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Lark Theatre Company Inc

The lark play development center provides american and international playwrights with indispensable resources to develop their work, nurturing artists at all stages in their careers, and inviting them to freely express themselves in a supportive and rigorous environment.

$940k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$183k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of Lark Theatre Company Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The New World Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’22
3
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$330kCivil Rights$183kPhilanthropy$105k
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $418,443, the rows itemized in this filing. The $939,744 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $521,301 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $359k
$66,111
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New World Foundation$182,568
Rattlestick Playrights Theatre$110,519
Theatre Communications Group$66,111
Tides Foundation$29,505
Queens Theatre in the Park Inc$17,500
New York State Council on the Arts$12,240
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Tides Foundation: $30k → 10%Queens Theatre in the Park Inc: $57k → 13%Rattlestick Playrights Theatre: $111k → 17%Queens Theatre in the Park Inc: $18k → 13%New York State Council on the Arts: $12k → 17%Theatre Communications Group: $66k → 17%New York Stage and Film Inc: $32k → 17%New York Community Trust: $75k → 17%WP Theatre: $24k → 17%New World Foundation: $183k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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2
The American Playwriting Foundation
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3
Staretthe Directors Company Inc

The Directors Company is an award-winning not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals initiated and generated by outstanding directorial talent,…

Arts & Culture
4
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
5
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
6
Titan Productions Incorporated

Titan theatre company is committed to breathing new life and clarity into classical works of theatre, exploring new and contemporary language plays, and delivering adventurous and visceral theatrical experiences for our audiences and…

Arts & Culture
7
The Russian Arts Theatre and Studio

Develop recognition of international theater

Arts & Culture
8
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
9
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
10
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
11
Lively Productions

Lively productions presents new work for the stage by emerging artists, and seeks to create innovative theatrical opportunities in a world increasingly defined by real time interactions and new technologies

Arts & Culture
12
National New Play Network Ltd

The national new play network is the country's alliance of non-profit theatres that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Stage and Film Inc; the most unlike its peers is Women's Project & Productions Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $182,568 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATIONTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $75,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUSTTIDES FOUNDATION: $29,505 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATIONRATTLESTICK PRODUCTIONS INC: $110,519 · OtherRATTLESTICK PRODUCTIONS INCTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $66,111 · OtherTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INCNew York State Council on the Arts: $12,240 · OtherNew York State Council on the ArtsRoundhouse Theatre: $10,000 · OtherQUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK INC: $74,639 · Arts & CultureQUEENS THEATRE IN THE PA…NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $32,142 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM …WOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS INC: $24,350 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUC…
Philanthropy$287,073Other$198,870Arts & Culture$131,131

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $182,568 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRATTLESTICK PRODUCTIONS INC: $110,519 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK INC: $74,639 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $66,111 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $32,142 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $29,505 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS INC: $24,350 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Howard Gilman Fou…The Shubert Foundatio…Jewish Communal FundThe Lucille Lortel Fo…Booth Ferris Foundati…The Ford FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lark Theatre Company Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lark Theatre Company Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lark Theatre Company Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Lark Theatre Company Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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