Connecticut · Nonprofit
SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC
SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,043 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($411,179). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $298k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $816k
- Net assets
- $-58648
What Shakesperience Productions Inc does
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose as stated in its articles of incorporation: the nature of the activities to be conducted or the purposes to be promoted by the corporation are to foster in the general public an appreciation for all aspects of literature and the performing arts by educating young people through workshops, public and classroom performances, seminars, professionally led programs of instruction and student participation, distribution of educational text, and by any and all other appropriate means.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School residency programs: shakesperience designs custom school residency programs. These in-depth theatre-in-education programs for individual schools, after-school programs, camps, and other organizations lead participating students through the process of adapting, rehearsing and performing a play. In anywhere from 5 to 35 sessions, these programs create: teamwork between students, faculty, and theatre professionals opportunities for each individual to develop and display their talents community pride and sense of accomplishment with a final performance outlets for self-expression and self-discovery through all theatre arts student action and character development through the language arts public speaking skill strengthening broad-based curriculum integration increased attendance encouragement to read "enhancement of student character, respect, and self-esteem love of learning and creative curiosity this year, shakesperience conducted more than 134 sessions of residency programs for well over approximately 100 students.
$67,378 spent$39,400 earned by the program21% of program spendingSummer season: shakespeare in the litchfield hills is an immersive community event culminating in five free family-friendly outdoor "shakespeare in the park" presentations of "romeo & juliet (august 2024)", produced by shakesperience productions, inc. And featuring professional equity actors together with other professionals, students, and amateur performers. Admission is free for this economic-driving and community-building program. The ensemble includes a volunteer steering committee, publicity team, education interns, backstage crew, ushers, wardrobe crew, scenic painters & carpenters, host families, and more. The event is anticipated and publicized by associated programs leading up to the final performances, including lectures, discussions, and fundraisers. 1300 people of all ages joined our audience for free performances they called it "incredibly special," "delightful," "fast paced,- and "world class" 190 households donated before the first performance 14 businesses sponsored in the program book
$155,421 spent48% of program spendingSchool performances and interactive workshops: in-school performances and interactive workshops are shakesperience's signature series of in-class programs, designed with several versions for various age and experience levels. Two actors demonstrate a honed teaching style to lead the class through curricular lessons relevant to shakespeare,poetry, acting, folklore, mythology, el barrio and social and emotional learning. They empower the students with tools to understand and appreciate classic texts or shakespeare's language as they perform with professional actors right in their classrooms. Together they find the characters and themes relatable to their own lives, fostering a sense of community between educators, students, and teaching artists. Shakesperience also performed dia de los reyes, an original three kings day musical, in many connecticut schools. This year, shakesperience performed more than 257 interactive workshops and performances for more than 11,000 teachers and students. .
$89,536 spent$31,321 earned by the program27% of program spendingOther program service accomplishments include acting classes and the fall festival holiday performances.
$13,745 spent$2,804 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $326,080.
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 $50k to $148k (+195%).
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 4% · 2019 7% · 2020 12% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 19% · 2024 8% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS 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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $115k → $122k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS 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
SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
59% 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 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 81% · 2019 61% · 2020 46% · 2021 49% · 2022 39% · 2023 34% — 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
57% of SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
54% of SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS 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 $374k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $442k 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
SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $131k on record.
- State Aid Grants$79k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$47k
- Fees And Permits$3k
- Educational Services$2k
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 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS 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 SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC?
- SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,043 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($411,179). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $816,043 in grants to SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC?
- THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $411,179 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 22 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