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Screen a listThe Elm Shakespeare Company
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$810krevenue
FY2025 · +26% in 3 yrs46staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin6.4%
Months of reserve2.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.2%
Middle half of peersMedianElm Shakespeare Company
Where the money goes FY2025 · $758k spent
Programs$538k71%Management and general$159k21%Fundraising$62k8%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor4
Strong governance
10 of 10 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 10% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
3 of the 5 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 9 returns, 8% of revenue in FY2025. $15k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending20funders
$106ka year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret AndreassiOn and off$45k$46k$45k$35k$40k$30kSeedlings FoundationSince FY2022$28k$44kNewalliance Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$8k$8k$8k$13k$8k$8k$5kConnecticut Humanities Council IncSince FY2022$30k$16kCarolyn FoundationOn and off$25kYale University Elizabethan Club CorpOn and off$10k$6kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$14k$5$20k$5$20k5 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$1k$1k$1k$1k$1k$9k$11k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund