Public Charity

WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC

WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $28.2M in revenue, $30.0M in expenses, $123.2M in total assets. 97 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 530246894 WASHINGTON, DC Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$28.2M
Total Expenses$30.0M
Total Assets$123.2M
Grant Records97
Funding Total$7.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY IN DRAMA; PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE IN, AND THE FACILITIES FOR, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND PRESENTATION OF DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS; AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF THE FOREGOING BY EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION.

Where $100 goes at Washington Drama Society Inc

How Washington Drama Society Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
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All program spending · Reported in the filing: 303 campers; 34 teachers; 26 schools
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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

VICE CHAIR Alethia Jackson
LEADERSHIP OFFICE MGR/SECRETARY Alison Irvin
TRUSTEE Andrew R Ammerman
TRUSTEE Anthony Coley
LIFE TRUSTEE (TO 5/2025) Beth Newburger Schwartz
TRUSTEE B Thomas Mansbach

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,662,298 64 grants
Arts & Culture
$2,310,918 23 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$380,000 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$142,477 1 grant
Youth Development
$14,200 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $28.2M $30.0M $123.2M
2024 $63.9M $26.4M $124.8M
2023 $29.8M $25.9M $145.6M
2022 $19.3M $22.1M $143.5M
2021 $10.9M $13.5M $149.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $10.9M to $28.2M (+159%), with total assets most recently reported at $123.2M.

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