South Carolina · Nonprofit
Bluffton Youth Theatre
Bluffton Youth Theatre (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,338 to it, the largest being THE ENTERLINE FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $316k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Bluffton Youth Theatre does
Mission
To create a supportive community where young performers can find their place and thrive regardless of their challenges. Through nurturing acceptance and cooperation, we cultivate exceptional individuals on and off the stage while producing top-quality theatrical productions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Children's Theater Summer Production Little Mermaid utilizing 50 children to star in/help produce show
$16,167 spent$37,005 earned by the program23% of program spendingChildren's Theater Spring Production Finding Nemo utilizing 50 children to star in/help produce show
$11,688 spent$14,950 earned by the program17% of program spendingChildren's Theater Winter Production Beauty & the Beast utilizing 50 children to star in/help produce show
$9,288 spent$32,555 earned by the program13% of program spendingAladdin production
$7,191 spent$21,390 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther productions & educational programs
$6,930 spent$1,827 earned by the program10% of program spendingBeetlejuice production
$6,691 spent$20,885 earned by the program10% of program spendingRudolph production
$5,468 spent$32,822 earned by the program8% of program spendingAnnie production
$3,338 spent$27,140 earned by the program5% of program spendingLowcountry's Got Talent
$1,602 spent$6,785 earned by the program2% of program spendingWizard of Oz production
$925 spent$4,752 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $69,288.
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 2023 to 2024, from $179k to $323k (+81%).
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.
21% of Bluffton Youth Theatre’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Bluffton Youth 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
Bluffton Youth Theatre leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
Bluffton Youth Theatre draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $338 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
Bluffton Youth Theatre runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Bluffton Youth 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
25% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Bluffton Youth 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 Bluffton Youth Theatre?
- Bluffton Youth Theatre (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,338 to it, the largest being THE ENTERLINE FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Bluffton Youth Theatre have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,338 in grants to Bluffton Youth Theatre, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Bluffton Youth Theatre?
- THE ENTERLINE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Bluffton Youth Theatre find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 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