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1 Richmond Triangle Players General Information Contact Information Nonprofit Richmond Triangle Players Address 1300 Altamont Avenue Richmond, VA Phone Fax Web Site Facebook facebook.com/rtriangle At A Glance Year of Incorporation 1994 Organization's type of tax exempt status Public Supported Charity 1

2 Statements & Search Criteria Mission Richmond Triangle Players delivers adventurous and entertaining theater as the leading voice in the community's explorations of equality, identity, affection and family, across sexual orientation and gender spectrums. OUR GOALS: To produce and present exemplary theater works, including new and original works, that are worthy of national / international recognition. To broaden the exposure, appeal and relevance of RTP's programming. To control mission delivery through careful and disciplined asset management and fiscal planning. Background THEN: WHERE WE HAVE BEEN In 1992 Steve J. Earle, Michael Gooding and Marcus Miller got together to produce a three night run of one-act plays called Safe Sex based on Harvey Fierstein's trilogy. The objective was to raise money for the AIDS crisis, which after 10 years of incubation in big cities, was then reaching serious proportions and looming large in the consciousness of Richmond. Thus was born Richmond Triangle Players. For 15 years RTP's home at Fieldens Cabaret Theatre was a cozy theater with a postage-stamp stage, on the top floor of a popular late-night club. The intimacy and atmosphere of the Fieldens space played a unique role in RTP's history and artistic identity, as did its discomforts. Amenities were few. Access was difficult with steep stairs and no elevator, and restrooms were rudimentary. Heating and cooling were problematic. Overhead costs were modest, but options were limited. Success and growing audiences told us it was time for a new home. Inspired by the vision outlined at RTP's 15th Anniversary Gala in September 2007, and the offer of a property that might provide a permanent home that the company could afford, RTP's Board of Directors conducted due diligence on feasibility and the significant renovations needed to create a functional theater. The rental costs at the proferred space were below market rate; RTP would assume normal utility and other monthly costs, as well as raise funds to support the necessary renovations. Well-known Richmond architects and contractors pledged their support. Board members and supporters volunteered their legal, renovation and business expertise. NOW: WHERE WE ARE Despite the nation's worst financial downturn in half a century, funds were raised, and construction began. Finally, renovations were finished, final inspections were completed and on February 10, 2010, Richmond Triangle Players opened its inaugural production, Facing East, in its wonderful new theater at 1300 Altamont Avenue. Once thought of as merely a fringe theater, Richmond Triangle Players now not only contributes to the city's cultural life on a par with any other theater in town, but is looked upon as a leader in the theatrical community. This remarkable transformation is due to careful oversight by its passionately committed staff and Board, and the company's planning processes, which have re-affirmed RTP's 23-year mission, and refined its vision and goals. Impact It is hard to imagine that any other theater in Richmond has made a more continued, positive and transformational change than Richmond Triangle Players has made in the last six years. Just that short time ago, RTP vacated the crumbling building in which its theater was housed and renovated an old radiator shop into a warm and inviting new venue. Since opening its theater at 1300 Altamont Avenue, Richmond Triangle Players has gone from being a fringe theater, playing to a limited audience, to one of the leading theaters in our area. As its mission statement outlines, RTP delivers adventurous and entertaining theater as the leading voice in the community's explorations of equality, identity, affection and family, across sexual orientation and gender spectrums. In those same six years, RTP also has won acclaim from its growing and diverse audiences, as well as from the Richmond Theatre Critics Circle, with almost 100 Best nominations, the inaugural People's Choice Award, and Awards for Best Play and Best Musical twice each. Richmond Triangle Players has also maintained a commitment to diversity in programming, not only producing an annual series of plays, but in opening its doors to support other theaters, in collaborating on new events and programs, and in showcasing some of the country's most celebrated cabaret artists on its stage. In the past year alone, there have been over 180 performances at Richmond Triangle Players, enjoyed by just over 10,000 enthusiastic patrons. RTP has maintained this level of operations while keeping its mind on its finances, and exercising great fiduciary restraint. In fact, RTP has achieved all this with only two full-time employee (its Executive Director and Associate Production Director), its contracted paid actors, stage artists, and technicians, a few part-time hourly employees, and many dedicated volunteers. In two years, Richmond Triangle Players will celebrate its 25th Anniversary, an impending milestone that is now the cornerstone of our strategic thinking and planning. 2

3 Needs Since 2010, RTP has literally transformed itself into a much different organization, with a greater need for support and institutional capacity -- including a larger Board, committed volunteers, and donors. The company maintains its emphasis on long-range planning and capacity building, both in the size and skill set of the Board of Directors, as well as better work systems for the professional staff. Fundraising will be aggressive, as will an increased marketing and publicity push for ticket sales and overall attendance. Areas Of Service Areas Served Areas Metro Richmond Tri-cities Region Richmond, City Ashland Chester Chesterfield County Colonial Heights, City Dinwiddie County Ettrick Goochland County Hanover County Henrico County Hopewell, City Matoaka Petersburg, City Powhatan County Prince George County Sussex County Charles City County Gloucester County King and Queen County Lancaster County Louisa County Mathews County Middlesex County New Kent County Northumberland County Charlottesville-Albermarle Hampton Roads Northern Neck Statewide Service Categories 3

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5 Programs Programs Subscription Season Description Richmond Triangle Players will present five plays in its subscription season. Those include Topher Payne's comedy about the 1950s Red (or in this case Pink) Scare, Perfect Arrangement, a revival of our smash hit holiday show Scrooge in Rouge (last performed in 2009 and featuring the entire original cast), Tarell Alvin McCraney's riveting Choir Boy, produced in association with Heritage Theatre Ensemble, the family drama A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle, and the Broadway musical about the wildest wedding you've ever attended, It Should Been You. Complementing these works is our Sister Series of plays, six shows which will play in staged reading form, just two nights each. Budget $274, Long term Success Certainly, success is measured by achieving goals for attendance, ticket sales and contributed income. RTP is proud that our audience is made up not only the LGBT community, but by a larger mainstream audience as well. We are equally proud that we have established in Richmond, Virginia the only full-time theater company in the mid-atlantic region presenting works of relevance to LGBT issues, and one with a national reputation. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. We feel we must represent the LGBT community to the wider Richmond audience with a positive, educational and entertaining spirit. Our programs and service are evaluated annually by our Board, and we actively listen to our audience. Collaborations, Cabarets and Rentals Description In addition to producing six plays of its own each season, RTP has coproduced works with Petersburg's Sycamore Rouge and Charlottesville's Piedmont Virginia Community College; collaborated twice with Henley Street Theater and Richmond Shakespeare (now Quill Theatre) on works produced at RTP; has incubated theater companies Cadence Theater Company, 5th Wall Theatre Project and Stage B Productions, by providing them a venue in which to produce some of their first works; co-produced with TheatreLAB, with whom they have just launched a landmark educational and performance program for LGBTQQIA youth; housed performances by the Richmond Men's Chorus, Puppets Off Broad Street and K Dance, as well as comedy groups, burlesque troupes and local singers; launched a staged reading series; and presented films. Since 2010, Richmond Triangle Players has presented internationally known acts such as Steven Brinberg is Simply Barbra; It's Madame with an E, and Tommy Femia and Rick Skye as Judy and Liza Together Again, Tom Judson in Canned Ham, and the world premiere of Alan Palmer's The Fabulous Divas of Hollywood, prior to its appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. RTP has also preseented sell-out shows by local cabaret artists, including Georgia Rogers Farmer, Chris Hester, Jason Marks, Gaye Abegdalola and Scott Wichmann, Budget $11,

6 Educational Programming Description Richmond Triangle Players, in collaboration with TheatreLAB, is proud to produce SPECTRUM, a program for LGBTQ teens and allies that promotes acceptance and well-being through the creation of a theatrical work based on the students own stories -- of coming out, of bullying and survival, of family and friends. We also collaborated on a work with the Virginia Ant-Violence Project, specifically aimed at ending anti-lgbtq violence. Budget $10, Strategy 6

7 Board & Governance Board Chair Board Chair Brian Keller Company Affiliation McKesson Term July 2018 to June Board Members Name Affiliation Status Maggi Beckstoffer MBM Marketing Voting Kia Bentley VCU Dept of Social Work Voting Philip Crosby Managing Director Exofficio Sam Daniel Daniel & Co. Voting Julia Flenner Wells Fargo Voting April Haynes Altria Voting Brian Keller McKesson Voting Michael Kilbourne DDS Community Volunteer Voting Michael Maddix Michael Maddix Home Staging Voting Barbara McCarthy Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired Voting David Peake Real Estate Voting Erinn Perry Progressive Insurance Voting Jackson Scott iheart Radio Voting Jean Segner SunTrust Voting Derek Smith Virginia Estate Planning Voting George M. Smith B&B Printing Voting Melissa Terrell Commonwealth of Virginia Voting Jeff Wells Owner, Maury Place Voting Board Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 0 Asian American/Pacific Islander 0 Caucasian 19 Hispanic/Latino 0 Native American/American Indian 1 Board Demographics - Gender Male 12 Female 8 7

8 Unspecified 0 Governance Board Term Lengths 3 Board Term Limits 3 Board Meeting Attendance % 90 Written Board Selection Criteria? Written Conflict of Interest Policy? Percentage Making Monetary Contributions 100 Percentage Making In-Kind Contributions 50 Number of Full Board Meetings Annually 10 Standing Committees Executive Finance Nominating Program / Program Planning 8

9 Management Executive Director/CEO Executive Director Philip Crosby Term Start July Experience Philip Crosby brings to his work thirty years of professional experience with nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. He is proud to have increased revenue at every organization with which he been associated. As Marketing Director for Cleveland's Great Lakes Theater Festival, he designed and implemented a three-year marketing and visibility campaign for the company, resulting in a 26% increase in the theater's subscription base and a 44% increase in overall attendance. He also worked as an important member of the theater's strategic planning team, designing long-term financial strategies and objectives, facilitating trustee and staff input, and establishing tools and resources needed for the plan's implementation. As Director of Revenue for Richmond Ballet, he supervised all earned and contributed revenue operations, increasing total ticket sales for The Nutcracker by over 40% and bringing in over $2.5 million in total revenue each year. As Development Director for TheatreVirginia, he doubled individual annual giving, and obtained special funding to upgrade the theater's outdated lighting and sound systems. During his career, he has had the great good fortune to work with some of the most celebrated names in theatre, film and dance, including Tom Hanks, Olympia Dukakis, Hal Holbrook, Alfred Drake, George Abbott, Ruby Dee, Graciela Daniele, Gerald Freedman, Bart Cook and Maria Calegari. He has served as a panelist and conference speaker for the Virginia Commission for the Arts, where he also helped craft the guidelines for the Technology Enhancement program. He holds a BS in Speech from Northwestern University. Former CEOs Name Term Michael Gooding Sept June 2009 Senior Staff Name John MacLellan Dexter Ramey Lucian Restivo Savita Sinha Title Graphic Design and Photography Volunteer Coordinator Production Manager Hospitality Manager Staff Full Time Staff 2 Part Time Staff 1 Volunteers 50 Contractors 50 Retention Rate 100 Plans Organization has a Fundraising Plan? 9

10 Organization has a Strategic Plan? Years Strategic Plan Considers 3 Management Succession Plan? Organization Policy and Procedures Nondiscrimination Policy Whistleblower Policy Document Destruction Policy Directors and Officers Insurance Policy No No No No No Collaborations In addition to producing five to six plays in its annual subscription season, RTP has co-produced works with Petersburg's Sycamore Rouge and Charlottesville's Piedmont Virginia Community College; collaborated twice with Henley Street Theater / Richmond Shakespeare on works produced at RTP; has incubated two new theater companies, Cadence Theater Company and Stage B Productions, by providing them a venue in which to produce some of their first works; co-produced a production with TheatreLAB, with whom they have just launched a landmark educational and performance program called SPECTRUM for LGBTQQIA youth; housed performances by the Richmond Men's Chorus, as well as comedy groups, burlesque troupes and local singers; launched a staged reading series; and presented films and internationally-known cabaret performers. Richmond Triangle Players also plays a central role in Richmond Region Tourism's Rainbow Over Richmond campaign (now being re-launched at OutRVA), which attracts tourists and travel writers from all over the East Coast to visit our city (many of whom also attend performances at RTP), and has hosted three charettes led by Richmond City Council President Charles Samuels on Boulevard corridor improvements. Affiliations Affiliation Year ConnectRichmond 2009 CultureWorks 2009 HandsOn Greater Richmond 2009 Greater Richmond Visitors Bureau 2009 Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence 2009 Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations 2009 Awards Awards 10

11 Award/Recognition Organization Year Best Musical - [title of show] Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2011 Best Play - The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Peopl's Choice Award - This Beautkiful City Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2011 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2011 Best Play - Take Me Out Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2010 Best Supporting Actor - Jimmy Glidden, Take Me Out Best Supporting Actor, Musical - Andrew Hamm, This Beautiful City Liz Marks Award for Outstanding Contribution to Richmond Theater - Michael Gooding, Jay McCullough & Don Warren Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2010 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2011 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2011 Best Musical - bare: a pop opera Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2013 Best Director (Musical) - Justin Amellio, bare: a pop opera Best Supporting Actress, Musical - Kelsey Cordrey, bare: a pop opera Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design - Thomas Hammond, Howard Crabtree's Whoop Dee Doo! Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - Joey Luck, Cabaret Best Supporting Actor, Musical - Doug Schneider, Cabaret Best Supporting Actress, Musical - Jeanie Rule, Cabaret Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2013 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2013 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2013 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2014 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2014 Richmond Theatre Critics Award 2014 Best Local Theatre Company STYLE WEEKLY 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - Joey Luck, Psycho Beach Party Richmond Theatre Critics Award

12 Financials Fiscal Year July Fiscal Year 2017 Projected Revenue $358, Projected Expenses $352, Endowment Value 0 Spending Policy N/A Percentage (if selected) 0% s Form 900 Detailed Financials Revenue and Expenses Fiscal Year Total Revenue $568,779 $1,055,631 $392,246 Total Expenses $434,117 $314,475 $369,422 Revenue Sources 12

13 Fiscal Year Foundation and Corporation -- $303, Contributions Government Contributions $11,700 $21,645 $14,500 Federal State $11,700 $21, Local Unspecified $14,500 Individual Contributions $311,202 $544,049 $167,585 Indirect Public Support Earned Revenue $206,030 $131,911 $167,365 Investment Income, Net of Losses $310 $105 $38 Membership Dues Special Events Revenue In-Kind -- $25, Other $39,537 $28,501 $42,758 Expense Allocation Fiscal Year Program Expense $355,690 $229,103 $274,671 Administration Expense $64,473 $71,052 $82,636 Fundraising Expense $13,954 $14,320 $12,115 Payments to Affiliates Total Revenue/Total Expenses Program Expense/Total Expenses 82% 73% 74% Fundraising Expense/Contributed Revenue 4% 2% 7% Assets and Liabilities Fiscal Year Total Assets $1,247,980 $916,657 $247,831 Current Assets $562,152 $737,837 $71,854 Long-Term Liabilities $157,516 $0 $55,657 Current Liabilities $79,057 $39,912 $56,585 Total Net Assets $1,011,407 $876,745 $135,589 Short Term Solvency Fiscal Year Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities Long Term Solvency Fiscal Year Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets 13% 0% 22% Top Funding Sources Fiscal Year Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Capital Campaign Currently in a Capital Campaign? 13

14 Campaign Purpose Continued Renovations and Purchase of our building at 1300 Altamont Avenue. Goal Dates Jan 2015 to June 2019 Amount Raised To Date as of June 2011 Capital Campaign Anticipated in Next 5 Years? State Charitable Solicitaions Permit Permit? Nov 2017 Registration 0 Comments Foundation Comments Financial information provided from IRS 990s.IRS 990 for FY 2011 and 2010 prepared by Wells, Coleman & Company.FY prepared by Philip Crosby, the current Managing Director.Revenue from "Individuals" also includes corporate and foundation support. Created Copyright 2018 The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia 14

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