Public Charity

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $17.2M revenue, $22.4M expenses, $56.8M total assets. 95 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363467607 CHICAGO, IL Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$17.2M
Total Expenses$22.4M
Total Assets$56.8M
Grant Records95
Funding Total$10.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO CREATE VIVID, ENTERTAINING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES THAT INVIGORATE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IDENTITIES BY ILLUMINATING THE COMPLEXITY, AMBIGUITY, AND WONDER OF OUR WORLD. SHARED HUMANITY AND UNFORGETTABLE STORIES - NOW THIS IS CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE.

Where $100 goes at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

How Chicago Shakespeare Theater divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$81
A regional tony award recipient, Chicago Shakespeare Theater is a leading international theater company that has delivered excellent, powerful, life-changing theater for forty years
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 150,000 members; 300 performances; 50 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.

Sample Grants Received

2025
ARTS AND CULTURE
$10,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$218,100
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$159,316
2024
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$112,342
2024
HUMAN SERVICES
$104,750

Showing up to 5 of 95 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Aaron Hoffman
DIRECTOR Allan E Bulley Iii
DIRECTOR Ayodeji Ayodele
DIRECTOR Brayton B Alley
DIRECTOR Brian W Duwe
DIRECTOR Carole B Segal

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,075,086 45 grants
Arts & Culture
$2,202,979 28 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$441,500 1 grant
Education
$428,576 9 grants
Environment & Conservation
$401,224 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $17.2M $22.4M $56.8M
2024 $13.1M $18.0M $51.8M
2023 $16.1M $18.4M $54.8M
2022 $17.2M $12.5M $57.0M
2021 $8.3M $9.1M $58.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $8.3M to $17.2M (+108%), with total assets most recently reported at $56.8M.

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