Nonprofit · EIN 58-1404045
ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30308
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,987,903 | $2,127,238 | -$139,335 | $3,906,625 | $509,136 | $3,397,489 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,996,317 | $2,165,856 | -$169,539 | $4,052,034 | $517,728 | $3,534,306 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,813,642 | $2,015,350 | -$201,708 | $4,277,624 | $566,835 | $3,710,789 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $704,103
- of which government grants
- $128,710
- Program service revenue
- $1,099,192
- Investment income
- $35,012
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$1,967
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $149,596
- Other revenue
- $149,596
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $247,181
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,172,957
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,532,450
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $1,300
- Accounting fees
- $24,290
- Occupancy
- $59,892
- Travel
- $18,695
- Depreciation
- $87,095
- Program services (functional)
- $1,745,852
- Management and general (functional)
- $289,039
- Fundraising (functional)
- $92,347
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,052,034
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,906,625
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $509,136
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,397,489
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,895,559
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,357,489
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $40,000
- Gross receipts
- $2,166,521
- Employees
- 125
- Volunteers
- 640
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- GA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFREY WATKINS | PRESIDENT/ART DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $93,274 |
| LAURA COLE | EDUCATION DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $67,000 |
| JOE ROSSIDIVITO | COMPANY MANAGER Officer | 50 | $66,227 |
| JAY ROOD | ADMIN DIRECTOR Officer | 2 | $14,190 |
| P EDWARD NORTHEN | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PATRICIA GRIFFITH | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KURT KUEHN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ANTHONY COULTER | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RICK HERNANDEZ | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROHINI GUPTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAMOURT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| FOSTER FINLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PALMER | BOARD MEMBER THRU 08/2025 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFREY WATKINS | PRESIDENT/ART DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $92,530 |
| LAURA COLE | EDUCATION DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $65,565 |
| JOE ROSSIDIVITO | COMPANY MANAGER Officer | 50 | $65,045 |
| JAY ROOD | ADMIN DIRECTOR Officer | 2 | $7,640 |
| P EDWARD NORTHEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PALMER | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RICK HERNANDEZ | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KURT KUEHN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELLEN BEARD | BOARD MEMBER THROUGH MAY 2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PATRICIA GRIFFITH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROHINI GUPTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAMOURT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANTHONY COULTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| FOSTER FINLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFREY WATKINS | PRESIDENT/ART DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $92,480 | $0 |
| LAURA COLE | EDUCATION DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $57,740 | $8,826 |
| JOE ROSSIDIVITO | COMPANY MANAGER Officer | 50 | $56,140 | $8,669 |
| JAY ROOD | ADMIN DIRECTOR Officer | 2 | $2,840 | $0 |
| P EDWARD NORTHEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PALMER | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RICK HERNANDEZ | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT KUEHN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLEN BEARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICIA GRIFFITH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SHARON COLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROHINI GUPTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAMOURT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 499 PEACHTREE ST NE, ATLANTA, GA 30308-3102
- In care of
- % JEFFREY WATKINS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JEFFREY WATKINS, 499 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
- Signed the 990
- JEFFREY WATKINS, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (404) 874-5299
- Website
- www.shakespearetavern.com
- Return prepared by
- SMITH & HOWARD ADVISORY LLC
Mission
PRODUCTION OF LIVE THEATER PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATION
Program accomplishments
- Atlanta Shakespeare company (ASC) is in production 51 weeks out of the year, presenting a different play every month, for a total of 268 mainstage performances and 59 offsite performances. We presented seven plays by Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Hamlet, Love's Labor's Lost, Twelfth Night, and The Comedy of Errors. We also presented A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by The Reduced Shakespeare Company and The African Company Presents Richard III by Carlyle Brown. We presented two co-productions: Claire Martin's Pride and Prejudice with Belle Esprit and Benedetto Robinson's Dracula, the Failings of Man with Havoc Movement Company. We also presented eight special events including a staged reading of A Room in the Castle by Lauren Gunderson and hosted performances by Belle Esprit Theatre Collective and Destination Theatre. Total attendance was 52,391, of which 21,573 were students. Our audience came from 94 counties in Georgia, 49 states (plus DC) and 13 foreign countries.Expenses $1,745,852 · revenue $1,099,192
- Our Educational programming includes our Shakespeare:60 series, and our Shakespeare Junior shows as well as in-class Playshops, school-day Residencies, Summer camps for rising 2nd to rising 8th grade, and in-house homeschool "Shakesploration" Days. Our 60-minute digital productions include R&J:60, Macbeth:60 and Othello. We offer digital study guides for every core curriculum play and provide professional learning workshops for teachers. During 2024-2025, we offered student matinee performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Benedetto Robinson's Dracula, the Failings of Man, Hamlet, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Claire F. Martin's Pride and Prejudice. We employed five Interns/assistant teachers in our summer camp and teen summer programming. The Apprentice Company, our professional training program, employed eight Apprentices, typically young artists who are within five years of undergraduate training. This program runs from September to April, and the Apprentices take classes in Acting, Shakespearean Text, Stage Combat, Voice for the stage, and other essential professional Theater Skills. They perform professionally on the Main Stage, understudy certain roles, and the program culminates with an evening of Shakespeare scenes, music and stage combat, performed for friends, family, Tavern staff and the public.
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 58-1404045
- 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
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A650)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,906,625
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,166,521
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,987,903 | $2,127,238 | $3,906,625 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,996,317 | $2,165,856 | $4,052,034 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,813,642 | $2,015,350 | $4,277,624 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,270,679 | $1,889,925 | $4,524,835 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 58-1404045).
Questions about ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
- What is the EIN of ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY is 58-1404045.
- Is ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 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 ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JEFFREY WATKINS.
- Who are the officers and directors of ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 13 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $93,274 (JEFFREY WATKINS, PRESIDENT/ART DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,987,903, expenses of $2,127,238 and total assets of $3,906,625 at year end.
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