California · Nonprofit
STAGEBRIDGE
STAGEBRIDGE (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $855,265 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($402,042). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $855k
- Net assets
- $840k
What Stagebridge does
Mission
To foster a vibrant community where all lifelong learners are celebrated and enriched through the performing arts. Stagebridge's program accomplishments during the year reached a broad and diverse community of older adults, families, and intergenerational audiences: Seniors Reaching Out engaged more than 200 limited mobility and chair-bound seniors, involved 15 volunteers, offered 3 quarters of Performing Arts Classes (PAI) to 75 seniors, produced over 20 culminating showcases, and reached 150 Bay Area families through Storytelling outreach. During our Summer Cabaret of Performing Arts, more than 60 students performed for over 300 audience members. Stagebridge's revenue increase reflects a a one-time legacy gift and Covid-19 ERC funds, which strengthened net assets and reduced liabilities. We're continuing growth through expanded marketing and renewed fundraising.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Performing Arts Institute: Stagebridge offered three-quarters of performing arts classes for older adults. A total of 75 students participated in classes, including Storytelling, Acting, Improv, Singing, and new offerings such as Introduction to Acting and IMAGINE, a creativity and imagination workshop. Students performed in more than 20 culminating showcases for community audiences, demonstrating increased confidence, creative expression, and social connection.
$77,691 spent$48,522 earned by the program89% of program spendingSeniors Reaching Out: Through partnerships with senior serving agencies, Stagebridge provided regular performances for residents in post-acute and skilled nursing facilities. With the support of 15 volunteers, Stagebridge reached more than 200 with limited mobility and chair-bound seniors, offering storytelling and singing performances that support emotional well-being and reduce isolation.
$3,059 spent$1,350 earned by the program3% of program spendingPublic Performances: Stagebridge produced multiple public events, including Nana's Storytelling Hour, in partnership with Books Inc., Alameda, CA. This program shared folktales from around the world with more than 150 Bay Area Families through storytelling outreach, strengthening intergenerational connection and cultural appreciation. Additional performances, including the New Beginnings Singing Concert and the Summer Cabaret of Performing Arts, showcased 60 students' talent and engaged the broader Bay Area community audience of 300.
$6,740 spent8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $87,490.
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 2024 to 2025, from $39k to $853k (+2114%).
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 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 16% · 2021 29% · 2022 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of STAGEBRIDGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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 narrowed from 8 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $106k → $40k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 STAGEBRIDGE’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
STAGEBRIDGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 STAGEBRIDGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 42% · 2019 63% · 2020 59% · 2021 84% · 2022 46% · 2023 37% — 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
18% of STAGEBRIDGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
59% of STAGEBRIDGE'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 $352k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $503k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
STAGEBRIDGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like STAGEBRIDGE
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
39% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 STAGEBRIDGE: 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 STAGEBRIDGE?
- STAGEBRIDGE (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $855,265 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($402,042). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STAGEBRIDGE have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $855,265 in grants to STAGEBRIDGE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STAGEBRIDGE?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $402,042 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STAGEBRIDGE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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