New York · Nonprofit
BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC
BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,373,880 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $923k
What Black Theatre United Inc does
Mission
To champion access, representation, equity and inclusion throughout the american theatre and our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
A new deal for broadway - equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility & belonging for the theatrical industry. Black theatre united was proud to host this remarkable and historic collaboration. It is an important first step to reopening our industry with a bright spotlight focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging for black professionals in the arts. Though one of many initiatives created by black, bipoc and allied organizations since the death of george floyd, btus summit is the first to bring together all areas of our industry from theatre owners, producers, creatives, casting and unions. We are grateful to all those who have worked diligently with us. Btu was able to finilize the new deal, which now has over 100 signatories. The continued implementation of the new deal is overseen by btu, collaborators kenji yoshino and david glasgow from the center for diversity, inclusion, and belonging at nyu school of law and a committee of new deal signatories. A summit is held every year for signatories to discuss progress made over the year and challenges faced. The broadway martketing internship program - a eight-week program, is initiative dedicated to…
$832,091 spentof which $21,824 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $832,091.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $355k to $885k (+150%).
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.
100% of BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 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
Kettia Etienne Ming
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $255k → $1.1M.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 UNITED 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 UNITED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 UNITED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 45% — 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
96% of BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k 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
BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 BLACK THEATRE UNITED 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.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Black Theatre United Action Group · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK THEATRE UNITED 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 BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC?
- BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,373,880 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,373,880 in grants to BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK THEATRE UNITED 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 17 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