New York · Nonprofit
THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being FREDERICK LOEWE FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $48k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What The H B Playwrights Foundation Inc does
Mission
The h b playwrights foundation, inc. Supports the mission of the herbert berghof studio, inc. By operating a theater space that serves as the physical performance outlet for the studio's students and community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Developing and producing new plays and work-in-progress:the hb playwrights foundation is a not-for-profit theater, in collaboration with hb studio, committed to developing and producing new plays and playwrights and to the performance of non-commercial theater for the benefit of the artists involved. During an ordinary year, hbpf will produce works-in-progress productions in collaboration with hb studio. In the fiscal year ending 8/31/2025, hbpf supported 23 public events in its hb playwrights theatre and provided rental space to 8 artistic projects.(continued on schedule o)(a)residency projects: hb studio's residency program provides space for artists to rehearse and present new work at an early-to mid-stage of development with the production capability of the hb playwrights theatre. Six(6) week-long residencies, featuring 54 artists, culminated in public presentations. Residency projects included: sons of an unknown father (2/3/25-2/9/25); pyrrah, the poet, and planet earth (3/31/25-4/6/25); divergentes: que harias por amor?(6/9/25-6/15/25); my body says no (6/23/25-6/29/25); waiting: a queer black tragicomedy in two acts (7/7/25-7/13/25); and lucha libre (7/21/25-7/27/25). Hb…
$88,814 spent$6,366 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $88,814.
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 $1.6M to $1.8M (+12%).
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.
0% of THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS 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
THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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 60% · 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 THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Herbert Berghof Studio Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being FREDERICK LOEWE FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $45,000 in grants to THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC?
- FREDERICK LOEWE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE H B PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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