New York · Nonprofit
SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC
SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $894,197 to it, the largest being WEISSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($280,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $819k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $894k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Shakespeare in Delaware Park Inc does
Mission
Provides free public theater to enhance cultural environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization primarily provides a free public theater that performs 2 to 3 plays annually. The organization is established as an integral part of western new york's cultural life. The organization also provides educational services.
$480,026 spent95% of program spendingThe organization primarily provides a free public theater that performs 2 to 3 plays annually. The organization is established as an integral part of western new york's cultural life. The organization also provides educational services.
$22,734 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $502,760.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+18%).
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 30% · 2018 25% · 2019 24% · 2020 34% · 2021 34% · 2022 16% · 2023 21% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK 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. 2 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $17k → $109k.
5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK 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
SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 45% · 2019 26% · 2020 76% · 2021 79% · 2022 66% · 2023 55% — 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
44% of SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
99% of SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k 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
SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK 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 SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC?
- SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $894,197 to it, the largest being WEISSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($280,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $894,197 in grants to SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC?
- WEISSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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