Vermont · Nonprofit
NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC
NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,307,665 to it, the largest being FRESH SOUND FOUNDATION INC ($268,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $573k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Next Stage Arts Project Inc does
Mission
Next stage arts project is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping art happen through the programming, development and operation of the next stage theatre, a newly renovated performing arts facility in putney, vermont. We celebrate the diversity of artistic expression by fostering a collaborative environment for audiences, performers and community based arts and educational organizations. We are committed to enhancing the village of putney as a cultural center.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Presented over 45 cultural events, including music, theater, film, spoken word, culinary classes and visual arts exhibits. Featuring a range of local, national and international talent. Collaborated with cultural, educational and business counterparts to support presentations for students, elders and the community at large. Attracted audiences from a 50+ mile radius, bringing thousands of visitors to the area and supporting the local/regional economy.
$340,341 spent$151,506 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $340,341.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $1.6M (+14%).
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 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $75k → $245k.
6 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT 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
NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 54% · 2019 78% · 2020 51% · 2021 34% · 2022 29% · 2023 20% — 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
82% of NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record — $50k federal, $24k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$50k
- Grants$24k
- Abandoned Property Claims$216
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 NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC?
- NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC (Vermont) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,307,665 to it, the largest being FRESH SOUND FOUNDATION INC ($268,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,307,665 in grants to NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC?
- FRESH SOUND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $268,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEXT STAGE ARTS PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 30 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