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Screen a listPaper Mill Playhouse
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$31Mrevenue
FY2025 · −28% in 3 yrs881staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin10.2%
Months of reserve6.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+7.8%
Middle half of peersMedianPaper Mill Playhouse
Where the money goes FY2025 · $28M spent
Programs$23M81%Management and general$3.0M10%Fundraising$2.3M8%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Government grants fell 88% in FY2023
$14M in FY2022, $1.6M in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
32 of 32 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 8% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort127funders
$1.9Ma year, last 3 years
39%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Blanche & Irving Laurie FoundationSince FY2020$125k$135k$140k$140kFm Kirby Foundation IncSince FY2020$80k$75k$160k$160kGoren Family Foundation IncOn and off$285kThe Barbara & Harold Gottesman Fam Foundation C/O Edison Inv AdvisorsOn and off$10k$61k$62k$25k$25k$100kThe Macmillan Family Foundation IncNew in FY2023$200kThe Wilf Family FoundationEvery year since FY2017$15k$25k$15k$25k$50k$25k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$188k$117k$90k$368k$431k$1.6M$591k97 other fundersUp to $102k a year each$100k$181k$167k$272k$542k$617k$518k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund