Oregon Shakespeare Festival Endowment Fund
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About Oregon Shakespeare Festival Endowment Fund
This fund is narrowly focused on sustaining a single, flagship performing-arts institution — the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR — providing large-scale financial support aimed at both annual operations and long-term viability. Its giving is mission-driven toward preserving regional classical theater and ensuring institutional stability rather than funding a broad array of organizations or projects.
Focus Areas
Regional professional classical theatre (Oregon Shakespeare Festival)Endowment and long-term financial sustainability for a flagship cultural institutionInstitutional operating support for performing arts in Ashland / Southern Oregon
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very large gifts to a single recurring grantee focused on long-term viability/endowment and annual operating support.
Funding Style
general operating supportcapacity buildingunrestricted supportsustainability-focused grants
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.3M
Total Assets
$26.8M
Total Revenue
$1.1M
Total Expenses
$6.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2.8M and $5.1M, with a median of $3.9M.
25th Percentile
$2.8M
Median
$3.9M
75th Percentile
$5.1M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in OR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PAUL CHRISTY
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