California · Nonprofit
OLD GLOBE THEATRE
OLD GLOBE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,139,511 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($8,262,327). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $60M
What Old Globe Theatre does
Mission
The mission of the old globe is to preserve, strengthen and advance american theatre by: creating theatrical experiences of the highest professional standards; producing and presenting works of exceptional merit, designed to reach current and future audiences; ensuring diversity and balance in programming; providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences and the community at large.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The old globe welcomed 200,000 admissions and program participants, including those who attended our free arts engagement programs in the community. The old globe presented 495 performances of 15 plays in our three venues in balboa park plus at 19 venues throughout the san diego region, including in tijuana, b.c., mexico. The old globe annually employs more than 700 artists, artisans, and staff members, attracting leading national theatre artists to san diego as well as strengthening the local theatre scene by hiring high-caliber professionals. Our annual economic impact for san diego is $40.9 million.the old globe's reach radiates far beyond san diego, with 27 productions having moved to broadway, including a gentleman's guide to love and murder, almost famous, and most recently, bob fosse's dancin'. Adding to this remarkable legacy, the heart of rock & roll opened at the james earl jones theatre in april 2024 and became the 27th globe production to achieve the distinction of a broadway debut. Our social justice roadmap has been hailed as an exemplar for american theatre, with measurable commitments and reports on our progress shared with our community.the old globe's powers new…
$29,100,927 spentof which $663,261 as grants$15,196,701 earned by the program99% of program spendingThe globe is committed to training the artists of the future. The old globe and university of san diego shiley graduate theatre program is consistently ranked in the top ten internationally for graduate theatre programs. Programs for diverse directors, playwrights, and other theatre artists have helped to launch or expand careers of theatre artists throughout the nation.
$207,800 spentof which $207,800 as grants1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,308,727.
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 2018 to 2019, from $43M to $77M (+78%).
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 3% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 39% · 2022 9% · 2023 4% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of OLD GLOBE THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% 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 29 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $3.6M.
20 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Old Globe Endowment Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx). These are real filings, and they are not money OLD GLOBE THEATRE raised.
From the IRS filings of OLD GLOBE THEATRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
OLD GLOBE THEATRE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
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 OLD GLOBE THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 31% · 2019 26% · 2020 27% · 2021 32% · 2022 31% · 2023 25% — 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
47% of OLD GLOBE THEATRE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
65% of OLD GLOBE THEATRE'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 $11M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
OLD GLOBE THEATRE's revenue grew 38% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding OLD GLOBE THEATRE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $235k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$235k
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 OLD GLOBE THEATRE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 1 related entity
- Old Globe Endowment Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OLD GLOBE THEATRE: 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 OLD GLOBE THEATRE?
- OLD GLOBE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,139,511 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($8,262,327). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OLD GLOBE THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $33,139,511 in grants to OLD GLOBE THEATRE, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OLD GLOBE THEATRE?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO is the largest funder on record, with $8,262,327 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OLD GLOBE THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 98 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