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CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC

CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,764 to it, the largest being ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ($121,811). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$890k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$247k
Net assets
$533k
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Claude McNeal's Musical Theatre Training Program Inc does

Mission

To inspire and transform lives and organizations through the energizing power of theatre and of theatre-related educational programming, while creating timely and relevant original works that enhance and stimulate the performing arts in central indiana.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Social theatre performances, by the act out ensemble, on social, educational and health topics for academic, corporate, medical, governmental and other community audiences.

    $254,336 spent$64,932 earned by the program
    49% of program spending

  2. Mainstage performances, such as indy in revue: the story of indianapolis, to enhance classroom learning.

    $239,778 spent$10,000 earned by the program
    46% of program spending

  3. Summer camp program, youth and the arts, for under served and underprivileged children.

    $22,124 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $516,238.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($659k) Expenses 100 ($588k) Net assets 100 ($120k)2021 Revenue 69 ($452k) Expenses 86 ($508k) Net assets 53 ($64k)2022 Revenue 77 ($508k) Expenses 86 ($506k) Net assets 55 ($65k)2023 Revenue 148 ($975k) Expenses 85 ($501k) Net assets 436 ($523k)2024 Revenue 84 ($557k) Expenses 118 ($693k) Net assets 322 ($386k)2025 Revenue 135 ($890k) Expenses 126 ($744k) Net assets 444 ($533k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (135)Expenses (126)Net assets (444)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $89k to $559k (+525%).

$206k
$98k
$89k
$559k
$424k
$538k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 14% · 2023 6% · 2024 49% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

88% of CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$71k
’20
−$56k
’21
$2k
’22
$474k
’23
−$137k
’24
$146k
’25
5.5
months of
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.

Chief executive

Claude Mcneal

President and CEO

Board chair

Charles Gilbert

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed1097777
Joined·+0+0+1+1+0
No longer listed·12110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Children's Bureau Incunclassified
$32k
funders
2
1
1
3
3
5
4
3
1

1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM 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

CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC.

49%
largest funder
74%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 74% · 2022 54% · 2023 58% — 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

40% of CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

96% of CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN
CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve5.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM 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 Indiana

The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre Inc76%Music for All Foundation75%The District Theatre Inc74%The Center for the Performing Arts Inc74%Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Inc74%Musical Family Tree Inc73%Music For All Inc73%Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Fe73%

Nationally

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Inc77%The Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation Inc76%Childrens Musical Theatreworks Inc76%Children's Musical Theatre of Bartlesville76%Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc76%Macguffin Theatre and Film Company76%The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre Inc76%Music Theatre of Ct Inc76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 23%Fundraising 8%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

38%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC?
CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC (Indiana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,764 to it, the largest being ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ($121,811). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $246,764 in grants to CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC?
ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $121,811 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 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