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. 94 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 530246894 WASHINGTON, DC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$28.2M
Total Expenses$30.0M
Total Assets$123.2M
Grant Records94
Funding Total$7.5M
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.

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

CULTURE & ARTS
$1,507,000 7 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$935,100 8 grants
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$717,000 2 grants
GENERAL SUPPORTING
$605,282 1 grant
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$475,143 8 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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