Virginia · Nonprofit
SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,231 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($43,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $613k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $153k
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Foundation does
Mission
The sandler center foundation's mission is the educate, enrich and inspire the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pillar I - k-12 education: this program serves students in grades pre-k through high school through a robust virtual academy of digital educational matinees that are carefully curated and align with the virginia standards of learning. 100% of students who experience a digital matinee receive full funding with the vast majority of students coming from underserved communities. All educational matinees have accompanying teacher resource guides to provide educators additional tools to extend learning to the classroom. Live performance opportunities are also offered in the classroom, sandler center, or other theater setting. Programs are for education purposes and target underserved communities.
$186,786 spentof which $134 as grants46% of program spendingPillar ii: community education and outreachthe foundation collaborates with other partners to enhance the community through the performing arts. Programs are for education purposes and target underserved communities.
$122,149 spentof which $3,237 as grants30% of program spendingPillar 3: performance underwriting and grantmakingthe foundation supports the sandler center resident companies through the underwriting of performances that take place at the sandler center. Underwriting support is for education purposes and targets underserved communities.
$100,703 spentof which $1,000 as grants25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $409,638.
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 $3.2M to $3.8M (+19%).
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 4% · 2018 9% · 2021 42% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Lisa A Baehre
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $7k → $5k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION’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
SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 63% · 2019 48% · 2020 36% · 2021 83% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
60% of SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION'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 $61k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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 SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: 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 SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION?
- SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,231 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($43,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $153,231 in grants to SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION?
- HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $43,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 11 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