Florida · Nonprofit
TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC
TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,381,700 to it, the largest being STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,116,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $80M
What Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is organized as a supporting organization exclusively for the benefit of tampa bay performing arts center, inc. Dba david a. Straz jr. Center for the performing arts ("center or "straz center"). See schedule o for expanded mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fiscal year 2024/2025, the tampa bay performing arts center foundation, inc. (the "foundation") carried out its mission in supporting the tampa bay performing arts center, inc. Dba david a. Straz jr center for the performing arts (the "center or "straz center") through disbursement of (a) approved spending policy distribution grants and (b) grants of gifts received from other foundations to support center education and opera programs, artistic initiatives, facility improvements and general operations.(continued on schedule o)spending policy distributions are based on the related established board policy to provide a consistent process to move funds from the endowment to operating funds on an annual or approved basis. Gifts received by the foundation and transferred to the center from other foundations are approved by the foundation board or per donor request.
$1,801,500 spentof which $1,801,500 as grants23% of program spendingThe foundation launched its $100 million "boundless capital campaign" towards the end of its fiscal year 2018/2019 as part of its mission to support the straz center as it continues to grow in the tampa bay region. This campaign is comprised of 2 parts: $80 million master plan expansion project and $20 million to increase endowment. The foundation is collecting campaign pledges and reimbursing the center for master plan expenditures. The master plan commenced its design phase in 2018/2019 with actual construction started in april 2025 and anticipated completion in 2027.(continued on schedule o)through its oversight of long-term assets and the endowment fund, the foundation provided the center financial stability in fiscal year 2024/2025 and helped maintain the center's high standards of excellence and creativity as well as providing patrons the ability to continue to enjoy the center's programs.foundation endowment by the numbers:$66.6 million in gifts and pledges has been committed to the straz center endowment from both the private and public sectors through outright gifts and planned gifts.in 2024/2025, a total of $1.8 million of endowment earnings were distributed to the straz…
$5,807,426 spentof which $5,807,426 as grants75% of program spendingIn fiscal year 2024/2025, the foundation also carried out its mission in supporting the center through a spending policy distribution from its endowment assets at the community foundation tampa bay.
$172,733 spentof which $172,733 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,781,659.
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 2023 to 2024, from $60M to $76M (+26%).
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: 2023 31% · 2024 4% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Gregory Holland
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jack Kirkland Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2.0M → $300k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $1.8M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION 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
TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC?
- TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,381,700 to it, the largest being STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,116,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $11,381,700 in grants to TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC?
- STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,116,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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