California · Nonprofit
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC (California) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487,622 to it, the largest being ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,247,305). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $72M
What South Coast Repertory Inc does
Mission
Scr was established for the purpose of educating and serving its community with productions of dramatic entertainment on its stages and offering dramatic classes for youth through adults (the conservatory) both onsite and in community venues throughout orange county.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Stage productions:for 24-25, scr continued producing at a reduced level from pre-pandemic seasons. Scr provided a total of 8 plays performed on the two main indoor stages, including one production for young audiences, as well as its holiday traditional a christmas carol. Each play performed for three to five weeks. There were also readings of newly-written plays performed by actors at various dates during the years, including at our playwrights festival devoted to presenting several new works over a 3-day weekend. In addition, we are no long producing outside scr at this time.
$9,079,019 spent$3,862,190 earned by the program89% of program spendingConservatory: this comprehensive program offers specialized theatre training for children and adults, taught by working theatre professionals. The conservatory has four components: the youth and teen program, for students grades 3-12, is held in three 10-week sessions throughout the school year. The youth program is for grades 3-6 and the teen program is for grades 7-12. Also offered is the summer theatre workshop, a 2-week introductory session held in august for youths grades 3-12; and the neighborhood conservatory, a 10-week version of the young conservatory offered free-of-charge at community centers, for children who would otherwise not have access to such a program. Scholarships for the youth and teen programs are awarded to students who distinguish themselves in scr's neighborhood conservatory programs based on commitment, enthusiasm, personal growth and the ability to work in an ensemble. The junior, teen and summer players are performance groups for young people with at least two years of conservatory training. Three times a year they perform professionally written, directed and designed productions for paid audiences in the nicholas studio. The theatre conservatory, for…
$1,129,132 spent$700,024 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,208,151.
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 $84M to $74M (−11%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 21% · 2022 46% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 narrowed from 25 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $604k → $2.2M.
13 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. 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
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 22% · 2019 29% · 2020 24% · 2021 47% · 2022 51% · 2023 50% — 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
50% of SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
79% of SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $275k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$275k
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 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY 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 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC?
- SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC (California) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487,622 to it, the largest being ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,247,305). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $12,487,622 in grants to SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC?
- ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,247,305 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 59 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