Massachusetts · Nonprofit
APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC
APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,653 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($31,840). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $313k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $137k
What Applause Academy Ma Inc does
Mission
We are a non-profit youth theatrical organization offering main stage productions; musical
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Main stage productions children participate in full length musical theatre productions in which they learn music, choreography, acting techniques and character development. During the rehearsal period, children are introduced to the audition process and attend a rehearsal schedule. Shows conclude with costume fittings, technical rehearsals, makeup and live performances in front of public audiences.
$386,490 spent100% of program spendingVacation theatre camp during the 2021-2022 fiscal year february, april and summer theatre camps were offered. During theatre camps original musical theatre shows are produced in 5 days. Children are divided according to age. Every 30 minutes children rotate to a different theatrical acivity to help them master the production in 5 days. Rotations include music choreography, acting theatre games, crafts, costume fittings, makeup and how to effectively use props. Vacation theatre camp concludes with a live performance in front of a public audience complete with sets, lighting, audio, costumes and props.
$0 spent0% of program spendingVoice lessons during voice lessons students work one-on-one with the voice teacher to learn proper breathing techniques, breath support, pitch mating and healthy signing techniques. During the costume assistant program children work directly with the costume designer to learn how to take measurements, cut patterns, use a sewing machine, insert zippers, sew buttons, snaps and fasteners. Under the direction of the costume designer children create the costumes that are worn by the actors in our production.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $386,490.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $120k to $290k (+141%).
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: 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC’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. 4 of the last 5 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
Timothy Knief
President & exec director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $32k → $5k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA 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
APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
70% of APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA 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 $14k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k 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.
Against its field
APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$31k
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 APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA 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
88% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC?
- APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,653 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($31,840). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $45,653 in grants to APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $31,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APPLAUSE ACADEMY MA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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