Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre collaborates with extraordinary artists to create productions and programs that reflect and elevate the diverse culture, perspectives, and life experiences of our region with the vision of putting theater at the heart of public life.
Seattle Repertory Theatre at a glance
In short: Seattle Repertory Theatre gave $1.1M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.1M), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,102,100
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $1,102,100
- Median grant
- $1,102,100
- Total assets
- $11,122,641
- -6.8% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Seattle Repertory Theatre funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Seattle Repertory Theater Foundation ($1.1M).
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Repertory Theater Foundation Seattle, WA | Quasi Endowment Funds | $1,102,100 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,122,641 | $14,582,486 | $17,070,530 | $1,102,100 | 1 | $22,263 |
| 2024 | $11,938,409 | $15,516,168 | $15,701,029 | — | — | $33,665 |
| 2023 | $13,620,983 | $17,274,906 | $16,443,613 | — | — | $77,561 |
| 2022 | $12,039,533 | $18,283,930 | $16,427,455 | — | — | $1,123 |
| 2021 | $11,018,492 | $11,241,562 | $6,775,353 | — | — | $35,039 |
| 2020 | $11,305,350 | $13,631,269 | $14,800,902 | — | — | $4,006 |
| 2019 | $9,329,894 | $15,013,781 | $13,630,396 | — | — | $13,083 |
About Seattle Repertory Theatre
Based on IRS filings
Seattle Repertory Theatre is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $11.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.1M. Net investment income was $22K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Seattle Repertory Theatre is led by Kevin Millison, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 9 of 51 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kevin Millison
President
Trustee → President Elect, 2024
President Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jarvis Bowers
Chair
Trustee → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Herrmann
Managing Director
On filings since 2019
39.7 hrs/week
$156K (2019) → $230K (2025)
Gin Hammond
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$12K (2025)
Melissa Husby
Director of Strategic Communications
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$108K (2023) → $118K (2025)
Damaso Rodriguez
Artistic Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$96K (2024) → $213K (2025)
Sann Hall
Production Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$116K (2024) → $118K (2025)
Lexi Clements
Director of Marketing & Communications
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$133K (2025)
Anita Ramasastry
Trustee
Trustee → Co-Vice President, 2023
Co-Vice President → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlotte Lin
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Cody
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Earle J. Hereford
Trustee
Past President → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynne Bush
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marisa Walker
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marko Liias
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Ward
Trustee
Chair → Past Chair, 2024
Past Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Pomering
Trustee
Vice President → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandy McDade
Trustee
President → Past President, 2023
Past President → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terri Olson Miller
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Daw
Trustee
Trustee → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carla Millage
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Oratz
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlie Brown
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Lackey
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rashelle Tanner
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Salim Peshawaria
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sheila Oh
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elaine Ikoma Ko
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gwen Kroon
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcos Wanless
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Xiao Wang
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
K. R. Prabha
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Hartzell
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Wilson
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Temple Neukom
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sutapa Basu PhD
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tricia Pearson Oneill
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chrystie Hill
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Behnen
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcia Arthur
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel McCracken
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vinita Gupta
Chief Financial Officer
Director of Finance From → Director of Finance, 2021
Director of Finance → Chief Financial Officer, 2023
On filings since 2020
39.7 hrs/week
$8K (2020) → $182K (2025)
James Wolf
Chief People Officer
Director of Human Resources → Chief People Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$120K (2023) → $133K (2025)
Anne Derieux
Chief Advancement Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$137K (2024) → $182K (2025)
Donna M. Cochener
Chair Elect
Vice President → Trustee, 2020
Trustee → Chair Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janice Tsai
Vice President
Trustee → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Fletcher
Past President
Co-Vice President → President, 2023
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mandy Leifheit
Vice President
Trustee → Co-Vice President, 2022
Co-Vice President → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erika Lindsay
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynne Kjolso
Vice President
Trustee → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alec Stais
Treasurer
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (49)
- Former: Alyssa Hochman (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Donte Felder (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: John Stilin (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Stellman Keehnel (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Ashmun (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Nate Simpson (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Angelique Okeke (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Debra Ricci (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Ramon Castillo (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Alexis Clements (2024) — Director of Marketing & Communications
- Former: Braden Abraham (2019–2023) — Artistic Director
- Former: Jamie Herlich (2019–2023) — Director of Development
- Former: Juli Farris (2019–2023) — Co-Vice President
- Former: Winky Hussey (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Sandra Lucas (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Marcus Cox (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Sharon Lamm (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Amy Bautista (2019–2022) — Past Chair
- Former: Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland (2019–2022) — Production Director
- Former: Jim Copacino (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: John Keegan (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Richard B. Stead MD (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Tim Rattigan (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Matthew Bergman (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Oneika Cassanova (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Donyeta Marie Villavaso Madden (2021–2022) — Director of Human Resources
- Former: Michelle Haines (2022) — Director of Marketing & Comms.
- Former: Anne Simpson (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Becky Lenaburg (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Carlyn Steiner (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gwenann Kroon (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Scottland Glenn (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Tom Wright (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Geraldine Deruiter (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Andrew L. Haines (2019–2020) — Director of Marketing & Comms.
- Former: Bruce Eh Johnson (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Clodagh Ash (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Deborah T. Killinger (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Debra A. Canales (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Choy MD (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Marcella McCaffray (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Rachel M. Robert (2019–2020) — Director of Finance
- Former: Rick McMichael (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Donyeta Marie Villavaso (2020) — Director of Hr From
- Former: Adam Cornell (2019) — Vice President
- Former: Brent Deim (2019) — Vice President
- Former: Glenna Olson (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Rachel Lerman (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Jenkins (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $230K, to Jeffrey Herrmann (Managing Director). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Seattle Repertory Theatre
How much does Seattle Repertory Theatre give each year?
Seattle Repertory Theatre gave $1.1M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.
How large is Seattle Repertory Theatre?
Seattle Repertory Theatre reported $11.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $14.6M.
What is Seattle Repertory Theatre?
Seattle Repertory Theatre is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Seattle, WA. It holds $11.1M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Seattle Repertory Theatre operate?
Seattle Repertory Theatre has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Seattle Repertory Theatre's EIN?
Seattle Repertory Theatre's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0756535. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 5, 2020)
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