The Broadway Sacramento Foundation concentrates its support entirely on live theater in Sacramento, underwriting Broadway-quality touring productions presented by the local nonprofit Broadway Sacramento. Its grants are targeted toward event- and production-level sponsorships (e.g., underwriting specific shows like Beautiful and Hadestown), signaling a mission to ensure high-profile theatrical programming is available to the local community. The foundation acts as a consistent local arts patron rather than a broad-based arts funder.
Broadway Sacramento Foundation directs all of its grantmaking to live theater in Sacramento, with support centered on Broadway Sacramento’s season productions and Music Circus. A single $100,000 grant in 2024 went to Broadway Sacramento for support for Music Circus, showing how closely the foundation ties its funding to a specific local presentation series. The remaining recent grants are smaller sponsorship awards for individual shows, including $10,000 for Beautiful and Hadestown in 2024 and $10,000 for Book of Mormon in 2023. That pattern points to project-based underwriting rather than broad arts funding. The foundation’s support is narrowly aimed at helping a local nonprofit present touring Broadway-quality productions to Sacramento audiences. Recent grants also show that the foundation uses sponsorship language directly in its awards, reinforcing its role as a production patron for specific theatrical events rather than a general operating grantmaker across the arts.
The foundation’s support is concentrated in musical theatre production and performing arts presentation. In 2024, it gave $100,000 to Broadway Sacramento for support for Music Circus, tying its largest recent grant to a seasonal theatre festival. It also provided $10,000 sponsorships to the same organization for Beautiful and Hadestown, indicating underwriting for named touring musicals. In 2023, it awarded $10,000 for Book of Mormon sponsorship, another example of event-specific support. Taken together, these grants show a pattern of funding public-facing theatre programming, with awards linked to individual shows and a local presenting organization rather than a wider mix of arts nonprofits.
Recent grants show a typical size of $10,000 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, with one larger $100,000 award above that cluster. All of the listed grants went to the same Sacramento recipient in 2023 and 2024, suggesting repeated support for a single grantee rather than one-off distribution across many organizations. The foundation gives locally and does not fund individuals. Its active Ticket Donation Requests program accepts unsolicited requests from community organizations, schools, and nonprofits for complimentary or donated theatre tickets.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $55K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$55K
JOHN GORALKA
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Highly concentrated and local: repeated, event-focused grants to a single core grantee (Broadway Sacramento) for production sponsorships rather than dispersed or unrestricted support.
Notable grantees: Broadway Sacramento
Grantmaking is entirely local and entirely in California. All listed grants went to Sacramento-based recipients, and 100% of grants in the data were awarded to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. The recipient country distribution is exclusively U.S.-based. The pattern is city-specific rather than regional or national, with every recent grant landing in Sacramento.
It supports live theater in Sacramento, especially Broadway Sacramento’s productions and Music Circus. Recent grants include a $100,000 award for Music Circus and sponsorships for named shows such as Beautiful, Hadestown, and Book of Mormon.
The listed grant-size distribution is tightly clustered at $10,000, with the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile all at $10,000. A larger $100,000 grant appears in the recent data as an outlier above that common size.
The recent grants all went to Broadway Sacramento in Sacramento, CA. That recipient appears in 2023 and 2024, which suggests repeated support for the same local nonprofit presenter.
Yes. The foundation has an active Ticket Donation Requests program that provides complimentary or donated theatre tickets to community organizations, schools, and nonprofits for fundraising, incentives, or community engagement. Requests are submitted by organizations for consideration.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Broadway Sacramento Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Community organizations, schools, and nonprofits may request donated tickets. Specific eligibility and prioritization are determined by Broadway Sacramento; details available on the request page.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROADWAY SACRAMENTO | SACRAMENTO, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR MUSIC CIRCUS |
| BROADWAY SACRAMENTO | SACRAMENTO, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | SPONSORSHIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL AND HADESTOWN. |
| BROADWAY SACRAMENTO | SACRAMENTO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | BOOK OF MORMON SPONSORSHIP |
BROADWAY SACRAMENTO
$100,000SUPPORT FOR MUSIC CIRCUS
BROADWAY SACRAMENTO
$10,000SPONSORSHIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL AND HADESTOWN.
BROADWAY SACRAMENTO
$10,000BOOK OF MORMON SPONSORSHIP
