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PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED

PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,450 to it, the largest being HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION ($18,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$96k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$81k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Players Workshop Incorporated does

Mission

To provide education of arts and entertainment through productions of live theater and workshops.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To provide education of arts and entertainment through productions of live theater and workshops

    $45,169 spentof which $45,169 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,169.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($65k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets 100 ($17k)2020 Revenue 145 ($95k) Expenses 92 ($71k) Net assets 239 ($41k)2021 Revenue 61 ($40k) Expenses 46 ($35k) Net assets 266 ($46k)2022 Revenue 95 ($62k) Expenses 77 ($59k) Net assets 285 ($49k)2023 Revenue 139 ($91k) Expenses 99 ($76k) Net assets 371 ($64k)2024 Revenue 94 ($62k) Expenses 55 ($42k) Net assets 372 ($65k)2025 Revenue 146 ($96k) Expenses 106 ($82k) Net assets 467 ($81k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (146)Expenses (106)Net assets (467)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $17k to $41k (+139%).

$17k
$41k
$46k
$49k
$64k
$65k
$81k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$11k
’19
$24k
’20
$5k
’21
$3k
’22
$15k
’23
$20k
’24
$14k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $5k.

From the IRS filings of PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED’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

PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

55%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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.

Where its funders are

PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 4 states in all.

MN
WI
IA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED

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 Iowa

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED: 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 PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED?
PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,450 to it, the largest being HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION ($18,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $33,450 in grants to PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED?
HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $18,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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