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AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC
AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 120 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,105,275 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($11,834,282). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 120
- Grants received
- $34M
- Net assets
- $27M
What American Repertory Theatre Co Inc does
Mission
Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. Provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive undergraduate involvement) & a vital cultural resource locally, nationally & internationally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Professional theatrical productions in residence included 192 performances across six productions, reaching a total audience of 88,511 at the loeb drama center in cambridge, ma. In addition, the organization presented 14 performances at masonic hall, with a total attendance of 854, and six performances at hibernian hall, serving an additional 865 audience members. The season was comprised of works of literary, experimental or otherwise educational value, which are selected for their perceived capacity to further the a.r.t.'s mission to expand the boundaries of theatre by exploring the best plays from across cultures and ages. Plus misc. Revenue & expenses including concessions, credit card fees, and royalties.
$18,847,658 spent$8,905,809 earned by the program96% of program spendingBeginning fiscal year 2019, the institute went on hiatus to undergo a strategic planning process.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants0% of program spendingUndergraduate student theatrical plays, productions, and activities included 19 performances of 4 productions, reaching an audience of 2,795 across two campus venues. Across our community engagement and education programs, participation was strong and wide-reaching. Community workshops served a total of 132 participants, including 20 participants in romeo & juliet at the harvard ed portal and 112 participants in the odyssey across multiple sites: 45 at the harvard ed portal, 7 at the east boston library, 40 at the cambridge library, and 20 at the malden library. In addition, acom engaged 14 participants through 15 learning week sessions, while the learning lab reached 115 students across four productions. Our in-school workshops served 72 participants, complemented by four workshops hosted at a.r.t. Finally, the learning lab professional learning community supported 12 educators, who engaged in 18 hours of dedicated professional learning time.
$730,891 spent$599,411 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,579,549.
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. 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 2024 to 2025, from $32M to $40M (+25%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Kelvin Dinkins Jr
Executive director
Board chair
Andy Ory
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $968k → $3.6M.
21 of 120 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 120 funders by total. 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 REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 48% · 2020 47% · 2021 30% · 2022 37% · 2023 32% — broadly stable.
“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
41% of AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
76% of AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $8.0M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC's revenue grew 43% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $678k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$678k
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 REPERTORY THEATRE CO 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 295 related entities
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- Associacao David Rockefeller Center de Universidade de Harvard · exempt
- Blue Marble Holdings Corp · exempt
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- Demeter Holdings Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC?
- AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 120 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,105,275 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($11,834,282). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC have?
- IRS filings report 120 organizations giving $34,105,275 in grants to AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC, 70 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $11,834,282 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 120 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing