Play On Shakespeare
EIN 83-1161065 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 4 grants · $220.5k
Who it funds most
16 of its 45 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Play On Shakespeare's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202503179349305685
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $2.6m | — | $3.6m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $3.1m | — | $2.2m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202503179349305685 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202413099349303351 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202333139349304558 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202213159349304126 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202113199349323411 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202001359349303120 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Play On Shakespeare made 66 grants across 2021–2024, totalling $3.0m as filed.
- Grants
- 66
- Total, as filed
- $3.0m
- Years
- 2021–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY CO INC | 2 | $645.0k |
| MAGIC THEATRE INC | 4 | $267.1k |
| IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC | 1 | $250.0k |
| PORTLAND CENTER STAGE | 2 | $196.5k |
| CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATRE | 1 | $170.0k |
| PORTLAND SHAKESPEARE PROJECT | 3 | $146.5k |
| THE ACTING COMPANY | 1 | $125.0k |
| STUDIO ACTING CONSERVATORY INC | 2 | $95.0k |
| HERO THEATRE INC | 4 | $90.0k |
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | 2 | $82.5k |
| SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF DALLAS | 2 | $65.0k |
| HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY INC | 1 | $60.0k |
| AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER | 1 | $58.3k |
| CHAGRIN FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE | 2 | $51.0k |
| ACTORS SHAKESPEARE PROJECT INC | 1 | $50.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $327.6k |
| 2022 | 18 | $552.2k |
| 2023 | 14 | $639.3k |
| 2024 | 18 | $1.5m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-831161065. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified