Indiana · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC
AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,836,133 to it, the largest being Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc ($3,098,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What American Cabaret Theatre Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1988, american cabaret theatre, inc. Dba the cabaret, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating and promoting the cabaret art form by entertaining, educating, and engaging audiences and artists through world-class performance. As the cabaret attracts artists from around the globe, audiences too travel from around the country to see these world class artists in the venue's award-winning up close and personal setting.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Artistic programming:in 2024, the cabaret presented 40 performances that served 8,063 in person audiences, provided virtual programming through its youtube channel resulting in 1.4 million global views, and 47 events or activities as part of its education and outreach programming that served 17,256 for a total audience of 1.5 million.the alley/"the alley sessions" a once run-down historic alley was transformed into a vibrant arts corridor and community gathering space open to the public for a free, four concert series (artists were paid a competitive market rate), serving 1,310. Audiences were able to order a variety of food and beverages for an outdoor, casual experience. 2024 artistic season the cabaret's flagship indoor season included five series: glick philanthropies broadway at the cabaret, jazz at the cabaret, the christel dehaan international series, the uniquely cabaret series, and the next generation series. The season included 40 performances and served an in-person audience of 8,063.virtual programming - the cabaret reaches an astonishingly diverse global audience through its carefully curated performance offerings on its youtube channel. The channel provides free…
$1,341,771 spent$550,427 earned by the program95% of program spendingEducational and outreach programming: the cabaret provides burgeoning cabaret artistsfrom students to professionalswith a continuum of educational and outreach programming to hone their performance/career skills and perform live on stage. Programs include masterclasses and career workshops with national artists and industry professionals; artist-in-residence program; pre-show performance spotlights; discount student tickets; and paid arts management internships. All programs are offered free of charge. 1,558 students were directly served by the cabaret's educational/artist development programming in 2024.
$67,249 spent$26,907 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,409,020.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $2.9M (+8%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 3% · 2020 10% · 2021 25% · 2022 8% · 2023 7% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Shannon Marie Forsell
CEO
Board chair
Diana Hartley Mutz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $446k → $3.1M.
11 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC’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
AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 47% · 2019 42% · 2020 29% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
74% of AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 84% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states 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
AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$55k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC: 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 AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC?
- AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,836,133 to it, the largest being Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc ($3,098,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $6,836,133 in grants to AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC?
- Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,098,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 25 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