New York · Public charity
American Theatre Wing Inc
American theatre wing invests in brave work, supports creative growth, and celebrates excellence to bring inclusive stories to our national culture through theatre. The american theatre wing has spent a century using theatre to advance human experience, empathy and cultural growth like never before.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $815k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,608
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 19
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations American Theatre Wing Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $801k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $570k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $423k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $387k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $367k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $300k | 95% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $273k | 94% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $285k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$2.6MEducation$905k
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Independent Sch Dist | $149,676 | 4 | n/a |
| New York University | $104,192 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $101,060 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | $100,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $84,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Latino Theater Company | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company | $75,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Theatre Squared Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Camden Repertory Theater Community Development Group | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Independent Sch Dist | $149,676 | 4 | n/a |
| New York University | $104,192 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $101,060 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | $100,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $84,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Latino Theater Company | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company | $75,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Theatre Squared Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Camden Repertory Theater Community Development Group | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $64,820 | 4 | 0% |
| NYC Department of Education | $64,063 | 3 | n/a |
| Guilford Co Public Schools | $63,895 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $50,655 | 2 | n/a |
| Cabarrus County Schools | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jefferson Parish Public School System | $44,607 | 3 | n/a |
| The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc | $44,484 | 3 | 0% |
| Ponca City Public Schools | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson-Madison County School System | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute LLC | $38,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Emerson College | $36,265 | 4 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $35,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Covington Louisiana Actors Playhouse System | $35,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Lake Ridge New Tech Schools | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| La Habra City School District | $34,755 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | $32,967 | 2 | n/a |
| Folsom-Cordova Unified School District | $32,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $32,220 | 2 | n/a |
| Eagle Rock Elementary Education Foundation (EREEF) | $32,109 | 1 | 38% |
| Pace University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| California Institute of the Arts | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fordham University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broome Street Academy Charter High School | $28,898 | 2 | 0% |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $28,050 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Southwest Isd | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Friends of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Inc | $26,666 | 2 | 25% |
| Oakland Unified School District | $26,559 | 1 | n/a |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $26,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Ptc Ca Congress of Parents Teachers | $25,428 | 1 | 6% |
| Camden City School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Urban Assembly Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Unified School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dalton Public Schools | $22,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Okaloosa Technical College | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark County School District | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterside Ps317q PTO Inc | $21,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Desoto County Schools | $21,328 | 1 | n/a |
| West New York Board of Education | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fund for Public Schools Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hagerman Municipal Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elon University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charter School of New Castle | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alamance-Burlington Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coweta County Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shenandoah University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bronx Charter School for the Arts | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grove Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Carolina University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Interlochen Arts Camp | $19,233 | 2 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $18,784 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Connected | $18,387 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopewell High School Theatre Boosters | $17,104 | 1 | n/a |
| Orange County Public Schools | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawrence Public Schools | $16,900 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hanover County Schools | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Unified School District | $15,828 | 1 | n/a |
| Elizabethtown College | $15,300 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lit Fund | $15,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Indiespace Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| School Board of Sarasota County | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Public Schools | $14,901 | 1 | n/a |
| The Playwrights Realm | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stage Partners LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taos Municipal Schools | $12,848 | 1 | n/a |
| Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School | $12,264 | 1 | 0% |
| The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts Inc | $10,800 | 1 | 1% |
| The Tank Ltd | $10,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Manitou Art Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tucson Unified School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Children's Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gilloury Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Isd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackout Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Wilbury Theatre Group | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boise Contemporary Theater Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nola Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| North Carolina Stage Company | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Key Largo School Drama Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewel Theatre Company | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mark Sonnenblick | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jennifer Loring Dba Jay Adana | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Constellation Stage & Screen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cartwright School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Theatre Horizon Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congo Square Theatre Company | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Azusa Pacific University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flint Institute of Music | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ferguson-Florissant School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ars Nova Theater I Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Bull Theater Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rutgers the State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Short North Stage Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Theatre at Boston Court | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Theater Company | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Local Theater Company | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| New Jersey Repertory Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Steam Charter School | $9,900 | 1 | 0% |
| School District of Lee County | $9,669 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Film Academy Ltd | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Downey Unified School District | $8,353 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln Public Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Jar Studios LLC | $7,980 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Boston | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Tim Evanicki Inc | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc | $7,586 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts Foundation Corp | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| PTA John Tyler Elementary | $7,235 | 1 | n/a |
| Steel Academy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mariposa and El Portal Elementary Schools | $6,791 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Cruz Valley Usd #35 | $6,790 | 1 | n/a |
| Collegiate Prep Realty LLC - Windermere Preparatory School | $6,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Weslaco Independent School District | $6,160 | 1 | n/a |
| York Theatre Company Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Baldwin Wallace University | $5,975 | 1 | 0% |
| Amda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) | $5,965 | 1 | 0% |
| Jo Wilson Es PTA | $5,843 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | $5,350 | 1 | 0% |
| The School Board of Broward County | $5,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Richmond Public Schools | $5,128 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
American Theatre Wing Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 63.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About American Theatre Wing Inc
- How much does American Theatre Wing Inc give?
- American Theatre Wing Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $814,816, out of $1,053,719 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Theatre Wing Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Education (26%).
- Who are American Theatre Wing Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Independent Sch Dist ($150k), New York University ($104k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($101k).
- Does American Theatre Wing Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Theatre Wing Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, GenYOUTH Incorporated, Round It Up America Inc.
- Where is American Theatre Wing Inc based?
- American Theatre Wing Inc is based in NY.
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