Illinois · Nonprofit
CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC
CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC (Illinois) receives grants from 162 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,987,456 to it, the largest being WALTER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($4,838,700). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 162
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Chicago Theatre Group Inc does
Mission
The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. By dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the theatre seeks to be the premier cultural organization in chicago, providing productions and programs that make an essential contribution to the quality of life in our city.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Goodman theatre, chicago's oldest and largest not-for-profit theater, is internationally recognized for its artists, productions and educational programs. With depth and diversity of artistic leadership, the goodman is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works, giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. The theatre is renowned for the excellence of its many community and educational programs. The goodman offers nationally recognized programs to the chicago community for students of all ages. Additionally, the theatre offers educational materials that not only enrich the theater-going experience, but impact learning and help develop critical thinking skills.
$22,572,145 spent$13,889,998 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $22,572,145.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2018 to 2019, from $75M to $67M (−11%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 15% · 2021 37% · 2022 20% · 2023 6% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Ms Julie Danis
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 52 funders to 69 funders, grant income rose $2.3M → $4.3M.
26 of 162 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 162 funders by total. 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
CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
33% 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 CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 37% · 2019 29% · 2020 26% · 2021 25% · 2022 32% · 2023 16% — 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.
How long its funders stay
51% of CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC's funding base is broadening — from 52 funders to 69 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $370k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$370k
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 CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP 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 CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC?
- CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC (Illinois) receives grants from 162 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,987,456 to it, the largest being WALTER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($4,838,700). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 162 organizations giving $29,987,456 in grants to CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC, 102 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC?
- WALTER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,838,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 162 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing