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KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER
KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,563,176 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Kirkland Center of the Performing Arts Dba Kirkland Performance Center does
Mission
Kpc provides a gathering place where people come together to express themselves creatively, exchange ideas, share culture and connect with one another
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Presenting diverse performances: kpc presents regional, national and international artists to offer a complete range of artistic performances that include theater, music, dance and more.
$1,789,233 spent$554,673 earned by the program58% of program spendingSupport local performing artists and art organizations: kpc partners with established community producing companies to provide them with state-of-the-art theater, box office services and/or marketing assistance, and provides a gathering place for community nfps, businesses and governmental groups.
$1,295,651 spent$678,457 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,084,884.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.7M to $3.2M (+18%).
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: 2018 9% · 2019 4% · 2020 6% · 2021 29% · 2022 46% · 2023 23% · 2024 7% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $49k → $80k.
10 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER’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
KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 37% · 2019 59% · 2020 25% · 2021 38% · 2022 24% · 2023 33% — broadly stable.
“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
82% of KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
50% of KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER'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 $774k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $789k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER?
- KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER (Washington) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,563,176 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,563,176 in grants to KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIRKLAND CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS DBA KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 20 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