Los Angeles, CA

EBONY REPERTORY THEATRE INC

EIN 38-3763741

Arts, Culture & Heritage Performing Arts Black communities

Mission

To create, develop, nurture and sustain a world‑class professional theatre rooted in the experience of the African Diaspora and shaped by a dynamic perspective that incorporates an understanding of, and respect for, the unique African‑American journey to freedom.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About EBONY REPERTORY THEATRE INC

Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) is a professional, donor‑facing 501(c)(3) theatre company based in Los Angeles that produces plays, music and dance programs rooted in the African Diaspora. Founded in 2007, ERT is the resident company and operator of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (a roughly 400‑seat venue) in Mid‑City Los Angeles and presents a season of self‑produced productions alongside community and rental programming. ERT operates under Actors' Equity production standards and pursues a program mix that includes large-scale musicals, plays, dance series and film screenings while offering public programming intended to engage the Mid‑City community and the broader Los Angeles region. In the most recent filings and public grant records, the organization has continued producing multi-disciplinary programming and received public and private grants that supported series such as Dance@theHolden and other community presentations.

Notable achievements

Resident Operator of Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

Established as the resident company and operator of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, providing a 400‑seat professional venue that anchors ERT’s seasonal productions, community series, rentals and civic programming in Mid‑City Los Angeles.

Sustained Professional Production Output

Consistently produced a slate of professional productions and public presentations (including self‑produced plays, music and dance series) and hosted rentals and film screenings in recent fiscal years, supported by contributed revenue and program income reported in its annual filings.

Recent Grant‑Supported Program Growth

Secured foundation and public arts grants in the last 2–3 years that supported program expansion (including dance and community series) and operational capacity, enabling continued public performances and community engagement despite challenging fiscal conditions.

At a glance

Total assets: $743K
Annual revenue: $435K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 38-3763741
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: ebonyrep.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

IRS‑recognized 501(c)(3) organization (tax‑exempt since 2007) with filings publicly available and an active record in nonprofit databases.

Rated by third‑party charity evaluators and listed by arts funding bodies; has received grants and recognition from state and local arts agencies and foundations supporting public programming in the past 2–3 years.

Known within the Los Angeles arts ecosystem as the city’s African American professional (Actors’ Equity) theatre company and an established cultural anchor on the Washington Boulevard corridor.

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