Florida · Nonprofit
ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC
ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,359,130 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ($1,292,174). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Orlando Family Stage Inc does
Mission
To empower young people to be brave and empathetic by creating quality theatrical experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Theatrical productions:orlando family stage is florida's only professional theatre dedicated exclusively to young audiences and their families. Each season, we present world-class theatre for young audiences (tya) productions alongside youth-performed shows that inspire creativity, empathy, and a lifelong love of storytelling. Rooted in children's literature and diverse cultural narratives, our productions reach more than 55,000 people annually; over 30,000 students on field trips and 25,000 families and community members attending weekend performances at our three-theatre complex. Every performance is designed as both an artistic and educational experience, supported by interactive lobby activities, discussion prompts, (continue on schedule o)and extensive teacher and parent resource guides that meet state and national standards. These efforts remove barriers to the arts, foster literacy and social-emotional growth, and ensure that theatre is a joyful, accessible, and transformative part of childhood in central florida.
$1,960,345 spent$1,275,167 earned by the program58% of program spendingTheatre education & outreach:orlando family stage uses theatre as a powerful tool for learning, helping children develop confidence, creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration. More than 2,000 students each year (from infancy through 12th grade) participate in our camps and classes, and other in school programs bring arts-integrated lessons into classrooms to foster creativity and social-emotional growth. To expand access, our no empty seat initiative provides free or reduced-cost field trips for title I schools, and scholarships awarded more than $25,000 in fy25 to ensure every child can participate. We also equip educators through engaged learning through the arts, professional development that integrates theatre into all subject areas, (continue on schedule o)and partner with nonprofits through arts and character training (act) to use theatre for literacy, social justice, and character building. In partnership with the university of central florida, we host one of the nation's premiere mfa programs in theatre for young audiences, offering hands-on training in a professional setting and preparing graduates for leadership roles at major institutions including the kennedy…
$683,931 spentof which $25,485 as grants$444,884 earned by the program20% of program spendingTheatre spaces & rentals:orlando family stage's three-theatre complex is both our artistic home and a vital community resource. In addition to hosting our professional productions and youth programming, the complex serves as a laboratory for university of central florida students in the theatre for young audiences mfa program and provides performance and rehearsal space for a range of partners. Each year, local schools, universities, and nonprofit organizations, including the orlando international fringe festival, ucp of central florida, and boys to men mentoring, utilize our stages for performances, workshops, and community events. By offering space and production resources at reduced or at-cost rates, orlando family stage strengthens (continue on schedule o)the cultural ecosystem of central florida, ensuring that artists, educators, and community groups have access to professional-quality facilities that support their work.
$721,835 spent$469,540 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,366,111.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $2.2M (−19%).
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 6% · 2018 13% · 2019 6% · 2020 10% · 2021 35% · 2022 37% · 2023 21% · 2024 8% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC’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. 7 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
Chris Brown
Executive director
Board chair
Kate Martin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $15k → $577k.
3 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE 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
ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 44% · 2021 45% · 2022 81% · 2023 64% — 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
29% of ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
88% of ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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
- Civic Theatre Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC?
- ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,359,130 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ($1,292,174). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,359,130 in grants to ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC?
- UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,292,174 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 28 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