Florida · Nonprofit
THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC
THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC (Florida) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,573,090 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,396,400). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $24M
What The Naples Players Inc does
Mission
To build community through exceptional access to the power of theatre, providing a cultural hub that leads a shift in the national perception of how theatres can impact their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Production of musicals, plays and youth productions with the participation of approximately 702 community volunteers (77,000 hours) as the organization transitioned programming back into it newly renovated and expanded theatre
$3,697,096 spent$1,806,894 earned by the program81% of program spendingTheatre education including both youth and adult classes that focus on artistic expression & process, individual voice, body awareness, communication styles, dance and music engaging over 5,000 participants.
$568,212 spent$252,875 earned by the program13% of program spendingArts access encompasses a "wellness through the arts" program providing access to a therapeutic processes that allows expression and development of both children and adults with a range of disabilities including, but not limited to: autism, sensory processing disorders, parkinson's, alzheimer's, anxiety & depression, and more.
$275,607 spent$73,647 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,540,915.
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 $25M to $36M (+45%).
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: 2018 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 1% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC’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. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Bryce Alexander
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $27k → $1.3M.
12 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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: $6.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Naples Players Endowment Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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 NAPLES PLAYERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
51% 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 NAPLES PLAYERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 30% · 2019 27% · 2020 58% · 2021 44% · 2022 45% · 2023 34% — 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
24% of THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC'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 NAPLES PLAYERS INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 NAPLES PLAYERS INC has grown faster than half 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 NAPLES PLAYERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $25
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 NAPLES PLAYERS 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC?
- THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC (Florida) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,573,090 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,396,400). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $6,573,090 in grants to THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,396,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NAPLES PLAYERS 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.
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 53 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