The Shubert Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-6106961 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Shubert Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in New York, NY (EIN 13-6106961). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $82.1M paid in 1,323 grants, with a median grant of $35K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $952.4M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · shubertfoundation.org
- Total grants paid
- $82.1M
- Grants reported
- 1,323
- Typical grant
- $35K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $952.4M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Vicki Reiss
- Phone
- (212) 944-3777
- Application materials
- 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.
- Restrictions
- 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.
The filing does not state deadlines; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- VICKI REISS
- Address
- 234 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK, NY, 10036
- Phone
- 2129443777
- Deadlines
- SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION ATTACHMENT
- Application materials
- 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.
- Restrictions
- 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.
Reported organization name: THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION INC
Current grant programs
Opportunities and giving programs published on The Shubert Foundation Inc's website. Confirm details with the foundation before applying.
Dates come from the foundation's own website. Check their page before applying.
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Shubert Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Public Schoolsnyc Dept of Education | New York, NY | For shubert leader and teacher development | Tax year 20232023 | $371K |
| Fund for Public Schools Inc | New York, NY | For shubert leader and teacher development | Tax year 20242024 | $371K |
| Fund for Public Schools Inc | New York, NY | For shubert-mti broadway junior project | Tax year 20242024 | $363K |
| Fund for Public Schoolsnyc Dept of Education | New York, NY | For shubert-mti broadway junior project | Tax year 20232023 | $360K |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | Chicago, IL | General operating support for theatrical productions and activities | Tax year 20242024 | $350K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,323 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Shubert Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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