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Nonprofit · EIN 27-1595793

WAM THEATRE

Tax-exempt · LENOX, MA 01240

Financials

$520K$520K2023$375K$497K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WAM THEATRE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$374,709$497,352-$122,643$207,976$226,431-$18,455
December 31, 2023990$519,990$520,033-$43$337,149$232,961$104,188
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$284,504
of which government grants
$146,120
Program service revenue
$48,349
Investment income
$1,969
Net income from fundraising events
$10,118
Other revenue
$39,887

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$114,836
Other salaries and wages
$128,345
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$286,607
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$9,500
Occupancy
$21,075
Program services (functional)
$261,388
Management and general (functional)
$147,318
Fundraising (functional)
$88,646

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$337,149
Total assets, end of year
$207,976
Total liabilities, end of year
$226,431
Net assets, end of year
-$18,455
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$63,960
Net assets with donor restrictions
$45,505
Gross receipts
$385,783
Employees
33
Volunteers
25
Year formed
2010
State of legal domicile
MA

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
GENEE CORENOARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Officer
40$56,539$9,258
MOLLY MERRIHEWMANAGING DIRECTOR
Officer
40$44,841$937
KRISTEN VAN GINHOVEN-LEFT 11324ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Officer
0.5$3,289$66
ANTONIA BUCKLEYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
ERICA BARRETOVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
NICOLE YOUNG-MARTINTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
CAROLYN BUTLER-LEFT 12312024DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARGARET FLUER-LEFT 12012024DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
KIM STAUFFER-LEFT 1112024DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
RICHARD TOVELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
DEBORAH BROTHERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
DONNA HAGHIGHATDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANDREA NUNESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
EDEN-RENEE HAYESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
EDI PASALISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
2 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MOLLY HENNINGHAUSENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
SARAH LADUKEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KRISTEN VAN GINHOVENARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Officer
40$56,950$8,842
ANTONIA BUCKLEYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
ERICA BARRETOVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
NICOLE YOUNG MARTINTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
CAROLYN BUTLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARGARET FLUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
KIM STAUFFERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MEGAN SANDBERG-ZAKIANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
DEBORAH BROTHERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
DONNA HAGHIGHATDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANDREA NUNESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 712, LENOX, MA 01240-0712
In care of
% LEIGH STIMBECK
Mailing address (990-N for 2011)
7 Ichabod Road, Valatie NY 12184
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ANTONIA BUCKLEY, PO BOX 712, LENOX, MA 01240
Principal officer (990-N for 2011)
Kristen van Ginhoven, 440 Spring Street, Lee MA 01238
Signed the 990
ANTONIA BUCKLEY, PRESIDENT
Phone
(413) 274-8122
Return prepared by
ADELSON & COMPANY PC

Mission

WAM THEATRE ENGAGES COMMUNITY BY PRODUCING THEATRICAL EVENTS FOR EVERYONE AND DONATES A PORTION OF THEIR PROCEEDS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO BENEFIT THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WORLDWIDE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SEE SCHEDULE OPROGRAMMING MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES: EACH YEAR, WAM UNDERTAKES THE AMBITIOUS DOUBLE-GOAL OF PRODUCING A HIGH QUALITY THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, WHILE DONATING A PERCENTAGE OF THE BOX OFFICE REVENUE TO ONE OR MORE CHARITIES THAT SERVE THE UNMET NEEDS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS HERE IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND BEYOND.FRESH TAKES READING SERIES:CURATED BY WAM THEATRE'S ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, TALYA KINGSTON, FRESH TAKES GIVES A STAGE TO GROUND-BREAKING WORKS THAT TELL WOMEN'S STORIES ONSTAGE. THESE PLAYS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PRESENTED ELSEWHERE BUT ARE NEW TO BERKSHIRE AUDIENCES. EDUCATION PROGRAM:WAM HAS DEVELOPED AN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND GENERATIONS TO CULTIVATE THEIR OWN ASPIRATIONS THROUGH FOCUSED AND IMAGINATIVE EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES. ACCOUNTABILITY WORK: AS A CIVIC ORGANIZATION THAT EMBRACES INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM (FEMINISM THAT ACKNOWLEDGES HOW MULTIPLE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION OVERLAP), WAM UNDERSTANDS THAT TO ADDRESS ONE PIECE OF SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION MEANS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THEM ALL. THIS IS ON-GOING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL WORK AT WAM FOR THE STAFF AND BOARD. 2024 SEASON- THE SPRING WAS WELCOMED BY THE RETURN OF WAM'S FRESH TAKES PLAY READING SERIES. FRESH TAKES PRESENTED NEW WORKS BY WOMEN AND EXPLORED THE COMPLEX AND INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES THAT MAKE UP CONTEMPORARY AMERICA: IDENTITIES THAT PEOPLE PROJECT ONTO US, THE ONES THAT ARE HANDED DOWN TO US, AND THE ONES WE DECIDE OURSELVES. PERFORMED ON SUNDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL AT THE FOUNDRY IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE, THE PLAYS INCLUDED BE HERE NOW BY DEBORAH ZOE LAUFER AND FAR FAR BETTER THINGS BY GEETHA REDDY.- OUR SUMMER PROGRAM PRESENTED AT THE MOUNT IN LENOX WAS FRAGMENTS OF OUTSIDE - SECTIONS OF THE WORK CREATED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GENE CORENO. THE WORK GRAPPLES WITH INCREMENTAL CHANGES OF TIME AND THE FASTER MOVING CHANGES OF CLIMATE AND AN INWARD JOURNEY DURING A CLIMATE DISASTER INTERWOVEN WITH WOMEN'S SUBTERRANEAN JOURNEY THROUGH THE IDENTITIES OF MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE.- IN THE FALL, WAM PRODUCED A OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION GALILEO'S DAUGHTER AT THE ELAYNE P. BERNSTEIN THEATRE AT SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY. THIS SCRIPT HIGHLIGHTED THE STORY OF A FORGOTTEN WOMAN OF HISTORY THROUGH THE VIBRANT VOICE OF A CONTEMPORARY FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT. THIS PROJECT WAS PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL SQUARE THEATRE IN BOSTON ALLOWING US TO NOT ONLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE STORY, BUT TO CREATE DEEPER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE EXPERIENCES FOR ALL OF THE ARTISTS ON THE TEAM.- THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, WAM PROVIDED EQUITABLE PAID WORK TO MORE THAN 50+ DIVERSE THEATRE ARTISTS, CREATIVES, AND ARTS ADMINISTRATORS WHO CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED BY THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.- AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR CREATIVE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A CENTRAL PART OF WAM THEATRE'S ACTIVIST MISSION. IN 2023, FACILITATED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING: - TEEN ENSEMBLE: OVER SPRING BREAK, ENSEMBLE MEMBERS EMBARKED ON A CREATIVE PROJECT THAT VALUED PROCESS OVER PRODUCT. TOGETHER THEY EXPLORED INDIVIDUAL SELF-EXPRESSION, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH THEATRE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES. THEY PRESENTED THEIR WORK IN A SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE CALLED "SPILLING THE TEA"- ELDER ENSEMBLE: LOCAL WOMEN AGES 65+ FOSTERED DEEP CONNECTION AND SUPPORT WHILE EXPLORING THEMES OF AUTONOMY AND FREEDOM THROUGH DEVISED THEATRE.- FREE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND STORY CIRCLES: LAST AUTUMN, THE PUBLIC WAS INVITED TO GATHER AT THE WAM CREATIVE HUB AND ONLINE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROCESS OF DEVISING THEATRE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE WELCOMED TO WAM, WHERE THEY SHARED IDEAS, DREAMS, AND IMAGININGS, COLLECTIVELY ENVISIONING A BETTER TOMORROW. WE ALSO PRESENTED A BI-LINGUAL DEVISING WORKSHOP AND AN ONLINE DEVISING WORKSHOP TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY TO OFTEN UNDER REPRESENTED GROUPS.- IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES: OVER THE PAST SEASON, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND INITIATIVES AIMED AT REDUCING BARRIERS AND IMPROVING ACCESS FOR WAM AUDIENCES, AUDIENCES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS INCLUDES EXPANDING FINANCIALLY ACCESSIBLE TICKETING OPTIONS, EXPANDING CAREGIVER STIPENDS (FOR AUDITIONS, REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS) AND GROWING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AND AS WE WORKED TOWARD EVEN MORE EQUITABLE PAY.
    Expenses $261,388 · revenue $48,349

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
27-1595793
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2010
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$207,976
Income (IRS master file)
$385,783

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$374,709$497,352$207,976IRS
990December 2023$519,990$520,033$337,149XML
990December 2022$388,423$490,206$324,730IRS
990December 2021$451,699$424,632$420,209IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2011
Officer: Kristen van Ginhoven
December 31, 2011≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 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 (search EIN 27-1595793).

Questions about WAM THEATRE

What is the EIN of WAM THEATRE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WAM THEATRE is 27-1595793.
Is WAM THEATRE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
Are donations to WAM THEATRE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WAM THEATRE 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 WAM THEATRE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WAM THEATRE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of WAM THEATRE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ANTONIA BUCKLEY.
Who are the officers and directors of WAM THEATRE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 17 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $56,539 (GENEE CORENO, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does WAM THEATRE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $374,709, expenses of $497,352 and total assets of $207,976 at year end.

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