Open Foundations · New York

Shubert Foundation Inc

New York, New York · EIN 136106961. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $42.0M across 671 grants in 2024, a median of $40K each.

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$42.0M
paid in 2024
671
grants paid
$40K
median grant
41%
to first-time recipients
$706.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
VICKI REISS
Address
234 WEST 44TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10036
Phone
2129443777
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ALL REQUESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ON THE FOUNDATION'S APPLICATION FORM AND INCLUDE A COPY OF THE APPLICANT'S LETTER FROM THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT GRANTING FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT AND IF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED, APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THEIR MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR, AUDITED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF THE GRANTS PROGRAM IS TO BUILD AND PERPETUATE THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE, IN THE UNITED STATES. ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS GOAL INVOLVES SUPPORT BOTH OF THE THEATRICAL INSTITUTIONS AND OF THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE THEATRE.
Submission deadline
SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION ATTACHMENT
Restrictions on awards
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDES FUNDS FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. FUNDS ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR PROJECT SUPPORT, NOR ALLOCATED FOR CAPITAL OR ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNS, NOR TO INDIVIDUALS OR CONDUIT ORGANIZATIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600699349100740. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

theatrical productionsdance productionsarts

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 671 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Fund for Public Schools IncNY$371,000FOR SHUBERT LEADER AND TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
2Fund for Public Schools IncNY$363,000FOR SHUBERT-MTI BROADWAY JUNIOR PROJECT
3Chicago Theatre Group IncIL$350,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
4New York Shakespeare FestivalNY$350,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
5Playwrights Horizons IncNY$325,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
6Vivian Beaumont Theater IncNY$325,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
7Washington Drama Society IncDC$325,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
8South Coast Repertory IncCA$300,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
9Steppenwolf Theater CoIL$300,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
10American Repertory TheatreMA$285,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
11Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation IncNY$275,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR DANCE PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
12Atlantic Theater CompanyNY$275,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
13Ballet Theatre Foundation IncNY$275,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR DANCE PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
14Childrens Theater Company and SchoolMN$275,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
15Manhattan Theatre Club IncNY$275,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020572$32.1M
2021609$37.6M
2022634$37.9M
2023652$40.1M
2024671$42.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York28%
California9%
Illinois5%
Pennsylvania4%
Massachusetts4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Diana PhillipsPRESIDENT · 2024
Elliot H GreeneTREASURER · 2024
Gilbert Hoover IvSECRETARY · 2024
Juan CalvoASSISTANT TREASURER · 2024
Laura ForeseDIRECTOR · 2024
Lee J SeidlerDIRECTOR · 2024
Pamela NewkirkDIRECTOR · 2024
Richard J PocciaDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert E WankelCHAIRMAN · 2024
Stuart SubotnickDIRECTOR · 2024
Vicki ReissASST SECRETARY/EXEC DIRECTOR · 2024
Wyche Fowler JrDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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