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SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY

SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,800 to it, the largest being CARROLL COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC ($13,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$117k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$14k
Net assets
$39k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Small Town Stars Theatre Company does

Mission

Small Town Stars Theatre Company's primary exemption purpose is so we can provide artistic opportunities and the arts in general to our small community in Carroll County, MD. Our exemption status allows us to further our mission and keep our opportunities as affordable as possible so all income levels can participate.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. MainStage Theatrical Musical. Provides theatrical performing and attending opportunities to the local community. 1,923 people attended our musicals and more than 50 people performed in them throughout the season.

    $46,153 spent
    56% of program spending

  2. Children's Theatre Programming. Provides affordable theatrical opportunities to local families. Over 75 children participated throughout the season and 1,792 people attended.

    $29,779 spent
    36% of program spending

  3. MainStage Theatrical Plays/Cabarets. Provides more variety in theatrical opportunities to the community. More than 30 people performed in these events and close to 400 people attended them.

    $7,156 spent
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,088.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY’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.

Where its funders are

100% of SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY

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 Maryland

Childrens Theatre of Southern Maryland Inc80%Red Branch Theatre Inc79%Silhouette Stages Inc78%Howard County Summer Theatre Inc76%The Newtowne Players Inc76%Dance Box Theater Inc74%The Maryland Theatre Association74%Rockville Little Theatre Inc74%

Nationally

Childrens Theatre of Southern Maryland Inc80%Red Branch Theatre Inc79%Main Street Theatre Company78%Childrens Playtime Productions78%Silhouette Stages Inc78%Smith Street Stage Inc77%Broadway Illusions Inc77%Legacy Theater and Music Company77%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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

MD

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY: 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 SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY?
SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,800 to it, the largest being CARROLL COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC ($13,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $13,800 in grants to SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY?
CARROLL COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SMALL TOWN STARS THEATRE COMPANY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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