Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE
A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,766 to it, the largest being THE 1994 CHARLES B DEGENSTEIN FDN ($21,164). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $104k
What A & B Children's Theatre does
Mission
To provide opportunities for underserved groups to participate in the arts locally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization offered lessons/camps in dance and theatre for varying skill levels. As well as productions for participants. Specifically in 2025, the organization participated in two dance competitions,two reach for the stars (differently abled theatre troupe performances) events, two summer threatre programs, two dance recitals, various commmunity carnivals, parades and events, as well as made contributions to various local high school musicals and community organizations.
$239,489 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $239,489.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $43k to $82k (+91%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
4% of A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 85% · 2022 84% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
64% of A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $402 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE?
- A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,766 to it, the largest being THE 1994 CHARLES B DEGENSTEIN FDN ($21,164). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $39,766 in grants to A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE?
- THE 1994 CHARLES B DEGENSTEIN FDN is the largest funder on record, with $21,164 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing