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Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,994 to it, the largest being ALBANY FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL INC ($35,858). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $65k
What Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc does
Mission
The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY BTTUNY is an Albany-based community theatre company that educates new artists of all ages focusing on Artists of Color. BTTUNY fosters cross-cultural understanding and diversity in Capital Region theatre by producing works by and about Black people and other marginalized communities. BTTUNYs goal is to make the world of theatre a more just equitable and inclusive space for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Production: THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall. February 2024. This was our first production in 2024 performed at theREP in Albany and directed by Michael A. Lake. It reached approximately 450 audience members and involved 21 artists.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $68 → $27.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY 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
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
100% 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 Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY 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.
Public support
82%
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 Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc?
- Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,994 to it, the largest being ALBANY FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL INC ($35,858). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $45,994 in grants to Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc?
- ALBANY FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,858 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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