New Jersey · Nonprofit
CROSSROADS INC
CROSSROADS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $704,200 to it, the largest being GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC ($300,250). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $513k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $704k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Crossroads Inc does
Mission
The crossroads theatre company is dedicated to artistic excellence in the creation and production of professional theatre that: 1. Celebrates the culture, artistry and voices of the african diaspora; 2. Provides a nurturing, professional working environment for writers and artists in the development of plays created and interpreted through the lens of the black experience; 3. Presents authentic portrayals of people of color in this country and from around the world in order to inspire, educate, ignite imagination and promote healing in our society; 4. Promotes a deeper, more informed cross-cultural conversation on community, our interconnectedness, the histories we share and don't share, the human condition today, and the world we strive to build for tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Since it's founding, crossroads has produced over 100 works, many of which were premiere productions by the world's leading african and african american artist. Through both its main stage productions and the community and education programs, crossroads reaches audiences of diverse origins who were able to experience live performances of plays that illuminate the many complexities of black life. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, crossroads theater company continued to fulfill its exempt purpose through a number of key activities: main stage productions the organization continued to produce and present professional theatrical performances dedicated to authentic portrayals of the african diaspora. Notable productions during the year included the 2024 staging of lift by bestselling author walter mosley and the revival of fly, a world premiere about the tuskegee airmen. Ctc also celebrated its 47th season by launching the 2025-2026 season with a production of two-time pulitzer prize winner lynn nottages acclaimed drama crumbs from the table of joy at the new brunswick performing arts center. These performances were attended by thousands of patrons, directly advancing the…
$159,958 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $159,958.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4k to $198k (+4311%).
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 76% · 2023 53% · 2024 59% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CROSSROADS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $23k → $94k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 CROSSROADS 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
CROSSROADS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 57% · 2019 72% · 2020 79% · 2021 36% · 2022 30% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CROSSROADS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
84% of CROSSROADS INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k 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
CROSSROADS INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CROSSROADS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $177k on record — $170k federal, $7k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$170k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$5k
- FEDERAL$2k
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 CROSSROADS 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CROSSROADS INC?
- CROSSROADS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $704,200 to it, the largest being GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC ($300,250). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CROSSROADS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $704,200 in grants to CROSSROADS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CROSSROADS INC?
- GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $300,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CROSSROADS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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