Nonprofit · EIN 13-3787877
ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10012
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,099,448 | $1,041,747 | $57,701 | $902,159 | $47,757 | $854,402 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $523,996
- of which government grants
- $86,205
- Program service revenue
- $526,413
- Investment income
- $20,331
- Royalties
- $28,321
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $357
- Other revenue
- $28,708
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $124,905
- Other salaries and wages
- $497,928
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $752,475
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $7,150
- Occupancy
- $34,513
- Travel
- $45,269
- Depreciation
- $17,136
- Program services (functional)
- $806,177
- Management and general (functional)
- $86,311
- Fundraising (functional)
- $149,259
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $890,056
- Total assets, end of year
- $902,159
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $47,757
- Net assets, end of year
- $854,402
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $41,779
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $795,047
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $59,355
- Gross receipts
- $1,235,928
- Employees
- 46
- Volunteers
- 23
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Collins | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $99,575 | $10,802 |
| Arthur Aufses | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Bodow | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Zoe Rotter | Vice-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Wilson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kenneth Cera | Vice-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Clifford Fritz Michel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne Stringfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Greig Sargeant | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Doug Curtis | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Gilbert | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Kim | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Eddy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Clay Ballard | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lucy Mallett | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Stasiulatis | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Ira Simmonds | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Liftin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 47 GREAT JONES ST FL 3, NEW YORK, NY 10012-1196
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- John Collins, 47 Great Jones St Fl 3, New York, NY 10012
- Signed the 990
- John Collins, President
- Phone
- (212) 254-3137
- Return prepared by
- Mary G Sormeley CPA
Mission
Elevator Repair Service Theater, Inc.'s artistic mission is to create original works, with a consistent ensemble, that explore and challenge the fundamentals of live performance.
Program accomplishments
- Throughout the 2025 fiscal year, Elevator Repair Service Theater (ERS) fulfilled its mission of creating original works with an ongoing ensemble that explore and challenge the fundamentals of live performance. In the past 12 months, ERS continued development of our new work, Ulysses, internationally performed Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, revived our most famous work, Gatz, and engaged in additional ancillary activities to further bolster our cultural and educational partnerships and increase audience engagement.In November of 2024, ERS remounted a sold-out 19-performance run of Gatz, our 8-hour-long word-for-word enactment of The Great Gatsby, at The Public Theater in New York City. Two decades after its original NYC premiere, Gatz still drew interest and acclaim, and we have received renewed touring interest in the production following this engagement. Ulysses is ERSs take on James Joyce's iconic modernist novel. ERS has a successful history of reinvigorating and bringing new perspectives to pieces of classic literature, and our goal in presenting Ulysses is to transform the notoriously inaccessible text into a performance piece that is both accessible and compelling to a broader audience. Following a world premiere at Bards SummerScape festival in June/July 2024 that received a New York Times Critics Pick, ERS continued to develop the work with engagements at FringeArts in Philadelphia, PA, in September 2024, UMS (University of Michigan) in Ann Arbor, MI, in October 2024, and UCLA in Los Angeles, CA, in April 2025. Altogether, ERS had the opportunity to perform Ulysses for more than 2,500 audience members in FY25. Later in April 2025, ERSs original production Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge toured to the FIND Festival in Berlin, Germany, for four performances. BBAC is a verbatim depiction of a debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr. at Cambridge University. The piece is a new staging of the text of the 1965 debate whose subject - "The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro" is as relevant today as it was almost 60 years ago.ERS has also recently participated in ancillary activities in collaboration with other artistic and cultural organizations. In March 2025, ERS collaborated with the James Joyce Society on a free public reading of Exiles, the only play written by James Joyce. Additionally, in December 2024, ERS Artistic Director John Collins and longtime ERS company member Scott Shepherd visited students at The New School to discuss ERS and the development of Ulysses. These ancillary activities allow us to reach broader audiences and interact with groups that may not traditionally attend live theater.Expenses $806,177 · revenue $526,413
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-3787877
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1996
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A650)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $902,159
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,235,928
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2024 | $1,005,955 | $997,357 | $890,056 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2023 | $755,490 | $839,371 | $900,413 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2022 | $1,339,186 | $1,104,619 | $951,372 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.
Questions about ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC
- What is the EIN of ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC is 13-3787877.
- Is ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
- Are donations to ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names John Collins.
- Who are the officers and directors of ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $99,575 (John Collins, President).
- How much revenue does ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,099,448, expenses of $1,041,747 and total assets of $902,159 at year end.
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