New York · Nonprofit
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC (New York) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,341,380 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($5,003,381). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 73
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc does
Mission
Mission: rooted in the landscape of the hudson valley, with the plays of william shakespeare as our touchstone, hudson valley shakespeare engages the widest possible audience in a theatrical celebration of our shared humanity.vision: we are a classical repertory theater that embraces the presentmoment, and our work springs from the most essential of elements actor,audience, language, and landscape. As both a local community hub and anational arts destination, we foster meaningful human connections atthe convergence of nature and culture.core values: excellence, inclusion, generosity, playfulness, sustainability
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, hvs performed a repertory season embodied by the spirit of a classical theater for the 21st century. Three new plays from present-day playwrights, inspired by writers from the classical canon, were presented in rotating repertory from june through september: by the queen by whitney white directed by shana cooper, the murder of roger ackroyd by heidi armbruster and directed by ryan quinn, and medea: re-versed by luis quintero, directed by nathan winkelstein. The season reached over 12,300 audience members through in-person attendance.
$3,433,761 spent$603,070 earned by the program96% of program spendingIn its 30th year, hudson valley shakespeare's education program engaged over 13,500 students across more than 20 schools in the tri-state area through 326 in-person workshops, performances, and residencies led by professional teaching artists. The centerpiece of the 2024 education tour was a 90-minute production of much ado about nothing, directed by kholoud sawaf and performed by a six-member ensemble with live music. Touring to 14 middle and high schools across the hudson valley, connecticut, and northern new jersey, the production introduced students to shakespeare through playfulness, collaboration, and direct engagement, exploring themes of love, misunderstanding, and perception.
$124,353 spent$35,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingIn april 2024, hudson valley shakespeare and processional arts workshop presented the third annual highland lights, a free community celebration of art and nature at the festival's garrison home. Centered on the theme full fathom five, the project included 12 free workshops led by alex kahn and sophia michahelles, engaging more than 120 volunteer participants in creating lanterns inspired by the waterways of the hudson river estuary. The month-long collaboration culminated in an evening procession on april 20, attended by over 300 community members, celebrating the region's natural beauty and shared stewardship.in november 2024, hudson valley shakespeare presented its 9th annual community bake-off, themed "adaptation: a shake of the kaleidoscope, and inspired by heidi armbruster's the murder of roger ackroyd. Conceived by pulitzer prize-winning playwright paula vogel, the bake-off invites participants to create ten-minute plays using a shared list of "ingredients" connected to the theme. Held in partnership with five local libraries, the 2024 series offered free workshops led by christine scarfuto, acting director of the mfa playwriting program at hunter college, and attracted…
$36,213 spent$38,649 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,594,327.
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 $14M to $39M (+188%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 4% · 2019 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 8% · 2022 12% · 2023 11% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $243k → $2.7M.
13 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
33% 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 HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 53% · 2019 23% · 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 71% · 2023 37% — 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
53% of HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $312k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$280k
- Department of Defense$32k
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 HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hvsf LLC · disregarded
- Hvsf Hospitality LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC?
- HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC (New York) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,341,380 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($5,003,381). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $22,341,380 in grants to HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $5,003,381 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 73 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