Louisiana · Nonprofit
THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT
THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $136,988 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($136,988). 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 FY2025
- $188k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $137k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Theatre of the Performing Arts in Shreveport does
Mission
To foster the culture, arts, and history of African Americans; to offer multi-disciplined arts programs for children, youth and adults, to act as a clearinghouse for the arts in Northwest Louisiana
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Performance of arts programs for children and youth
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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. 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 $134k to $83k (−38%).
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.
73% of THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Gloria Gipson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $22k.
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 THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT’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 THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT'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. $137k 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.
Against its field
THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT's revenue grew 17% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT?
- THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $136,988 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($136,988). 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 THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $136,988 in grants to THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA is the largest funder on record, with $136,988 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SHREVEPORT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2020–2025), 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