Iowa · Nonprofit
CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE
CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,900 to it, the largest being TOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST ($55,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $374k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $876k
What Cedar Summerstock Theatre does
Mission
Cedar Summerstock Theatre is a community-driven organization that cultivates Americas best theater talent in the heartland. We connect communities and grow tomorrows artists with affordable ticket prices events and workshops. At Cedar Summerstock Theatre we believe that the arts have the power to transform lives. Our commitment to quality productions and unique theater experiences will continue to earn us a place among the best.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summerstock Theater Productions: Cedar Summerstock Theatre CST annually produces four musical theater productions in rural Mitchell County Iowa including one dedicated to local youth. CST focuses on engaging audiences and nurturing the talents of actors directors and theater professionals. Passionate about promoting the arts CST strives to provide opportunities for all to experience the transformative power of theater. During the year CST increased contributions and support from local community members by 20% and continues to draw college cast and crew from programs across the US.
$215,244 spent$125,081 earned by the program61% of program spendingBuilding Operation & Management: CST manages CST South Square a 35,000 square foot former school building and its grounds serving as a mixed-use community facility. The site accommodates long-term tenants in converted classrooms and short-term renters for private events on an hourly or daily basis. CST is actively defining South Squares mission and community impact through a multi-year study aligning the building with community plans. Revenue is generated from leases and rentals while expenses cover building maintenance and improvements.
$115,271 spent$27,518 earned by the program33% of program spendingCommunity Events: As part of the mission South Square strives to bring people together through the organization of community events such as concerts bingo and other events.
$12,442 spent$22,722 earned by the program4% of program spendingAdditional program services include 1 musical theater camps for community youth where they learn about acting and theater production and perform for parents siblings and friends 2 cabaret performances at local venues and 3 operate a community coffee shop.
$9,231 spent$10,337 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $352,188.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $24k to $931k (+3830%).
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: 2022 12% · 2023 19% · 2024 13% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 4 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.
Board chair
Anna Korinko
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $3k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE’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
CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$28k
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 CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- CST South Square · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE: 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 CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE?
- CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,900 to it, the largest being TOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST ($55,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $74,900 in grants to CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE?
- TOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $55,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CEDAR SUMMERSTOCK THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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