Michigan · Nonprofit
STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA
STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA (Michigan) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,695,516 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($1,197,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America does
Mission
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America (FOA) receives tax-deductible contributions within the US in support of Shakespearean and other theatre. FOA provides for member groups who support the Festival through education programs, audience development and fund raising activities. FOA promotes interest in, and the study of, the arts, through two educational programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Total revenue generated by Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America ("foa") in 2024 was $6,220,622. Foa awarded $3,327,567 in grants in support of stratford shakespearean festival of canada's activities in 2024. 61,423 tickets were sold for stratford shakespearean festival of canada to visitors originating in the united states in 2024. Foa maintains low operating expenses and is able to dedicate the majority of funds it raises to support the creation of shakespearean and other classical theatre.
$3,327,567 spentof which $3,327,567 as grants68% of program spendingThe total revenue generated by the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America ("foa") in 2024 was $6,220,622. Foa awarded $1,576,794 in grant support of the stratford shakespearean festival endowment foundation ("endowment"). The endowment has helped fund specific initiatives including new play development, education and classical theatre coaching, audience outreach and enhancement of the stratford theatre facilities.
$1,576,794 spentof which $1,576,794 as grants32% of program spendingThe Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America ("foa") holds educational workshops in michigan that introduce students to shakespeare in a dynamic and engaging way, supports teachers in the drama-based teaching of shakespeare's plays and builds awareness in michigan of the stratford shakespearean festival of canada. This program generated revenue of $103 and expenses of $3,490 in 2023.
$3,490 spentof which $3,490 as grants$103 earned by the program0% 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: $4,907,851.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $5.6M to $1.9M (−67%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Kevin Turner
Trustee/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $38k → $262k.
18 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $28k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America Group Return). These are real filings, and they are not money STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA raised.
From the IRS filings of STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 63% · 2019 38% · 2020 68% · 2021 65% · 2022 39% · 2023 18% — 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 STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA'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
97% of STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA'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 $106k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Organizations like STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA?
- STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA (Michigan) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,695,516 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($1,197,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $3,695,516 in grants to STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $1,197,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 32 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