New York · Nonprofit
BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER
BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,144 to it, the largest being EMMA A SHEAFER CHARITABLE TR XXXXX7006 ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $257k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $84k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Broken Box Mime Theater does
Mission
To promote and contemporize the art of mime.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Drawing on the _Asks Why_ and _Big Feelings_ curriculums devised over the past three years, Broken Box continued their work teaching socio-emotional learning through physical expression in a variety of NYC schools.
$46,808 spent$55,536 earned by the program33% of program spending"PhysFest NYC" was a physical theater festival that debuted in January 2024. It brought together artists from across the physical theater world--also bringing in performers and companies from Boston and Philadelphia--to showcase their work, discuss the challenges of the field in panels, and learn from each other.
$44,953 spent$49,213 earned by the program31% of program spendingIn lieu of a Main Stage performance, Broken Box produced a series of works-in-progress showings throughout the summer and fall. This allowed the company members to begin generating work--and receive audience feedback--in preparation for another Main Stage performance in 2026.
$19,049 spentof which $32,965 as grants$37,341 earned by the program13% of program spendingA collection of children-oriented programming around NYC.
$12,747 spent$16,050 earned by the program9% of program spendingA trip to Seoul, South Korea, to work with deaf Korean performers.
$12,127 spent$13,085 earned by the program8% of program spendingUpstate teambuilding retreat.
$3,756 spentof which $6,000 as grants$6,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingSmall adult-oriented performances around NYC.
$3,375 spent$4,575 earned by the program2% of program spendingApap
$995 spentof which $995 as grants$995 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $143,810.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $33k to $65k (+96%).
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: 2022 13% · 2023 9% · 2024 15% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Jonas Cartano
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER’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
BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 77% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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
50% of BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER'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. 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
BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER has grown faster than three-quarters 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
Government funding BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$50k
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 BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER
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
64% 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 BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER: 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 BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER?
- BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,144 to it, the largest being EMMA A SHEAFER CHARITABLE TR XXXXX7006 ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $84,144 in grants to BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER?
- EMMA A SHEAFER CHARITABLE TR XXXXX7006 is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROKEN BOX MIME THEATER 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 2019–2025), 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