Florida · Nonprofit
RUTH ECKERD HALL INC
RUTH ECKERD HALL INC (Florida) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,587,593 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($842,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $53M
What Ruth Eckerd Hall Inc does
Mission
Changing lives through performing arts.(continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Programming: programming has included nationally and internationally acclaimed dance companies, major symphony orchestras, renowned and emerging classical soloists, chamber ensembles, broadway tour companies, and nationally recognized pop, rock, and jazz artists. Since its 1983 opening, ruth eckerd hall has established itself as an industry leader in the united states and has consistently brought nationally and internationally renowned artists and artistic companies to the tampa bay area.(continued on schedule o)
$32,693,668 spent$28,449,346 earned by the program97% of program spendingThe marcia p. Hoffman school of the arts ("the school") was established on the ruth eckerd hall campus in 2003 and is an integral part of ruth eckerd hall, inc. Its stated purpose is to provide lifelong learning opportunities which provide accessibility to and exploration, discovery, and mastery of the arts for all ages, abilities, and circumstances.(continued on schedule o) the school is comprised of 3 classrooms (one specifically devoted to virtual learning platforms), 4 private lesson rooms, 2 rehearsal studios, a recording studio, a visual arts/multi-purpose studio, and a 150-seat black box theater, as well as office space for school administration and faculty. The year-round programming on-site offers classes, private lessons, and summer camps in all performing arts disciplines and an annual schooltime series providing high-caliber performances for during-the-school-day audiences. The school also provides arts education experiences off-site in the community for a combined total of over 60,000 arts experiences provided each year.
$1,003,704 spentof which $25,000 as grants$199,051 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,697,372.
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 2020 to 2021, from $52M to $68M (+30%).
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 5% · 2018 19% · 2019 14% · 2020 13% · 2021 48% · 2022 15% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of RUTH ECKERD HALL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Susan Crockett
President & CEO
Board chair
Debbie White
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 31 funders, grant income fell $523k → $410k.
12 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.4M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money RUTH ECKERD HALL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of RUTH ECKERD HALL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
RUTH ECKERD HALL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 RUTH ECKERD HALL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 46% · 2019 33% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 43% · 2023 24% — 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
64% of RUTH ECKERD HALL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
56% of RUTH ECKERD HALL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.6M that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
RUTH ECKERD HALL INC's revenue grew 47% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding RUTH ECKERD HALL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $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 RUTH ECKERD HALL 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 2 related entities
- Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (1) · corp_trust
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust (1) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RUTH ECKERD HALL INC?
- RUTH ECKERD HALL INC (Florida) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,587,593 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($842,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RUTH ECKERD HALL INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $3,587,593 in grants to RUTH ECKERD HALL INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RUTH ECKERD HALL INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $842,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUTH ECKERD HALL 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 61 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