Florida · Nonprofit
Happystars Youth Program Inc
Happystars Youth Program Inc (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,314 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $442k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $140k
What Happystars Youth Program Inc does
Mission
Center Stage Youth Theatre is an inclusive organization whose purpose is to unlock the potential of our students through theatre. We aim to inspire personal growth ignite creativity and cultivate leadership skills. We believe in the transformative power of the arts and our theater experiences serve as catalysts for self-expression teamwork and empathy. Every student regardless of their abilities is encouraged to explore their unique talents and embrace their individuality within our supportive community. At Center Stage we strive to produce brave creative leaders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Center Stage Youth Theatre provides theatrical education and performance opportunities for children and teens through year-round programming in Pasco County and the surrounding communities. Programs include full-scale musical theatre productions educational classes summer camps workshops and advanced performance training. Through participation in rehearsals and public performances students develop confidence creativity leadership teamwork communication skills and empathy while receiving high-quality performing arts education in an inclusive and supportive environment. During the year the organization served hundreds of students and presented multiple public theatrical performances for the community.
$289,278 spent100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $289,278.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $100k to $140k (+39%).
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: 2024 3% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of Happystars Youth Program Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
James Fuarote
Executive Director
Board chair
Mandy Finnochi
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $146 → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Happystars Youth Program 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
Happystars Youth Program Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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
Happystars Youth Program Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $314 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
Happystars Youth Program Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Happystars Youth Program Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $76 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $76
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 Happystars Youth Program 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Happystars Youth Program 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 Happystars Youth Program Inc?
- Happystars Youth Program Inc (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,314 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Happystars Youth Program Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,314 in grants to Happystars Youth Program Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Happystars Youth Program Inc?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Happystars Youth Program Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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