Steppingtone Theater Executive Summary

Organization Description:
Steppingstone Theatre Corporation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located at Saint Paul, Minnesota and has focused on youth development through theatrical production and education. It has successfully serving the children and teenagers whose age are from 3-16, and providing them different kinds of opportunities to experience the theatres and enrich their knowledge while they are involving into the theatrical activities or classes. Since they have been at Saint Paul back into the 80s, the organization has served the people for almost three decades, and Steppingstone Theatre always concentrates on providing stage production with children in order to grow their interests toward theatres . Thus, it plays a vital

While looking at their annual report, their operating budget is around $1,100,000 for each year, and it is almost the same for most recent years . I think this indicates that their operating budget is stable.

Mission:
Initially, it was part of the Chimera Theatre and since 1987, they focused lot on education and they finally developed into their own theatre organization; however, they did not move to this current venue until 2007 and refurnished it in order to put more seats in it and make it more like a professional theatre. The mission statement of Steppingstone Theatre is “(Steppingstone Theatre) focuses on developing the whole child through educational theater programs and fully staged productions. Our supportive, non-competitive environment helps youth build self-esteem and confidence in a community that celebrates diversity” . Through their mission statement, it is obvious that they want to focus more on children education through theatre productions, and their services are mainly provided to children at Saint Paul. By offering those stage productions and courses to children and teenagers, they help them to explore at the theatre world and build their interests too. Saint Paul is a community with