Oregon · Public charity
Play on Shakespeare
PLAY ON SHAKESPEARE has been organized to enhance the understanding of shakespeare's plays in performance for theatre professionals, students, and audiences by engaging with contemporary translations and adaptations.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $320,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Play on Shakespeare funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $504k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $685k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $552k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $328k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Asian American Theatre Company | $645,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Magic Theatre Inc | $267,064 | 4 | 12% |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Portland Center Stage | $196,500 | 2 | 2% |
| California Shakespeare Theater | $170,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Portland Shakespeare Project | $146,500 | 3 | 77% |
| Group I Acting Company Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Studio Acting Conservatory Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Hero Theatre Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 27% |
| African-American Shakespeare Company | $82,500 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 45 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Play on Shakespeare supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · Arts Midwest Incorporated · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Theater League Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Theatre Communications Group Inc · Jkw Foundation Tr Ua 092597 · Axe-Houghton Foundation · The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation · The Rock Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc
How this is measured
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About Play on Shakespeare
- How much does Play on Shakespeare give?
- Play on Shakespeare reported 18 itemized grants totaling $1,459,300, out of $1,814,037 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Play on Shakespeare fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (97%), Education (2%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Play on Shakespeare's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: National Asian American Theatre Company ($645k), Magic Theatre Inc ($267k), Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc ($250k).
- Does Play on Shakespeare fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Play on Shakespeare?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, Arts Midwest Incorporated, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation.
- Where is Play on Shakespeare based?
- Play on Shakespeare is based in OR.
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