Oregon · Nonprofit
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY (Oregon) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,057 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($253,900). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $880k
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Lakewood Theatre Company does
Mission
To inspire and nurture a love of theatre and the arts with the following mission: the maintenance of a permanent multi-arts and theatre facility. The sponsorship and coordination of education and cultural programming in visual arts, theatre and community events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lakewood theatre presents musicals, original works & a diverse selection of modern and classic theatre with 10-12 productions annually (resident and touring). Lakewood consistently includes full scale musicals and original works in its season, and prides itself on working with new and/or emerging artists and groups to bring innovative performances and art events to our audience. Lakewood theatre is the oldest continuously operating theatre company in the portland, oregon metro area, attracting over 40,000 people each year. Lakewood also provides 50-60 classes each quarter in theatre, dance, tv, and art to students ages 3-adult with resident and visiting artists.
$1,655,246 spent$1,197,480 earned by the program74% of program spendingThe lake oswego festival of the arts is a community wide celebration attracting on average 25,000 people per year. It focuses on arts education, performance and exhibition. The 4-day event includes guest artists, music, live theatre performance, artisans displaying their craft, art classes, lectures and exhibitions.
$334,529 spent$91,200 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe youth outreach program at lakewood is to create opportunities for youth in the greater portland area to participate, both as artists and audience, in all that lakewood has to offer. Lakewood strives to bring opportunities to the underserved youth in the region whom, because of geographic, socio-economic, cultural or language barriers, have limited access to arts education. This program facilitates conversations with youth, their families, and their supporting organizations, resulting in open collaborations and a better understanding of how to continue to create meaningful experiences. Lakewood center recognizes the importance of creating an inviting, diverse and inclusive environment for participants, as artists, students, and audience. During the 2024-2025 school year over 200 students from preschool to high school participated in this program.current youth outreach program activities include: in-person art, theatre and dance workshops taught in participating schools. These include bilingual (english/spanish) workshops. On-line art workshops. Also including bilingual (english/spanish) workshops. Support of art programs already existing in local schools by providing financial…
$30,784 spent1% of program spendingLakewood center for the arts provides facilities used by instructors, groups and others in the arts through classes, demonstrations, exhibitions and community events supporting arts in the community. Lakewood coordinates a full range of offerings in acting, visuals arts, design, television, film, gallery exhibitions, lectures and concerts. These programs serve over 3,000 students annually.
$219,570 spent$102,777 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,240,129.
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 2021 to 2022, from $4.5M to $5.5M (+22%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 23% · 2022 42% · 2023 25% · 2024 4% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY’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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Andrew Edwards
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $30k → $143k.
8 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY’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
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
67% 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 LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 78% · 2019 36% · 2020 45% · 2021 45% · 2022 64% · 2023 38% — growing more concentrated.
“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
31% of LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
90% of LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k 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
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY?
- LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY (Oregon) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,057 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($253,900). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $880,057 in grants to LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY?
- Regional Arts & Culture Council is the largest funder on record, with $253,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 26 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