New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC
AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC (New York) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,669,309 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($3,931,253). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $14M
What American Theatre Wing Inc does
Mission
American theatre wing invests in brave work, supports creative growth, and celebrates excellence to bring inclusive stories to our national culture through theatre. The american theatre wing has spent a century using theatre to advance human experience, empathy and cultural growth like never before.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Andrew lloyd webber initiativethe andrew lloyd webber initiative is a national program that creates theatre education opportunities for underserved students through classroom resource grants, training scholarships, and university scholarships. This program has allowed the american theatre wing (atw) to develop a stronger, more inclusive and equitable pipeline to careers in theatre.
$658,782 spentof which $493,709 as grants25% of program spendingNational theatre grantsatw's national theatre company grants fund regional theatre organizations that emphasize and elevate the work of living american playwrights. Five grants are awarded annually to support specific projects that include visionary approaches to presenting new work and expanding the national theatre canon. These grants aim to uplift and celebrate playwrights, support innovative models for marketing, ticketing, building, and sustaining new audiences, and helping under-represented and unknown playwrights find their audiences across the nation.
$407,323 spentof which $375,000 as grants15% of program spendingWorking in the theatreatw continues to increase its audience through this media programming. The program has reached over 200 countries internationally and shares insight into the process of creating great theatre. It has garned national awards. The program extends our commitment to providing professional development and training.
$210,981 spent8% of program spendingAtw continued to develop the next generation of theatre artists by investing in the growth of american theatre on the stage, as well as behind the scenes.atw provides grants and scholarships, connects talent at all stages with educational and professional opportunities, and creates content that illuminates and preserves theatre. We award excellence and foster artistry by providing a platform for strong, fearless voices in the american theatre.
$1,381,758 spentof which $185,010 as grants$628,903 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,658,844.
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 2021 to 2022, from $15M to $13M (−14%).
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 2% · 2018 5% · 2019 4% · 2020 8% · 2021 14% · 2022 9% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Heather A Hitchens
President & CEO
Board chair
Emilio Sosa
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $236k → $1.9M.
18 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 THEATRE WING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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 THEATRE WING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 54%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 THEATRE WING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 79% · 2019 24% · 2020 23% · 2021 69% · 2022 10% · 2023 58% — 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
41% of AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
69% of AMERICAN THEATRE WING 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 $2.7M that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 THEATRE WING INC receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $8.7M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$1.2M
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 THEATRE WING 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tony Award Productions(A Partnership of Two Not-For-Profit Organizations) · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN THEATRE WING 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 THEATRE WING INC?
- AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC (New York) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,669,309 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($3,931,253). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $8,669,309 in grants to AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC?
- ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,931,253 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN THEATRE WING 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 72 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