California · Nonprofit
THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC
THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,851,006 to it, the largest being MONIMOS FOUNDATION ($470,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $834k
What The Independent Shakespeare Co Inc does
Mission
We bring los angeles together through exuberant, surprising productions of classical plays as well as new works. We address the inequity of access to the performing arts through free and low-cost programming. We create theater that is dynamic, inclusive and accessible; enriching our community and reaching new theater audiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Griffith park free shakespeare festival - 40 performances were presented free to audiences: as you like it by william shakespeare. Approximately 25,000 individuals attended.
$394,194 spent$33,720 earned by the program62% of program spendingStudio productions - the organization presented the following productions at the indoor studio theater: hamlet, solus adapted by david melville had 12 performances and approximately 375 attended. Happy days by samuel beckett had 14 performances and approximately 450 attended. A christmas carol with charles dickens had 14 performances and approximately 800 attended. The organization also hosted iambic lab, a series of workshops, readings, and salons.
$230,853 spent$61,242 earned by the program36% of program spendingEducational programs - in the community, the organization holds studio classes in scene study for professional and nonprofessional actors. It executed curriculum and workshops. The organization also hosted players in the park, a family workshop presented before select performances of the griffith park free shakespeare festival, which was attended by approximately 65 people.
$9,578 spentof which $2,000 as grants$28,180 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $634,625.
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 $261k to $871k (+234%).
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 10% · 2018 6% · 2019 6% · 2020 28% · 2021 12% · 2022 31% · 2023 9% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 4 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $165k → $224k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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 INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 54% · 2019 56% · 2020 28% · 2021 41% · 2022 27% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“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
39% of THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
89% of THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $353k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$75k
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.
Organizations like THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC?
- THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,851,006 to it, the largest being MONIMOS FOUNDATION ($470,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,851,006 in grants to THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC?
- MONIMOS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $470,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 32 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