Spanish Theatre Repertory Co Ltd
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PRESENT, IN A ROTATING REPERTORY, THE FINEST LATIN AMERICAN, SPANISH, AND LATINO USA THEATRE AND TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICANS.
- Income
- $2.2 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 71%
- Reserves
- 26.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 32%
- Employees
- 173
- Volunteers
- 21
- Highest pay
- $142,613, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 26.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 12% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 29% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 35% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1571% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 24 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2519 of 20 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $2.0 million spent. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, SPANISH THEATRE REPERTORY COMPANY, LTD. (REPERTORIO ESPANOL), HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AN UNPARALLELED REPERTOIRE OF CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL PLAYS FROM SPAIN, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE HISPANIC-AMERICAN COMMUNITY; AND INSTILLING A SENSE OF PRIDE OF HERITAGE FOR ALL LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH ALL AMERICANS. IN FY2025, SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: - A REPERTORY OF CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PLAYS (9 PRODUCTIONS )- REPERTORIO OFFERED WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND PERFORMANCES OF REPERTORIO STAPLE PRODUCTIONS, REACHING ADULTS AND STUDENTS. AUDIENCES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA; MARCO A. RODRIGUEZ'S ADAPTATION OF JUNOT DIAZ'S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMA, "THE BRIEF AND WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO; FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA; JULIA ALVAREZ'S POWERFUL, "IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES; GUILLEM CLUA'S MOVING, "THE SWALLOW; ISABEL ALLENDES'S EVOKING, "EVA LUNA; MIGUEL DE CERVANTES'S TIMELESS, "DON QUIXOTE; FERNANDO SCHMIDT AND CHRISTIAN IBARZABAL'S COMEDY, "RODOJKA, I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU DIE; AND JAVIER AMBROSSI AND JAVIER CALVO'S MUSICAL, "THE CALLING."- THE PREMIERE OF "BROKEN LIVES" BY YESSI HERNANDEZ, A COLLABORATION WITH THE AUTHOR'S INDEPENDENT THEATER COMPANY, COREZON. WINNER OF REPERTORIO'S 2022 MIRANDA FAMILY VOCES LATINX/E NATIONAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION, THIS POWERFUL WORK EXPLORED THE DISPLACEMENT AND UNCERTAINTY FACED BY REFUGEES WITHOUT A COUNTRY TO CALL HOME, IMMERSING AUDIENCES IN THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL OF A REALITY EXPERIENCED BY MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. - THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF ALFREDO SANZOL'S "TENDERNESS" DIRECTED BY LEYMA LOPEZ. SET IN A MYTHICAL SHAKESPEAREAN-INSPIRED WORLD, THE COMEDY FEATURES A QUEEN AND HER DAUGHTERS WHO DETEST MEN AND ARE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND INHABITED ONLY BY MEN WHO EQUALLY DETEST WOMEN, EXPLORING THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND HUMAN CONNECTION. - A NEW PRODUCTION OF RENE MARQUES'S "THE MAIMED SUNS", TRANSPORTING AUDIENCES TO THE WORLD OF ONE OF PUERTO RICO'S MOST RENOWNED AND REVERED PLAYWRIGHTS. SET IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, AT THE CENTER OF THIS POWER DRAMA ARE THREE PATRICIAN SISTERS COPING WITH PUERTO RICO'S TRANSITION FROM A SPANISH COLONY TO A U.S.TERRITORY. MASTERFULLY STAGED BY JOSE ZAYAS, THIS PLAY, ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1958, RESONATED WITH AUDIENCES THROUGH ITS POIGNANT REFLECTION ON CULTURAL IDENTITY AND HUMAN RESILIENCE.- 73 SCHOOL-DAY MATINEE PERFORMANCES SCHOOLS. STUDENTS REPRESENTING OVER 280SCHOOL GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA EXPERIENCED SUCH BELOVED REPERTORIO PRODUCTIONS LIKE CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA," JUNOT DIAZ'S "THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO," FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, AND MIGUEL DE CERVANTES' "DON QUIXOTE." FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE 9,147 STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED, REPERTORIO REPRESENTED THEIR FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING LIVE THEATRE AND SEEING PLAYS REFLECTIVE OF THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE.- IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES AT DIFFERENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NYC, INCLUDING MS 188, MS 217, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESSES, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, LONG ISLAND CITY HS, STUDENTS LEARNED SCENE ANALYSIS, ACTING TECHNIQUES, IMPROVISATION, DRAMATIC STRUCTURE, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SKILLS, AS WELL AS HOW LITERATURE AND THEATRE RELATE TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THE RESIDENCES SERVED 286 STUDENTS.- 31 TOURING PERFORMANCES TO DIFFERENT VENUES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA ANDBEYOND. AMONG THE MANY COMMUNITIES WE SHARED OUR WORK WITH WERE STUDENTS,ADULTS, AND OLDER ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA AS PART OF THE LATINO THEATRE COMPANYENCUENTRO 2024 THEATRE FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER. JOINING 18 OTHER LATINX/E THEATRE COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS FESTIVAL PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR WORK TO NEW PEOPLE AND CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THEATRE ARTISTS AND LEADERS NATIONWIDE.- THE REPERTORIO VAN LIER ARTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM . THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDEDTWO EMERGING LATINX DIRECTORS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND HONE THEIR SKILLS. VAN LIER FELLOWS BIBIANA TORRES AND JEAN CARLO YUNEN AROSTEGUI CULMINATED THEIR TWO-YEAR JOURNEY AT REPERTORIO BY DIRECTING SPANISH GOLDEN AGE PLAYS, CHALLENGING THEIR RANGE AND ADDING DEPTH TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.IN ALL, REPERTORIO OFFERED 16 PRODUCTIONS AT ITS THEATRE (INCLUDING GUEST AND VAN LIER PRODUCTIONS), SERVING 21,817 ADULTS, STUDENTS, AND SENIORS AT ITS THEATRE, AND ANOTHER 2,885 PEOPLE ON TOUR.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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