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THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY

THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($31). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2022
$8k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$31
Net assets
$3k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The Passage Theatre Company does

Mission

With our artists, our audiences, and the stories we tell, the passage theatre seeks to create art that looks into the void with hope instead of dread. We tell stories with truth and simplicity. We create thought-provoking, minimalistic, ensemble-based theatre that is specific to its medium. Our work is driven by curiosity and the conviction that whimsy and humor are powerful ways to explore the universe. We focus on humanity. We are a community-oriented company with faith in collaboration and transparency. We prioritize paying artists over buying things and believe human ingenuity is more essential than production budget in creating the spectacular. We believe in hope and innovation. We value creativity over tradition, both artistically and institutionally. We continuously endeavor to establish and invent more equitable practices at all levels of our organization. Through these practices, we hope to advance our industry's greater movement toward a more accessible theatre.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Program

The passage theatre produces performances that are theatrical, thought-provoking, and ensemble-based.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($16k) Expenses 100 ($16k) Net assets 100 ($2k)2021 Revenue 64 ($10k) Expenses 68 ($11k) Net assets 95 ($2k)2022 Revenue 49 ($8k) Expenses 49 ($8k) Net assets 113 ($3k)
202020212022
Revenue (49)Expenses (49)Net assets (113)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2k to $3k (+19%).

$2k
$2k
$3k
202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$896
’20
−$123
’21
$452
’22
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY?
THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($31). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31 in grants to THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 1 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