Tennessee · Nonprofit
ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC
ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,576 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($64,907). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $312k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $224k
- Net assets
- $174k
What Actors Bridge Ensemble Theater of Nashville Inc does
Mission
To provide actor training and theatrical performances to the general public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During FY 2024, Actors Bridge performed 2 professional productions, including "The Christmas Tree Farm" by Adam Szymkowicz, "The Experience" by Vali Forrister, Cynthia Harris, Dia Hodnett, Nichole Perkins and Heather Talley and the 21th Anniversary production of "Act Like a GRRRL". Our commitment to excellence has garnered Actors Bridge a strong reputation as a company committed to bold, creative choices and grounded in high performance standards.
$96,217 spentof which $37,568 as grants$15,819 earned by the program47% of program spendingAct Like a GRRRL is an autobiographical writing program for teenagers to achieve a public voice, working with mentors in professional creative fields, while engaging with peers from diverse backgrounds. ALAG gives teens the tools to critically analyze the culture in which they live, so that they become active change agents, rather than passive recipients of cultural messages. ALAG celebrates teens' strengths and voices and by so doing, promotes their leadership. 10 teens participated in the program during FY 2024. The program also includes offerings for adults, with 13 women experiencing incarceration at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center served during FY 2024.
$50,230 spent$8,600 earned by the program24% of program spendingActors Bridge provides local actors an opportunity for serious study. The program uses an acting technique developed by Sanford Meisner, founder of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Actors Bridge has trained over 5,000 students, many of whom are working professionally on stages or in film in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Approximately 210 students participated in Meisner Technique classes during FY 2024.
$58,992 spent$34,136 earned by the program29% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $205,439.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $27k to $73k (+173%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 34% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $12k → $59k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 57% · 2022 66% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
75% of ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC?
- ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,576 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($64,907). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $223,576 in grants to ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $64,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing