Missouri · Public charity
Theater League Inc
To provide for the development of the performing arts as a cultural and educational resource.
- $856k
- Granted FY2023
- 60
- Grants FY2023
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Theater League Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Kansas City, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 80 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Theater League Inc named its own grantees at scale: 58 organizations, $885k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 58
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 24
- Total assets, FY2023
- $7.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations Theater League Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 58 | $875k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $517k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $366k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $294k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $223k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicorn Theatre | $316,700 | 6 | 11% |
| The Coterie Inc | $297,290 | 6 | 6% |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | $241,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Kansas City Actors Theatre Inc | $212,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Heart of America Shakespeare Festival | $197,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Mesner Puppet Theater | $121,600 | 5 | 13% |
| Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | $120,898 | 7 | 0% |
| Fishtank Theatre Inc | $118,500 | 5 | 92% |
| Spinning Tree Theatre | $115,000 | 4 | 19% |
| North Carolina Black Repertory Company Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 144 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Theater League Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 124 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 · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · Theatre Communications Group Inc · Copaken Family Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc · Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
How this is measured
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About Theater League Inc
- How much does Theater League Inc give?
- Theater League Inc reported 60 grants totaling $855,841 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Theater League Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Philanthropy (50%), Education (0%).
- Who are Theater League Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Unicorn Theatre ($317k), The Coterie Inc ($297k), Musical Theater Heritage Inc ($241k).
- Does Theater League Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Theater League Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, Arts Midwest Incorporated, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation.
- Where is Theater League Inc based?
- Theater League Inc is based in MO.
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