National New Play Network Ltd
Lake Worth Beach, FL · EIN 13-4018585. Reported 124 grants totalling $1,467,513 to 81 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For National New Play Network Ltd, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 81 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 43% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $8,250. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $16,500; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $44,155. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Public Theatre Inc | Cleveland, OH | $76,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN | $70,655 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Company One Inc | Boston, MA | $69,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | San Francisco, CA | $57,250 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc | Orlando, FL | $56,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| San Diego Repertory Theatre | San Diego, CA | $47,785 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Actors Express Inc | Atlanta, GA | $41,850 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co | Washington, DC | $41,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marin Theatre Company | Mill Valley, CA | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Theatre Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $32,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perseverance Theatre Incorporated | Douglas, AK | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Riverside Theatre | Iowa City, IA | $29,850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horizon Theatre Company Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prop Theatre | Chicago, IL | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interact Theatre Company | N Hollywood, CA | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City Theatre Company Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $27,333 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 16TH Street Theatre | Berwyn, IL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| East West Players | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Perseverance Theatre | Douglas, AK | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alleyway Theatre Inc | Buffalo, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Company One | Boston, MA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vortex Repertory Company | Austin, TX | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Milagro | Portland, OR | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Theatre Company | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miracle Theatre Group | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Curious Theatre Company | Denver, CO | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theater Alliance | Washington, DC | $18,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theatre for Children Inc | Sacramento, CA | $18,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tuyo Theatre | San Diego, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Curious Theatre Company | Denver, CO | $17,080 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children With Hair Loss Inc | S Rockwood, MI | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Magic Theatre | San Francisco, CA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Company Performing Arts | Ogden, UT | $15,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon Contemporary Theatre | Eugene, OR | $15,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cara Mia Theatre | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Repertory Company a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation | Long Branch, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Playhouse | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Synchronicity Performance Group | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries Inc | Washington, DC | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unicorn Theatre | Kansas City, MO | $10,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | $10,510 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diversionary Theatre Productions Inc | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gilloury | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interact Theatre Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitchen Dog Theater Company | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Theatre Exile Co | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interact Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota, FL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theatre Lab at Fau | Boca Raton, FL | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicorn Theatre | Kansas City, MO | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Lives Theatre | Indianapolis, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amphibian Productions Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angels Theatre Company Inc | Lincoln, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Volusia County Inc | Daytona Beach, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B Street Theatre | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company | Boulder, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congo Square Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diversionary Theatre | San Diego, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East-West Players Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gloucester Stage Co Inc | Gloucester, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc | Rochester, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Know Theatre Tribe Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leviathan Lab | New York City, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Luna Stage Co Inc | West Orange, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mile Square Theatre | Hoboken, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Voices at the Autry | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redtwist Theatre | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Louis Black Repertory Company Inc | University Cy, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stages | Houston, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Inc | Olney, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theatre Nova | Ann Arbor, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatre Nova | Ann Arbor, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urbanite Theatre Inc | Sarasota, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Williamston Theatre | Williamston, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Round House Theatre | Bethesda, MD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Williamston Theatre | Williamston, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Barn Theatre | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Passage Theatre Company Inc | Trenton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plan-B Theater Company | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
25 of 81 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Mixed Blood Theatre
J. PROGRAMMING:6084 6084 VTF PIPELINE AWARDS TO THEATERS - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
COLLABORATION FUND AND PIR - Horizon Theatre
SUPPORT FOR MULTI THEATER COLLABORATION - Magic Theatre
SUPPORT FOR ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE - Cleveland Public Theatre
J. PROGRAMMING:6082 6082 PIR AWARDS TO THEATERS - Company One
J. PROGRAMMING:6083 6083 COLLABORATION FUND AWARDS TO THEATERS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 51 of 81 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $350,785 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 24 | $271,850 | $8,645 |
| 2022 | 17 | $158,873 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 29 | $295,850 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 28 | $390,155 | $8,625 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
21% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $8,250 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from National New Play Network Ltd's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 28 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1692, Lake Worth Beach, FL, 33460.
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