Oregon · Nonprofit
PlayWrite Inc
PlayWrite Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $594,114 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($158,149). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $122k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $594k
- Net assets
- $64k
What PlayWrite Inc does
Mission
Using the power of performance in art to transform the lives of youth at the edge
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Due to cancellations no workshops were completed during the 25-26 fiscal year. 2 possible workshops are being worked on for the 26-27 fiscal year.
$47,154 spent59% of program spendingA student showcase was held in November of 25. It highlighted 8 student written plays. The majority of the fundraising program expenses can be attributed to using a fundraising grant writing consultant and shared expenses like office rent that are split between administrative program and fundraising.
$32,557 spent41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,711.
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 2019 to 2020, from $98k to $183k (+86%).
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: 2020 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PlayWrite Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $32k → $95k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 PlayWrite 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
PlayWrite Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 PlayWrite Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 41% · 2019 58% · 2020 31% · 2021 35% · 2022 38% · 2023 38% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of PlayWrite Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
86% of PlayWrite Inc's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
PlayWrite Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding PlayWrite Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$33k
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 PlayWrite 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PlayWrite Inc: 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 PlayWrite Inc?
- PlayWrite Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $594,114 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($158,149). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PlayWrite Inc have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $594,114 in grants to PlayWrite Inc, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PlayWrite Inc?
- Regional Arts & Culture Council is the largest funder on record, with $158,149 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PlayWrite Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 21 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