Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC
THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,849,232 to it, the largest being REVADA FOUNDATION ($2,841,682). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $591k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What The Studio Acting Conservatory Inc does
Mission
The studio acting conservatory, inc. Is a non-profit organization that was incorporated on november 15, 2018, in the district of columbia, following its separation from studio theatre. For 50 years, the conservatory has taught acting and directing to adults and young people. Through its quality, rigorous, and time-honored curriculum, the conservatory offers best-in-class training for the modern actor and director. The conservatory is committed to being an anti-racist organization and a safe space for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The conservatory is the premier training institution for actors and directors in washington d.c. For 50 years, over 13,000+ alumni have gone on to important theatre and film careers. The conservatory is led by a 22-member faculty of committed professionals, and offers approximately 475-500 class slots to students of every age and background each year. The conservatory also serves disadvantaged dc communities through a scholarship program that provides a theatercurriculum for talented young people age 12-17, with half of these young students receiving full scholarships. Generous scholarships and work-study opportunities are also awarded to adults.
$492,134 spent$190,540 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $492,134.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $3.5M to $4.2M (+18%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 23% · 2022 43% · 2023 26% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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
Emily Morrison
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $54k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2020 78% · 2021 45% · 2022 55% · 2023 28% — 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
50% of THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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 STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $563k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC's revenue fell 77% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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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 Washington, D.C.
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
77%
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 STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC?
- THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,849,232 to it, the largest being REVADA FOUNDATION ($2,841,682). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $3,849,232 in grants to THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC?
- REVADA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,841,682 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 19 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