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VOKES PLAYERS INC

VOKES PLAYERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$148k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$550
Net assets
$214k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Vokes Players Inc does

Mission

Education & entertainment through theater.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. A variety of programs workshops plays and musical productions for children teens and adults. Vokes Players presented approximately 40 shows and sold approximately 4000 tickets to the events.

    $61,306 spent
    98% of program spending
  2. College Scholarship benefitting a local high school student pursuing a degree in the arts.

    $1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $62,306.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($134k)2021 Revenue 109 ($53k) Expenses 111 ($45k) Net assets 106 ($143k)2022 Revenue 207 ($101k) Expenses 227 ($91k) Net assets 114 ($153k)2023 Revenue 250 ($122k) Expenses 272 ($109k) Net assets 123 ($166k)2024 Revenue 303 ($148k) Expenses 248 ($99k) Net assets 159 ($214k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (303)Expenses (248)Net assets (159)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $166k to $214k (+29%).

$134k
$143k
$153k
$166k
$214k
20202021202220232024
Total assets

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
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

12% of VOKES PLAYERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’20
$8k
’21
$10k
’22
$13k
’23
$49k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $50.

From the IRS filings of VOKES PLAYERS 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

VOKES PLAYERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

VOKES PLAYERS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

NY
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

VOKES PLAYERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)32% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding VOKES PLAYERS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.

State$25k
21
23
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$25k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds VOKES PLAYERS INC?
VOKES PLAYERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VOKES PLAYERS INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $550 in grants to VOKES PLAYERS INC.
Who is the largest funder of VOKES PLAYERS INC?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VOKES PLAYERS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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