South Carolina · Nonprofit
SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC
SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,000 to it, the largest being Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $354k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Sc New Play Festival Inc does
Mission
The mission of the south carolina new play festival is to develop new theatrical works and present an annual festival of new works by playwrights, lyricists, composers, and variety artists. We present readings of new plays and musicals, along with broadway cabarets and opportunities for professional development. Our work seeks to vitalize the creative development of artists, improve the quality of new work for the stage, offer professional educational opportunities to the local community, and provide audiences with a rich theatrical experience. The festival strives to challenge, entertain, educate, and nourish through the development and presentation of new musicals, plays, and variety shows from an inclusive pool of professional artists.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Music stand readings: in 2024, the program featured five readings of yet-to-be-produced plays and musicals, and total program expenses amounted to $68,043. The program was supported by grants totaling $15,500, including $5,000 from the urban league of the upstate, $5,500 from sc humanities, and $5,000 from the daniel mickel foundation.
$68,043 spent71% of program spendingBroadway cabaret: in 2024, it featured greenville-native and tony-nominee phillip boykin, who shared his personal journey from greenville to broadway. Total program expenses were $18,319. The program did not receive grant-specific funding.
$18,319 spent$18,787 earned by the program19% of program spendingOutdoor variety stage: in 2024 it featured a rotating schedule of three street theater shows, the total program expenses were $9,572. The outdoor variety stage was supported by a $5,000 grant from the community foundationof greenville.
$9,572 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $95,934.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $39k to $64k (+65%).
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: 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL 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
SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
“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
51% of SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
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.
Against its field
SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
24% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL 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 SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC?
- SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,000 to it, the largest being Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $94,000 in grants to SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC?
- Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 10 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