Missouri · Nonprofit
THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS
THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,715,869 to it, the largest being BERGES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($822,169). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $6.7M
- Net assets
- $-1223258
What The Repertory Theatre of St Louis does
Mission
The repertory theatre of st. Louis creates bridges between people in the st. Louis region and beyond through expertly crafted theatrical experiences that are joyful, unique, inspiring, and thought-provoking.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mainstage & studio productions - the theatre produces live professional productions at spaces including the loretto-hilton center on the campus of webster university. Each year from september to april, the theatre produces mainstage and studio plays to audiences of approximately 40,000 theatregoers.
$4,980,162 spent$2,440,729 earned by the program95% of program spendingLearning and community engagement programs - the repertory theatre of st. Louis' department of learning and community engagement (l.a.c.e.) is committed to fulfilling two main goals: cultivating and fostering a sense of learning for audiences and community members of all ages through exciting and engaging programming and activating our space as a public forum to have creative and meaningful dialogue that informs, enlightens, and inspires us to be catalysts and healing in our community. L.a.c.e. Programs include: story 2 stage, camp rep, life long learner matinees and represent stl talkbacks.
$223,677 spent4% of program spendingTouring - the imaginary theatre company (itc) focuses on theatre for young people and their families. Through the use of literature, folk tales and new adaptations of classic works, itc is committed to bringing the very finest in theatre to youth where they live and learn. Itc participants have the option to enrich their experience with digital study guides that include information on the play and production as well as activities and worksheets that educators can modify to meet the needs of their students. Finally, young people and their families have the opportunity to hear interviews with the artists who bring itc to life as they discuss their work on the shows and their artistry.
$64,790 spent$34,000 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,268,629.
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 $11M to $4.2M (−62%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 26% · 2022 46% · 2023 29% · 2024 28% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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 narrowed from 24 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $720k → $472k.
14 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
44% 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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 23% · 2019 26% · 2020 48% · 2021 51% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% — broadly stable.
“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
33% of THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
60% of THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS's revenue fell 22% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$110k
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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS?
- THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,715,869 to it, the largest being BERGES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($822,169). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $6,715,869 in grants to THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS?
- BERGES FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $822,169 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 68 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