New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC
AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,214,756 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($610,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $316k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $94k
What American Lyric Theater Center Inc does
Mission
To diversify participation in opera through the mentorship of emerging operatic writers and the development of new works.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
COMPOSER LIBRETTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CLDP) - MENTORSHIP: ALT offered its nationally acclaimed training program for emerging operatic writers through a combination of remote and in person classes and workshops. Twelve artists received training under the auspices of the program.
$134,708 spent41% of program spendingCOMPOSER LIBRETTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - COMMISSIONS: ALT continued the development of 3 commissioned operas: TEVYE'S DAUGHTERS, by Evan Meier and Stephanie Fleischmann; SHE WHO DARED by Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton; and WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS, by Johanny Navarro and Marcus Yi. (6 artists were served directly by the commissioning program).
$56,143 spent$8,938 earned by the program17% of program spendingCOMPOSER LIBRETTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - WORKSHOPS: ALT held developmental workshops for operas commissioned by the company under the auspices of the Composer Librettist Development Program. These orchestral workshops were carried out to provide artists with the resources necessary to further develop their operas in progress. Public performances took place at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan; and these performances were also recorded and shared for free via social media. (150 in person, over 500 individuals viewed workshop programming online)
$120,217 spent$10,367 earned by the program37% of program spendingDIGITAL PROGRAMS: The Aria Access Project increases awareness of and access to arias by diverse, contemporary American composers and librettists whose scores remain largely unpublished. This online hub includes arias from works that have recently received their premieres, as well as from operas for which the premieres are forthcoming. 20 different arias are available for free download as PDFs for educational and audition purposes. (The AAP was used by 469 people)
$15,024 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $326,092.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $54k to $405k (+655%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 33% · 2019 28% · 2020 0% · 2021 28% · 2022 64% · 2023 53% · 2024 27% · 2025 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Stephen Weiner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $172k → $139k.
2 of 13 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 AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER 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 LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 83%; 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: 2017 87% · 2018 67% · 2019 37% · 2020 73% · 2021 61% · 2022 32% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
93% of AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $457k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$457k
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 LYRIC THEATER CENTER 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC?
- AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,214,756 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($610,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,214,756 in grants to AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $610,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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