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BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC

BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,000 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($54,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$30k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$64k
Net assets
$15k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Big Tree Productions Inc does

Mission

To promote the advancement and study of performance art.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. In fy25, big tree productions performed in new york city and on tour in the united states, bringing the work of tere o'connor to a significant audience. Workshops and master classes engaged a wide range of students in the process of creating contemporary dance.

    $11,806 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,806.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($179k) Expenses 100 ($98k) Net assets 100 ($63k)2018 Revenue 76 ($136k) Expenses 200 ($195k) Net assets 7 ($4k)2019 Revenue 70 ($125k) Expenses 108 ($105k) Net assets 38 ($24k)2020 Revenue 39 ($70k) Expenses 93 ($91k) Net assets 5 ($3k)2021 Revenue 12 ($21k) Expenses 23 ($22k) Net assets 5 ($3k)2022 Revenue 67 ($120k) Expenses 57 ($56k) Net assets 105 ($66k)2023 Revenue 43 ($77k) Expenses 128 ($125k) Net assets 29 ($18k)2024 Revenue 38 ($69k) Expenses 74 ($72k) Net assets 24 ($15k)2025 Revenue 17 ($30k) Expenses 31 ($30k) Net assets 25 ($15k)
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Revenue (17)Expenses (31)Net assets (25)Peer revenue range

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 $3k to $66k (+2223%).

$63k
$32k
$24k
$3k
$3k
$66k
$18k
$15k
$15k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$81k
’17
−$59k
’18
$20k
’19
−$21k
’20
−$587
’21
$64k
’22
−$48k
’23
−$3k
’24
$481
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $48k → $16k.

From the IRS filings of BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS 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

BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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

84% 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 BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC.

84%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 69% — 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.

Where its funders are

BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.

NY
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC's revenue fell 83% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−20% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.

Federal$20k
grants $20kcontracts $0
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21
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$20k

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.

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC?
BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,000 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($54,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $64,000 in grants to BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS INC?
NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $54,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG TREE PRODUCTIONS 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.

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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 2 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