Second Stage Theatre Inc
City-funded organization
Second Stage Theatre Inc, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,019,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,022,500 · 2 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $977,600
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,022,500 · 2 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $85,000 · 17 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 16 years (FY2009–FY2024); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $1,035,877 · Carole Rothman, President & Art Director. thru 8/24
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Pass Through Project - CCG Department of Design and Construction · CT185020241408012 $1,019,000
- SENIOR SERVICES SUPPORT, OPERATING COSTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170003157 · ended 2016 $3,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Free Student Matinee Series DCA · FY2009 $5,000
- Local DCA · FY2010 $5,000
- Local DCA · FY2011 $5,000
- Local DCA · FY2012 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2014 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2015 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2016 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2017 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2018 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2019 $5,000
- Local CM Johnson · DCLA · FY2020 $5,000
- Local CM Johnson · DCLA · FY2021 $5,000
- Local CM Bottcher · DCLA · FY2022 $5,000
- Local CM Bottcher · DCLA · FY2023 $5,000
- 2ST UPTOWN CM Brewer · DCLA · FY2023 $5,000
- Education and Access Programs & Affordable Ticket Initiative CM Bottcher · DCLA · FY2024 $5,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $15,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2023 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Carole Rothman President & Art Director. thru 8/24 $1,035,877
- McBrien A Dunbar Head Carpenter, Hayes Theater $297,183
- Amelia S Roy head Electrician, Hayes Theater $279,086
- Lisa Lawer Post Interim Executive. DIRECTOR, thru 04/2025 $276,000
- Christopher J Gossard Stagehand, Hayes Theater $204,700
- katherine L McCauley Head Properties, Hayes Theater $202,719
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +82% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Carole Forster · 18.88% of revenue $554,367
- FY2021 carole ROTHMAN · 5.41% of revenue $368,901
- FY2022 Carole Rothman · 9.16% of revenue $1,001,527
- FY2023 Carole Rothman · 10.36% of revenue $1,035,877
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000