Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC
AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,339,582 to it, the largest being LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($379,990). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Avalon Theatre Project Inc does
Mission
The avalon theatre is a nonprofit, community-supported center dedicated to the exhibition of film, film education, and historic preservation of our 1923 building. Through the power of film, our mission is to entertain, educate, inspire, and engage the greater washington, dc community while providing a welcoming space for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Film programming:the avalon theatre is a nonprofit member and community supported film and education center committed to the preservation and use of its historic, landmarked 1923 building to serve as a cultural resource dedicated to the art of motion pictures.the avalon's programs include a diverse range of independent and arthouse films, free student film education programs and special programs that appeal to a diverse population of filmgoers interested in thought provoking international and american independent films many of which are screened in the washington, dc area solely at the avalon. The avalon's special programs often feature post-film discussions further enhancing the intrinsic and educational value of viewing films in a community film center. The avalon rents its theater to other non-profits and independent filmmakers at reasonable rates as part of its mission to build community and support independent filmmakers. The avalon offers a diverse group of special programs targeted at various audiences including the wednesday signature series, exhibition on screen, national theater live, science on screen and weekend family matinees.
$1,797,815 spent$1,408,808 earned by the program95% of program spendingCinema classroom:cinema classroom at the avalon engages students in critical issues through screenings and expert-guided discussions. Open to youth in sixth-12th grades - and free for attendees - cinema classroom at the avalon brings students from the metropolitan area together to view and discuss films with filmmakers and subject-matter experts in the avalon's historic, nonprofit theater. The cinema classroom at the avalon film education program surpassed 17,000 students since the program's inception in 2013. In 2025, cinema classroom offered eight unique programs while serving 1,212 students representing 34 schools and 7 of 8 dc wards.
$88,829 spent$12,800 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,886,644.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $4.5M to $5.3M (+16%).
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: 2018 7% · 2019 6% · 2020 6% · 2021 52% · 2022 13% · 2023 1% · 2024 4% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Lisa Banks
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $60k → $147k.
9 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
76% 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 AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 39% · 2019 35% · 2020 24% · 2021 70% · 2022 51% · 2023 22% — 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
47% of AVALON THEATRE PROJECT 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
65% of AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $615k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AVALON THEATRE PROJECT 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 Washington, D.C.
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
93%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AVALON THEATRE PROJECT 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 AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,339,582 to it, the largest being LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($379,990). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $1,339,582 in grants to AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $379,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 58 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