Stages
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2019–2025
Total received
$7.9M
Foundation funders
50
Grants recorded
146
Years covered
2019–2025
Who funds Stages?
Stages is funded by 50 grantmakers, led by Houston Endowment Inc ($1.5M), Sterling-Turner Foundation ($1.0M), Greater Houston Community Foundation ($1.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $7.9M in grants to Stages between 2019–2025.
Show all 50 funders
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $188K (2019) to $2.4M (2020). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $553K.
What grants has Stages received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Star Foundation | TO SUPPORT THEIR YEAR-ROUND SERIES OF SHOWS AND PROVIDING MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR HUNDREDS OF HOUSTON PERFORMERS, CREATORS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, TECHNICIANS, AND STAFF. | $200,000 |
| 2025 | The Brown Foundation Inc | Operating Support | $150,000 |
| 2025 | The Shubert Foundation Inc | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES | $80,000 |
| 2025 | National Philanthropic Trust | HEALTH | $35,000 |
| 2025 | The William Stamps Farish Fund | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $25,000 |
| 2025 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $25,000 |
| 2025 | The Vaughn Foundation | General | $10,000 |
| 2025 | The Ayco Charitable Foundation | ARTS AND CULTURE | $10,000 |
| 2025 | National New Play Network Ltd | J. PROGRAMMING:6081 6081 RWP AWARDS TO THEATERS | $7,500 |
| 2025 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | GENERAL OPERATIONS | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Star Fire Foundation | EDUCATION & ARTS | $500 |
| 2024 | Greater Houston Community Foundation | ARTS | $303,000 |
| 2024 | Meadows Foundation Inc | Toward support for collaborative early-career theater training and mentoring programs in Houston | $200,000 |
| 2024 | The Brown Foundation Inc | Operating Support | $150,000 |
| 2024 | Houston Endowment Inc | General Operating Support | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Jerry C Dearing Family Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 |
| 2024 | The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts | To support the 2024-2025 season and underwrite The Ripple, the Wave that carried me home | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation | CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE. | $87,627 |
| 2024 | The Shubert Foundation Inc | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES | $65,000 |
| 2024 | Houston Arts Alliance | General support | $62,500 |
| 2024 | Meadows Foundation Inc | Meadows Matching Grants Program - encourage community support | $51,300 |
| 2024 | Sterling-Turner Foundation | General support | $25,000 |
| 2024 | The William Stamps Farish Fund | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Vivian L Smith Foundation | SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc | ARTS AND HUMANITIES | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Kittsie & Charlie Thomas Family | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $12,500 |
| 2024 | National Philanthropic Trust | RELIGION | $11,500 |
| 2024 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The Ayco Charitable Foundation | ARTS AND CULTURE | $10,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 146 recorded grants.
Similar nonprofits
Organizations funded by many of the same grantmakers
More nonprofits on Grantable
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Stages?
Stages is funded by 50 grantmakers, led by Houston Endowment Inc ($1.5M), Sterling-Turner Foundation ($1.0M), Greater Houston Community Foundation ($1.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $7.9M in grants to Stages between 2019–2025.
Who is Stages's largest funder?
Houston Endowment Inc is the largest recorded funder of Stages, with $1.5M across 8 grants (2020–2024).
How much grant funding has Stages received?
IRS 990 filings record $7.9M in grants to Stages across 146 grants from 50 funders between 2019–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Stages's?
Grantable's AI matches your organization against 200,000+ grantmakers — including every funder on this page — using their real giving history.
You, clicking into all 50 funders
~6 hrs
at ~7 min per funder profile
Your agents, the same 50
~3 min
every profile evaluated and scored, with reasoning
Grant data is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings via Grantable's GrantGraph™. Filings are published on a delay; recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Stages's?