California · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ
CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,370 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($27,541). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Christian Youth Theater Santa Cruz does
Mission
Cyt santa cruz christian youth theater develops character and creativity in kids of all ages through quality theater arts training that brings families and communities together while reflecting the creator.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In february 2023 the students performed a broadway style show with 53 actors, 5 shows and 1,360 in attendance. In may 2023 the students performed a broadway style show with 68 actors, 5 shows and 1,244 in attendance.
$402,222 spent100% of program spendingIn 2023, the organization offered 1 week-long camp for students ages 4 to 18 with 115 students participating. The week concluded with a showcase where students performed the material they had learned in workshops throughout the week. In july 2023, the organization offered a 3 week camp for students aged 8 to 18 followed by a broadway style show with 55 actors, 5 shows, and 1,079 in attendance.
During 2023 the organization had 3 sessions with 223 students
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $402,222.
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 2023 to 2024, from $69k to $117k (+70%).
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.
19% of CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ’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. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $172.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ’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
CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
74% of CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ runs a healthier operating margin 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
Organizations like CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ?
- CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,370 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($27,541). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $38,370 in grants to CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,541 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER SANTA CRUZ find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 5 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