Public Charity

A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC

A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC is a Public Charity headquartered in SEATTLE, WA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.0M revenue, $7.8M expenses, $1.8M total assets. 150 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 910787792 SEATTLE, WA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.0M
Total Expenses$7.8M
Total Assets$1.8M
Grant Records150
Funding Total$7.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ORGANIZATION MISSION: ACT IS A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WHERE ARTISTIC AMBITION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT UNITE. ORGANIZATION VISION: ACT ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE THE POWER OF THEATRE EXPANDS OUR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY AND OUR OWN HUMANITY. FOUNDED IN 1965, ACT IS A SEATTLE LANDMARK AND HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE VITALITY OF SEATTLES DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARTS COMMUNITY. FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS VALUED AND ELEVATED THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS, FOSTERED COMMUNITY CONNECTION, AND TRANSFORMED INDIVIDUAL LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. ACT IS COMMITTED TO MAKING THEATRE AN ACT OF CITIZENSHIP BY ENGAGING AUDIENCES IN DIALOGUE ABOUT THE ISSUES OF OUR TIME AND CONNECTING AUTHENTICALLY WITH NEW AUDIENCES, PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITIES. ON JULY 1, 2025, SUBSEQUENT TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ACT MERGED WITH SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY TO FORM UNION ARTS CENTER.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Al Roundtree
GENERAL MANA Alyssa Montgomery
DIR. PEOPLE/ Astrid Riera
TRUSTEE Ben Spicer
TRUSTEE Bill Kuhn
TRUSTEE Bob Wright

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Top Grant Purposes

ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$1,690,050 8 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$1,379,477 16 grants
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT.
$1,023,500 43 grants
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
$862,000 21 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$730,980 9 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.0M $7.8M $1.8M
2024 $5.1M $6.4M $3.0M
2023 $5.7M $5.7M $3.9M
2022 $6.6M $5.0M $4.2M
2021 $1.5M $1.3M $3.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.5M to $5.0M (+236%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.8M.

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