Grosse Pointe Theatre Inc.

“Members and board members”

“Theatre members vote annually for board of directors.”

“The theatre's process is to present the form 990 to the board of director's executive committee for approval prior to filing.”

“Theatre organized a committee relating to review of exectuive directos compensation that obtained information from a similar organization.”

“Theatre notifies all members of the availability of all documents.”

“(continued) the virtual season included 8 different online programs such as: all the worlds a stage, an evening of shakespeare; the ten-minute play festival with original new plays filmed as a readers theatre virtual presentation; a golden age holiday encore; a love letter from grosse pointe theatre for valentines day featuring love songs and video interviews from couples who met working on shows at gpt; a streaming of shrek the musical, and more. Gpt also created a socially-distanced outdoor singing troupe, singin in the streets, which traveled throughout the community to entertain during the covid restrictions. Gpt continues to focus on efforts to reach a broader community through its outreach programs. One highlight is the annual awarding of scholarships to deserving high school students as they continue their formal education. Despite the pandemic, in 2021 financial awards totaling 6,000 were granted to local area high school graduates. Applicants were given the option to present their portfolios virtually which allowed judges to make their final decisions as in years past. Gpt has increased its community partnerships and looks forward to more partnerships once it moves to its new home on the grosse pointe park/detroit border, in approximately two years. Gpts financial position remained strong in 2021 despite the uncertainties of the length of the shutdown and the inability to generate ticket revenue. Our local donor base was generous and a large legacy gift was received from a long time member which doubled the value of the organizations endowment fund. These types of gifts are expected to grow and help to ensure gpts long term viability. Additionally, several government grant awards were received michigan economic development corporation, michigan stages survival grant and the michigan council for the arts and cultural affairs to name a few. Gpt also received two draws under the paycheck protection program to help offset its payroll costs. The combination of all of the above and thoughtful spending resulted in a profitable 2021.”