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THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE
THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE (Connecticut) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,144,730 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,992,500). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $9.1M
- Net assets
- $9.7M
What The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre does
Mission
Long wharf theatre is dedicated to producing boundary-breaking theatre with and for its many, kaleidoscopic communities. Our vision is theatre for everyone.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
For the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, long wharf theatre produced 72 performances of three live, professionally produced productions - she loves me by jerry bock (music), joe masteroff (book), and sheldon harnick (lyrics) with new orchestrations by andy einhorn; el coqu espectacular and the bottle of doom by matt barbot; and unbecoming tragedy, written and performed by terrence riggins - attended by 7,843 people. The fifth annual black trans women at the center featured nine new plays by black trans women playrights, offered online for national audiences. Artistic congress gathered 209 artists, scholars, thought leaders, and the greater new haven community members to discuss why theatre is vital to a thriving democracy. The congress offered two new play readings, three panel discussions, three interactive workshops, and a keynote address by pulitzer prize-winning playwright anna deavere smith. Long wharf theatre also supported 12 new plays and musicals under development, building a new canon for a new american theatre.
$3,728,939 spent$387,750 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,728,939.
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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $11M (−27%).
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 1% · 2019 8% · 2020 2% · 2021 33% · 2022 42% · 2023 5% · 2024 6% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE’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. 7 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.
Board chair
Nancy Alexander
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 28 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $724k → $858k.
12 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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: $250k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 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
THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 57% · 2019 30% · 2020 49% · 2021 29% · 2022 38% · 2023 37% — 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.
How long its funders stay
35% of THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $362k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$362k
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.
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE?
- THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE (Connecticut) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,144,730 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,992,500). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $9,144,730 in grants to THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,992,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 67 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