Florida · Nonprofit
THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC
THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,600 to it, the largest being THE SHAH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $164k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse Inc does
Mission
To provide affordable community theater and promote lifelong education in the performing arts for brevard county residents and visitors.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The historic cocoa village playhouse continues to provide live community theater to audiences in brevard county, florida. This is accomplished by volunteer performers who are given a chance to experience the theater and enhance their various performing arts talents. The productions were attended by approximately 75,000 patrons during the fiscal year 2025-2026. The historic cocoa village playhouse is host to several local ballet companies and local performers.
$2,471,291 spent$1,610,423 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe playhouse continues to provide education in the performing arts for the young through its stars of tomorrow program. Over 250 children ages 7 to 18 participated in the stars of tomorrow program during fiscal year 2025-2026. Through this program they learn theater techniques and participate in the children series productions. The children's performing arts series distributed over 2,000 tickets which includes tickets for groups that provide service to vulnerable and disadvantaged brevard residents.
$8,893 spent$62,906 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,480,184.
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. 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 $2.2M to $1.5M (−29%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 4% · 2023 9% · 2024 6% · 2025 12% · 2026 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Robert Carman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $133.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE 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 HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
20% of THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
92% of THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE 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. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC has grown faster than half of the 62 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 62 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC?
- THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,600 to it, the largest being THE SHAH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $163,600 in grants to THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE INC?
- THE SHAH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HISTORIC COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 8 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing