Illinois · Public charity
Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two
The union protects and promotes the interests of the members by bargaining collectively with their employers to secure better working conditions, wages and comprehensive benefits as well as advance their members economic, social and cultural interest, and to promote and support free trade unionism.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $79k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $79k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $43k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $88k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees | $60,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Navy Pier Inc | $42,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arise Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Richard F Walshalfred W Ditolla Harold P Spivak Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Int'L Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees M P T a & A | $7,038 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
Compare Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two with peer funders
About Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two
- How much does Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two give?
- Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two reported 6 itemized grants totaling $79,038, out of $92,511 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (59%), Arts & Culture (30%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: International Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees ($60k), Navy Pier Inc ($42k), Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative ($30k).
- Does Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two based?
- Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local Two is based in IL.
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