Oregon · Nonprofit
PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB
PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,994 to it, the largest being MARIE LAMFROM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($26,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $383k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $199k
What Portland Drama Club does
Mission
To show portland's youth the power in themselves through play, practice and performance, reaching as many of our city's kids as we can in as many neighborhoods as possible.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
After school programs: during 2024, Portland Drama Club produced thirteen after school theatrical productions as well as ten theater classes. Students met weekly with directors and created a musical production that was performed for the community. Portland Drama Club was able to provide $14,127 in tuition reduction to students who would otherwise not be able to participate.
$189,119 spent$137,250 earned by the program60% of program spendingSummer programs: during 2024, Portland Drama Club held seven summer camps as well as two design and one writing camp. Students met daily for two weeks where they worked on a musical production as well as acting skills and activities. They performed nine shows for the community on our outdoor summer stage. In addition, Portland Drama Club was able to provide $15,873 in tuition reduction to give students an opportunity to attend camp who would otherwise not be able to participate.
$126,080 spent$225,682 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $315,199.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $175k to $249k (+42%).
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.
5% of PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 2 of the last 7 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
Caroline Schwiebert
Executive director & board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $23 → $16k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB’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
PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — 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
100% of PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$4k
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 PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB
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.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB: 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 PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB?
- PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,994 to it, the largest being MARIE LAMFROM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($26,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $40,994 in grants to PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB?
- MARIE LAMFROM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $26,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORTLAND DRAMA CLUB 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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