Funding search · EIN 831161065 · Ashland, OR

Play On Shakespeare

Name: Play On Shakespeare grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

51
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $26,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

production workshop performances translation gift plays related shakespeare

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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National Asian American Theatre Company Co2 grants · $645,000
Idaho Shakespeare Festival1 grant · $250,000
Magic Theatre3 grants · $241,037
Portland Center Stage2 grants · $196,500
California Shakespeare Theatre1 grant · $170,000
Portland Shakespeare Project3 grants · $146,500
The Acting Company1 grant · $125,000
Studio Acting Conservatory2 grants · $95,000
African-American Shakespeare Company2 grants · $82,500
Hero Theatre3 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$552,250

2022

$684,531

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$325,000
National Asian American Theatre Company Co · New York, NY · 2023
Grant to support performances of hansol jungs translation of romeo and juliet.
$320,000
National Asian American Theatre Company Co · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Idaho Shakespeare Festival · Boise, ID · 2024
Program support
$179,000
Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$170,000
California Shakespeare Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Cal shakes king lear production sponsorship
$169,000
Portland Center Stage · Portland, OR · 2024
Program support
$125,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$80,000
Studio Acting Conservatory · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$70,000
Portland Shakespeare Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
Lll production sponsorship
$60,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2022
Twelve night commission
$58,300
American Conservatory Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$56,500
Portland Shakespeare Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Program support
$55,000
Hero Theatre · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$52,500
African-American Shakespeare Company · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Actors Shakespeare Project · Charlestown, MA · 2023
A production of coriolanus.
$45,234
Holmes Productions · New York, NY · 2023
Reimbursement for shrew workshop.
$36,000
Great Lakes Theater · Clevland, OH · 2023
Midsummer workshop.
$35,000
Shakespeare Festival of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program support
$31,037
Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Workshop.
$31,000
Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Production of richard ii workshop and magic gala
$30,300
New York Live Arts · New York, NY · 2023
A blueprint to workshopping plays for bipoc artists.
$30,000
Shakespeare Festival of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Staged readings of richard ii, henry iv part 1, henry iv part 2, and henry v, presented april 20 - april 30, 2023.
$30,000
African-American Shakespeare Company · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support shakespeare-related performances and workshops
$30,000
Prague Shakespeare Company America · La Porte, TX · 2022
Performation in the summer of 2022
$27,500
Portland Center Stage · Portland, OR · 2022
A workshop of the translation of coriolanus
$26,000
Chagrin Foundation for the Arts and Culture · Chagrin Fallas, OH · 2023
Grant to support your production of hansol jungs translation of romeo & juliet.
$25,000
Perserverence Theatre · Douglas, AK · 2023
Giving a one-time for native language translation project.
$25,000
Chagrin Foundation for the Arts and Culture · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Support shakespeare-related performances and workshops
$25,000
Theater Breaking Through Barriers Corp · New York, NY · 2022
A workshop of taming of the shrew
$20,000
Portland Shakespeare Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
Ham workshop fall 2023 (portland).
$20,000
Royal Shakespeare Company America · New York, NY · 2023
Support partial costs relating to a developmental workshop (july 2023) in new york city.
$15,960
Depaul University - Advancement Gift Processing · Chicago, IL · 2023
For a demonstration, will pick scenes from specific plays.
$15,000
Ashland New Plays Festival · Ashland, OR · 2024
Program support
$15,000
The Dubois Family Llc · Kent, OH · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Studio Acting Conservatory · Washington, DC · 2023
For a demonstration, will pick scenes from specific plays.
$15,000
Universes · Troutdale, OR · 2022
Draft 1 payment
$13,000
Black Ops Theatre Company · New York City, NY · 2024
Program support
$12,500
Blessed Unrest Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
Untitled othello project
$12,000
Syracuse University Department of Drama · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Syracuse university cymbeline production grant
$10,000
Ramapo College Foundation · Mawah, NJ · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
2022 annual gift
$8,500
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Shakespeare Association of America · University, MS · 2022
Subsidize for a gift
$7,500
Portland State University Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Hero Theatre · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
A donation support your nothing, nothing production and general operations.
$7,500
Ramapo College Foundation · Mawah, NJ · 2023
A production of "comedy of errors" at ramapo college of new jersey to be rehearsed between november 6 and 14, 2023, and to be performed twice on november 15, 2023.
$7,500
Hero Theatre · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support shakespeare-related performances and workshops
$7,500
Shakespeare Theatre Association · Oxford, OH · 2022
Travel grants sponsorship
$6,000
Artequity Community · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Support of blk realities
$5,250
The Classic Theatre of Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
2022 annual gift

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