Maryland · Nonprofit
ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT
ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,041 to it, the largest being NORA ROBERTS FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $169k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $-1500
What Endangered Species Theatre Project does
Mission
The Endangered Species theatre Projects mission is to bring enjoyment and understanding through live theatre that proactively focuses on diverse representation We do this by - a giving voice to forgotten plays and playwrights b producing plays that increase representation of women over age 40 and other historically excluded artists on the stage and c making vital connections between people of all generations
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Mainstage Productions 3 productions and readings 12 in FY26 that honor our mission and performed at New Spire Arts Sky Stage and ESPloft NOTE Our reading series includes our Forgotten Female Playwright Series and the Sunday Sherlock Radio Play Series Grants 15176
$32 spentof which $30,120 as grants34% of program spendingFrederick Shakespeare Festival -- Summer Shakespeare on the campus of Hood College Sky Stage and ESPloft Our Festival includes dDeafhearing integration along with a Mainstage Production b a Stage 2 production and c Youth Internship and show Over 3600 patrons came to see our Festival -- despite numerous rainouts
$20 spentof which $12 as grants22% of program spendingDescription Arts and Education Program -- includes a Classes for those age 8 thru 80 b Riotous Youth Shakespeare productions classes and mentorships InteGREAT our age 8 - 16 dDeafhearing theatre program classes and fairytale show c Teen Production Company NOTE Youth education within the Shakespeare Festival is included in line 29
$41 spentof which $40 as grants44% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $93.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $35k to $3k (−91%).
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.
74% of ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT’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 5 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
Sharon Edelstein
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $51k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT’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
ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 56% · 2022 58% · 2023 40% — 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.
Where its funders are
83% of ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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
ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT has grown faster than half of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT: 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 ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT?
- ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,041 to it, the largest being NORA ROBERTS FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $157,041 in grants to ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT?
- NORA ROBERTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 7 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