Arizona · Nonprofit
THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY
THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY (Arizona) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,560,434 to it, the largest being STEPHENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION A/K/A CELEBRATE LIFE FOUNDATION ($3,025,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $35M
What The Phoenix Theatre Company and Subsidiary does
Mission
Phoenix theatre creates exceptional theatrical experiences to articulate messages that inspire hope and understanding.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Performance programing: we value theatre as a place where people can be where anyone can go popular, geeky, broken down or affluent - and be welcomed. Theatre lives where we wish the whole world lived. By inspiring empathy and the ability to see things from another's point ofview, we encourage qualities that lead to visionary leadership and build communities in which we are proud to work and live.
$12,411,479 spent$9,141,126 earned by the program97% of program spendingEducation: phoenix theatre believes the arts are essential because they build communities in which we are proud to work and live. Foster the hero within, create greater understanding of cultural and political differences and, in an era of simulated virtual gatherings, continue to provide a forum in which the community from all walks of life can gather, live and in-person. Phoenix theatre believes the process of creating theatrical experiences is just as important as the experience itself. Phoenix theatre strives to produce the next generation of people who produce theatrical experiences. Phoenix theatre created a community of artists - from the actor to the prop designer; from the musician to the set builder, and so on. Phoenix theatre is a place where these artists live, create, and learn.(continued on schedule o) the phoenix theatre company's charitable and educational programs enrich lives through the transformative power of the arts by serving individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Through youth theatre classes, summer camps, dance training, and year-round audience learning opportunities, the company nurtures creativity, self-expression, artistic development, and lifelong…
$325,717 spent$306,115 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,737,196.
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 $32M to $50M (+58%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 24% · 2022 26% · 2023 42% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Vincent Vanvleet
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $79k → $3.1M.
14 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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 PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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 25% · 2018 30% · 2019 25% · 2020 33% · 2021 56% · 2022 43% · 2023 33% — 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
55% of THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
56% of THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M 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 PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$250k
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 PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Phoenix Theatre Real Estate LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: 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 PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY?
- THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY (Arizona) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,560,434 to it, the largest being STEPHENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION A/K/A CELEBRATE LIFE FOUNDATION ($3,025,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $14,560,434 in grants to THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY?
- STEPHENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION A/K/A CELEBRATE LIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,025,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 76 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