Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE
ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $986,705 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($220,800). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $987k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Association for the Colonial Theatre does
Mission
The mission of the Association for the Colonial Theatre is to showcase the transformative power of the arts to enrich lives, connect people, and enhance the cultural and economic vitality of phoenixville and surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The association maintains the historic colonial theatre. Programs include art and independent films, classic films, programs for young audiences, live concerts, and community events. During the current year:- presented arts and culture programming to over 60,000 ticket holders -- over 35,000 instances of patrons attended film screenings. -- over 20,316 ticket holders attended live concerts and programs. -- over 300 complimentary tickets were redeemed, enabling these patrons the opportunity to enjoy free programming.see additional information on schedule othe colonial theatre provided discounted and free rentals to local nonprofits and community organizations including:- firebird children's theatre - orion communities- citizens advocacy- philadelphia folksong society- chester county lqbt equality alliance- crescendo phoenixville- alianzas de phoenixville- phoenixville area high school- the music depot school- huemanworks (mental health awareness event)the colonial theatre partnered with the following nonprofits to present a film relevant to that organization's mission: - historic trappe- domestic violence center of chester county- phoenixville juneteenth committee- mayfly project-…
$1,808,549 spent$1,150,816 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,808,549.
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 2018 to 2019, from $9.9M to $9.2M (−7%).
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: 2021 38% · 2022 21% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Jennifer Carlson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $171k → $2k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $573k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Coalition). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE raised.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE’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
ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 39% · 2019 100% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 67% · 2023 61% — 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
40% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE'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
54% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE'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 $450k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $536k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE's revenue grew 24% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- Community Coalition · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE: 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE?
- ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $986,705 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($220,800). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $986,705 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $220,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLONIAL THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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