New York · Nonprofit
FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,049,366 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($4,821,563). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 99
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc does
Mission
To produce theatre and film from a christian worldview that engages a diverse audience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Theatrical productions in the fiscal year ended march 31, 2025, fpa produced two different theatrical productions, the screwtape letters and further up & further in, that toured 32 cities and played before a total audience of 55,854.
$4,670,644 spent$3,696,861 earned by the program94% of program spendingFilm productionfpa produced its first film, the most reluctant convert, in 2021. This film was marketed to various streaming sources throughout the fiscal year and can be downloaded and viewed on amazon prime, google play, youtube, apple tv, dvd, and blu-ray. In late 2025, fpa also released a multi-camera video shoot of its stage production further up & further in, available on dvd and streaming services. Fpa is currently in the fund-raising and development phase to produce a feature film scheduled to go into production in the summer of 2027.
$314,972 spent$121,478 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,985,616.
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 2023 to 2024, from $20M to $25M (+26%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $3.7M.
32 of 99 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 99 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
FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 40% · 2019 46% · 2020 33% · 2021 39% · 2022 36% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
77% of FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC'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 $3.6M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fpa Media Limited · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,049,366 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($4,821,563). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 99 organizations giving $16,049,366 in grants to FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,821,563 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 99 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