Washington · Nonprofit
BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS
BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS (Washington) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,601,194 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($500,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Bainbridge Performing Arts does
Mission
Bainbridge Performing Arts develops and presents theatrical and musical performances, serves as a venue for performances by other not-for-profit organizations and provides classes in theatre arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mainstage productions: the organization produced and presented seven theatrical productions during the fiscal year, including plays and musicals. These performances provided accessible, high-quality performing arts experiences to the community, serving approximately 18,500 audience members. Productions offered subsidized and pay-what-you-can ticket options to reduce financial barriers to attendance. This program advances the organization's charitable purpose by promoting cultural enrichment, artistic expression, and community engagement through live theatre.
$261,299 spent$386,246 earned by the program19% of program spendingTheatre school and educational programming: the organization operated a year-round theatre education program serving youth and adults through classes, camps, and workshops. During the fiscal year, approximately 200 students participated in educational programming focused on creative expression, collaboration, and critical thinking. Scholarships and financial aid were provided to ensure equitable access. This program fulfills the organization's educational mission by fostering artistic skills, confidence, and lifelong learning.
$11,388 spent$153,885 earned by the program1% of program spendingCommunity access and partnerships: the organization provided free and reduced-cost access to performances and educational experiences through community partnerships, outreach initiatives, and open-access ticketing programs. During the year, more than 1,200 individuals participated through these programs,including students, seniors, and underserved populations. These activities further the organization's charitable purpose by removing economic and social barriers to arts participation.
$119,411 spent$125,416 earned by the program8% of program spendingBainbridge symphony orchestra: the organization presented a season of orchestral and chamber music concerts through the bainbridge symphony orchestra, producing four full symphony concerts and three chamber music concerts during the fiscal year. These performances served approximately 2,200 audience members and provided opportunities for local and regional musicians to perform high-quality classical repertoire. Concerts were offered at accessible price points, with free and reduced-cost ticket options available to ensure broad community access. This program advances the organization's charitable and educational mission by promoting musical excellence, cultural enrichment, and lifelong engagement with the performing arts.
$1,014,441 spent$33,225 earned by the program72% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,406,539.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.1M to $12M (+100%).
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: 2019 4% · 2020 5% · 2021 2% · 2022 2% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Allum
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $95k → $832k.
13 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. 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
BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
59% 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 BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 70% · 2019 37% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 40% · 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
50% of BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
52% of BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.7M that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS: 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 BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS?
- BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS (Washington) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,601,194 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($500,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $3,601,194 in grants to BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 34 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing