2021-02-05T12:01:49-05:00 2020-06-30 743116770 Abercrombie and Associates LLC 8609 Second Avenue 507B Silver Spring MD 20910 990 2019-07-01 522102391 Young Playwrights Theater YOUN 6925 Willow Street NW Washington DC 20012 Brigitte Winter Executive Direc 2023879173 2021-02-05 true Tim Abercrombie P01254858 3015855050 2021-02-05 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Brigitte Winter 870616 false X www.youngplaywrightstheater.org X 1997 DC Young Playwrights Theater (YPT) is committed to using theater & writing to foster dialogue, arts education, literacy & conflict resolution in communities. 12 12 11 10 0 0 726194 763575 56656 100834 9221 5116 518 1091 792589 870616 0 0 529619 579172 18100 22500 110412 291108 254767 838827 856439 -46238 14177 706869 828216 55433 162603 651436 665613 X Young Playwrights Theater (YPT) is committed to using theater & writing to foster dialogue, arts education, literacy & conflict resolution in communities. true false 303973 SILENCE IS VIOLENCE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS: YPT is the only professional theater dedicated entirely to arts education & producing student-written work. Each year, YPT produces an Annual Performance Series of student-written plays, which are attended by 1,000 audience members from across the region. This series includes Special Projects focusing on mentoring young playwrights as they develop full-length plays for production as well as Silence is Violence (SiV), YPTs core annual production. SiV is YPTs most immediate & direct route of addressing social justice issues affecting Washington, DC area youth through performance & community dialogue. SiV serves as a means for young people to actively communicate their concerns through targeted dramatic writing workshops & community partnerships. With these young peoples permission, YPT shapes their words into a theatrical production, furthering YPTs vision that young peoples voices are both significant & powerful. 183111 IN-SCHOOL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM: YPTs In-School Playwriting Program (ISP) brings academically rigorous arts education workshops into classrooms at no cost to students or their families. ISP weaves the art of playwriting into school-day instruction, enhancing literacy, creative expression and communication. Over the course of 12 in-class workshops led by a professional YPT teaching artist, students explore the mechanics of language, drama and self-expression. The program culminates with each student writing their very own play, and YPT brings career actors into the classroom to perform these original pieces. Seeing professional artists bring their words to life is an empowering experience that shows young people what they have to say matters. 120140 34945 AFTER-SCHOOL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM: YPTs After-school Playwriting Program (ASP) invites students to continue their engagement with YPT beyond the school day to further develop their creative expression and writing skills in a safe, acedemically challenging after-school environment. The ASP provides ensemble-based creative writing and performance opportunities in students schools or communities. The Young Playwrights Guild is a specialized after-school program that meets at YPT headquarters weekly throughout the school year, engaging a core group of YPT alumni interested in writing their own full-length play. YPT also conducts a summer program, All the Worlds a Stage (ATWAS) at eight DC Public School summer sites serving youth identified as the highest-risk for learning loss. 66030 65889 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: YPT provides professional development for educators, school professionals and peer organizations through their Resilience in School Environments Understanding and Practice (RISE UP), their Creative Literacy and Storytelling Series (CLASS) and their Abolishing Racism and Oppression in the Workplace (AROW) program. Fulfilling YPTs dedication to teaching methods for developing students resilience through story-telling & theater, RISE UP is a learning session for educators using a trauma sensitive approach to interacting with students. YPTs CLASS program embeds a teaching artist in a classroom for a full year, working alongside an educator to integrate creative writing and artistic expression into lesson plans. YPT crafted AROW to support organizations in implementing meaningful anti-racist and anti-oppressive policies and procedures to ensure that all the institutions that our students interact with are as safe as possible. 66030 65889 673254 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 42 0 true 11 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false MD VA X X Brigitte Winter 2023879173 6925 Willow Street NW Washington DC 20012 Glenn Greene Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Deven Comen Vice Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ben-James Brown Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Anne Eigeman Secretary 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Walt Derengowski Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 K Michelle Walters Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cecilia Majors Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lemar White Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Rawls Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Johnny Walker Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Feeko Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Roxanne Garza Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brigitte Winter Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 93000 0 5907 93000 0 5907 0 false false false 211 237933 525431 763575 Program fees 900099 100834 100834 100834 5116 5116 Other income 900099 1091 1091 1091 870616 100834 0 6207 X 100907 75680 10091 15136 408382 346759 19847 41776 28003 23680 1428 2895 41880 34763 2451 4666 27479 27479 22500 22500 87323 76486 3541 7296 30454 26214 1415 2825 10388 8419 796 1173 83767 69906 4758 9103 767 728 14 25 1060 881 61 118 3572 2965 209 398 7204 5980 420 804 Dues and subscriptions 2753 793 263 1697 856439 673254 72773 110412 X 85634 251930 366799 371915 193699 141637 17254 26340 18597 15080 33083 24271 12384 8812 12502 12502 706869 828216 21202 23907 300 99523 34231 38873 55433 162603 X 500153 566613 151283 99000 651436 665613 706869 828216 14177 0 X false true X true false X 587001 655263 534110 726194 763575 3266143 587001 655263 534110 726194 763575 3266143 226452 3039691 1724 2909 7012 9221 5116 25982 610 518 1091 2219 3294344 451434 0.92270 0.91770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 33083 24271 8812 8812 Deferred rent 38873 38873 X 871816 1200 1200 870616 870616 857639 1200 1200 856439 856439 Footnote for uncertain tax position under FIN 48 (Part X) The material jurisdictions subject to potential examination by taxing authorities are the U.S. and the District of Columbia. The Board does not believe that the ultimate outcome of any future examinations of open tax years will have a material impact on YPTs results of operations. Tax years that remain subject to examination by the IRS are 2016 through 2019. X X X X X X true Julia Howell Barros 1111 Buchanan Street NW Washington DC 20011 fundraising consultant false 22500 -22500 22500 -22500 DC MD VA Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Form 990 is submitted electronically to all members of the governing body for comment and approval before filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The Board conducts annual reviews of compensation of officers and directors and any other transaction or arrangement that might involve a conflict of interest. When a conflict of interest is disclosed the Board member involved recuses himself/herself, and the other Board members vote on the matter considering the organizations best interest. If the Board has reasonable cause to believe a director or officer has failed to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest it shall inform the members and may take such action as it deems appropriate, including removal of the officer or director from office. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a The YPT Board annually reviews the compensation of YPTs Executive Director and ensures that compensation is consistent with compensation levels of other nonprofit organizations of similar scale and purpose, using published data from reputable sources such as Guidestar and Charity Navigator. The board reviews the Executive Directors salary annually, and approves salary changes in the final board meeting of each fiscal year. Salary decisions are documented in the board minutes. The Executive Directors salary was last reviewed in June 2020. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 YPTs governing documents and conflict of interest policy are provided digitally or in hard copy to the public on demand. YPTs annual tax returns are publicly available on Guidestar, and YPT shares annual financial reports with key stakeholders through an annual report mailed directly to funders and donors at the end of each calendar year. Digital versions of YPTs annual reports are also available for public download. Significant program services not listed on prior year return Part III line 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: YPT provides professional development for educators, school professionals and peer organizations through their Resilience in School Environments Understanding and Practice (RISE UP), their Creative Literacy and Storytelling Series (CLASS) and their Abolishing Racism and Oppression in the Workplace (AROW) program. Fulfilling YPTs dedication to teaching methods for developing students resilience through story-telling & theater, RISE UP is a learning session for educators using a trauma sensitive approach to interacting with students. YPTs CLASS program embeds a teaching artist in a classroom for a full year, working alongside an educator to integrate creative writing and artistic expression into lesson plans. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (continued): YPT crafted AROW to support organizations in implementing meaningful anti-racist and anti-oppressive policies and procedures to ensure that all the institutions that our students interact with are as safe as possible. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g Other fees for services consist of contracted artists ($53,511 program), staff development and communications/marketing consultants ($22,975 program, $1,267 management & general, $7,296 fundraising), payroll services ($2,274 management & general). Balance Sheet Part X SBA Paycheck Protection Progam Loan: YPT obtained an SBA Paycheck Protection Program loan on April 20, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and intends to comply with the loan requirements so that the loan is fully forgiven.