Profile produces a season of plays and community engagement activities centered on a single playwright whose vision broadens our perspective on the world and deepens our collective compassion.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$71K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$71K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $121K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$678K
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$486K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$425K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$678K
FY2021▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$644K
FY2021$678K
FY2022$720K
FY2023$862K
FY2024$741K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$486K
FY2021▼ -25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$647K
FY2021$486K
FY2022$836K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$758K
FY2025$900K
Net assets
$425K
FY2021▲ +82%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$234K
FY2021$425K
FY2022$309K
FY2023$163K
FY2024$145K
FY2025$331K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1997.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $305K Management & general 19% · $92K Fundraising 18% · $89K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $71K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Artistic Dir
$71,369Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Josh Hecht’s $76K as Artistic Dir is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Josh Hecht$75,917$74,096$72,272$72,272$71,369$61,250
Matthew Jones—————$26,084

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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2 programs · $305K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Profile theatre has an established record for cutting-edge production, and is the only theatre on the west coast dedicated to an in-depth exploration of the playwrights voice. Our signature programs are our main stage season of large scale productions; our in dialogue programs of lectures and concert stagings and cultural presentations…

$242Kprogram expense
02

Community Engagement

Through our community profile program, we select an underserved community with a particular affinity for the work on the main stage for a full year of creative engagement and community building through monthly writing workshops.

$63Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$678K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$571K
Other incomeLn 4–11$79K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Money outPt IX
$486K
Ln 25
Programscol B$305K
Managementcol C$92K
Fundraisingcol D$89K
Owns and owesPt X
$425K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$302K
Total assetsLn 16$461K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$571K
Government grantsLn 1e$68K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Other incomeLn 4–11$79K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$678K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$302K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$302K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$461K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
Net assetsLn 32$425K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 580
VolunteersI 660
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$145K$302K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$326K$461K
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K$35K
Net assetsLn 32$234K$425K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$75K$41K$15K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$219K$137K$25K$57K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$12K$3K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$18K$4K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$79K$59K$17K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$5K$6K$111
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$8K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$12K$4K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$1K$78
Total functional expensesLn 25$486K$305K$92K$89K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$900K$185K$331K 990 PDF
FY2024 $741K$758K−$18K$145K 990 PDF
FY2023 $862K$1.0M−$146K$163K 990 PDF
FY2022 $720K$836K−$116K$309K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $678K$486K$192K$425K 990 PDF
FY2020 $644K$647K−$2K$234K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $678,044 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $526,128$571,209
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $107,325$27,816
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $10,995$79,019
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $644,448$678,044
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $338,748$338,907
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $308,152$147,505
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $646,900$486,412
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,452$191,632
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $678,044 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$67,999
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$503,210
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,285
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$571,209
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,816$27,816
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $73,522$73,522
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,497$5,497
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $33,313 · Excluded from tax $73,522$678,044
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $486,412 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $41,131 · Management $14,957 · Fundraising $18,696$74,784
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $136,864 · Management $24,910 · Fundraising $56,773$218,547
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,714 · Management $3,065 · Fundraising $2,203$16,982
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,519 · Management $3,801 · Fundraising $7,274$28,594
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $59,101 · Management $17,497 · Fundraising $2,783$79,381
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,753$11,753
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,337 · Management $6,144 · Fundraising $111$11,592
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $8,000$8,000
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $10,200$10,200
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,433$1,433
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,237$5,237
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $11,560 · Management $3,524 · Fundraising $1,397$16,481
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,918 · Management $1,432 · Fundraising $78$3,428
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $304,897 · Management $92,200 · Fundraising $89,315$486,412
Part X · Balance sheet $460,784 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $145,345$302,123
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $156,492$137,392
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,800$7,948
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,928$7,754
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,933$5,567
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $326,498$460,784
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,373$23,196
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $71,764$8,940
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,860$3,265
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $92,747$35,401
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$10,299$183,083
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $244,050$242,300
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $233,751$425,383
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $326,498$460,784
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $425,383 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$678,044
XI-2 Total expenses$486,412
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$191,632
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$233,751
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$425,383

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