Michigan · Nonprofit
GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC
GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,900 to it, the largest being BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($149,975). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $389k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $172k
- Net assets
- $529k
What Ghostlight Productions Inc does
Mission
Our mission is honest story-telling through thought-provoking theatre, especially works that convey, illuminate and empathize with the human experience. Through performance and education, the theatrical arts bring awareness to the social issues impacting southwest michigan. We
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A theatre performance venue in the benton harbor arts district. Ghostlight seeks to illuminate the arts and culture of the area. We create events where children and adults are more than observers, but they become active participants in creation and exploration of a variety of performance media.
$258,232 spent$149,895 earned by the program100% of program spendingEach summer, ghostlight theatre hosts a summer camp called circesteem michigan. The camp brings together youth from diverse racial, cultural and economic backgrounds and helps children build self-esteem and mutual respect through the practice and performance of circus arts, collaboration with each other, and the self-discipline required to perform at a high level.
$1,175 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $259,407.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $167k to $423k (+153%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC’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. 2 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $18k → $8k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC’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
GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 97% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 93% · 2023 87% — 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
94% of GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $162k 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.
Against its field
GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Organizations like GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC: 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 GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC?
- GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,900 to it, the largest being BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($149,975). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $171,900 in grants to GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC?
- BERRIEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $149,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GHOSTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2018–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing