Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC
BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,585 to it, the largest being JACK TARVER FDN IRRV TR ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $244k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $-76112
What Break a Leg Theater Works Inc does
Mission
To connect youth from diverse communities with experienced broadway and hollywood talent to engage and learn through technical trainings, master classes, and theatrical productions. The curriculum is guided by core values of integrity, kindness, and inclusion.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Musicals and cabarets: students pay a tuition to experience the audition, rehearsal, and performance experience and theater attendees pay for tickets to see the productions. Income also includes outside donations and concessions.
$116,533 spent$113,619 earned by the program87% of program spendingClasses and coaching: students pay tuition for a one-time workshop or weekly classes given by guest teachers and or performers. Private coaching is also available from the executive directors.
$14,586 spent$110,232 earned by the program11% of program spendingSummer camps: students pay tuition to attend full day 1-2 two week summer camp programs which culminate in a show/production.
$2,976 spent$19,932 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,095.
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 2019 to 2020, from $45k to $106k (+139%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 20% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC’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. 5 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $6k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS 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
BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% — 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
BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160 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
BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$19k
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.
Organizations like BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS 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 BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC?
- BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,585 to it, the largest being JACK TARVER FDN IRRV TR ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $18,585 in grants to BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC?
- JACK TARVER FDN IRRV TR 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 BREAK A LEG THEATER WORKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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