theatre mainstage productions welcomed 167,067 attendees, including 21,925 subscribers
94% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 167,067 attendees
$5
Theatre school:during the 2024-2025 season, our theatre school worked with 68 teaching artists and 1,238 students
6% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,238 students; 128 students; 12 performances
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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

PRESIDENT & PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIR Bernard Havard
BOARD MEMBER Daniel J Schuller
BOARD MEMBER David Wyher
BOARD MEMBER Ellen Tobie
BOARD CHAIR Francis Mirabello
BOARD MEMBER Gene Schriver

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Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$338,607 8 grants
General Support
$323,450 23 grants
Human & Social Services
$16,500 1 grant
Unspecified
$36,992 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $18.6M $16.0M $32.8M
2024 $13.6M $15.1M $30.7M
2023 $10.1M $13.7M $32.1M
2022 $14.9M $12.4M $36.0M
2021 $7.4M $4.7M $35.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $7.4M to $18.6M (+152%), with total assets most recently reported at $32.8M.

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

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