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Ford's Theatre Society

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 52-6073157 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1967

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 51.8 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 5,209 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.55.0 months9
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.99% of practices99
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.17
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.57% from one source55
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.88.2%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.18not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$16.32M$17.06M−$740K$78.15M55.0263C
Aug 2024Form 990$26.39M$16.20M$10.20M$77.39M57.3296D
Aug 2023Form 990$14.21M$16.22M−$2.01M$64.88M48.0314C
Aug 2022Form 990$19.58M$15.19M$4.39M$65.97M52.1192D
Aug 2021Form 990$7.23M$8.43M−$1.20M$64.06M91.2220D
Aug 2020Form 990$25.94M$14.09M$11.84M$62.65M53.4298D
Aug 2019Form 990$17.90M$15.63M$2.26M$49.39M37.9318C
Aug 2018Form 990$12.57M$15.29M−$2.72M$46.90M36.8305C
Aug 2017Form 990$15.85M$15.49M$357K$49.01M38.0276B
Aug 2016Form 990$12.41M$12.50M−$89K$47.87M45.9299B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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