California · Nonprofit
Dragon Productions Theatre Company
Dragon Productions Theatre Company (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,307 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($79,900). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2021
- $144k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $124k
What Dragon Productions Theatre Company does
Mission
Dragon's mission is to serve as a theatrical hub that fosters an inclusive artistic community for the creation of experiences that are innovation, intimate, empathetic, accessible and bold.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Dragon has two primary activities: theatrical performances new and rarely seen works, and all-inclusive classes for all ages taught by professional artists. In 2020 we produce 6 plays - 3 plays were part of our Main Stage season and 3 plays were part of our 2nd Stages Series. The 2nd Stages series is a unique program that we've been running for several years that gives seed moey to local artist to produce a passion project play and we mentor them through the entire process of producing a show. AJs Annual Party was converted to an online program after Covid-19 hit - an adaptation of Joseph Moncure March's poem "The wild Party" as part of the Dragon's Nest Incubator Prrogram. Short Play Clinic - orginally a signle in-person event turned into an online monthly event in collaboration with Fuse Theatre. This program allowed monthly opportunites for playwrights in the bay are, around the globe to have their short plays performed. By the end of th eyear our collaboration ended and Dragon continued with aspects of the program as Dragon eggs. Our 2020 season included the following plays The Nether, a sci-fi crime dramme which blurs reality into virtual realm. Caught - the story of an…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 $205k to $124k (−40%).
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 1% · 2020 5% · 2021 119%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $28k → $176.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 Dragon Productions Theatre Company’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
Dragon Productions Theatre Company leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 Dragon Productions Theatre Company.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 51% · 2021 68% · 2022 94% · 2023 74% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of Dragon Productions Theatre Company's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
92% of Dragon Productions Theatre Company'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Dragon Productions Theatre Company
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
27% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Dragon Productions Theatre Company: 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 Dragon Productions Theatre Company?
- Dragon Productions Theatre Company (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,307 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($79,900). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Dragon Productions Theatre Company have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $130,307 in grants to Dragon Productions Theatre Company, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Dragon Productions Theatre Company?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $79,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Dragon Productions Theatre Company find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2019–2021), and the filings of 8 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