Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Colorado) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,815,156 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($1,124,531). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $89M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $66M
What Denver Center for the Performing Arts does
Mission
The dcpa engages and inspires nearly 950,000 people every year through broadway tours, locally produced theatre, intimate cabaret, immersive experiences, theatre for young audiences and educational opportunities for all ages. Continued on schedule o.it is a collection of passionate artists who share the world's greatest stories with captivated audiences. Bold in its vision and universal in its appeal, the dcpa's work spans a broad continuum and reflects the diversity of its vibrant community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dcpa broadway presents national touring productions on denver's biggest stages while dcpa cabaret entertains audiences with comedy, improv and musicals in the intimate garner galleria theatre. In fy25, dcpa broadway presented 245 performances from 18 productions, with attendance of 579,166 patrons including 20,047 subscribers, while dcpa cabaret presented 234 performances of 5 shows for a total of 35,550 patron experiences.
$48,610,748 spent$58,356,277 earned by the program62% of program spendingDenver center theatre company produces handcrafted classics, world premieres, and modern masterpieces in each of its three venues. Plus, its nationally acclaimed new play development program has introduced nearly 215 plays into the american theatre canon. In fy25, the theatre company produced 324 performances across 8 plays and four readings, welcomed 4,506 subscribers, and offered 123,547 guest experiences.
$17,890,566 spentof which $66,250 as grants$6,944,156 earned by the program23% of program spendingDcpa off-center creates unexpected theatrical experiences that place the audience at the center of the story. In fy25, off-center presented three productions, which welcomed 60,412 individuals to off-site venues in denver.
$6,356,011 spent$2,753,616 earned by the program8% of program spendingDcpa education & community engagement nurtures a love of theatre through programs and community connections across the region. Its educational offerings reached 156,526 students of which 141,046 were youth. These offerings span classes, in-school programs, fieldtrip opportunities, tours and its annual theatre for young audiences production. The department also connects with the community through on- and off-site events.
$4,003,635 spentof which $66,250 as grants$1,484,164 earned by the program5% of program spendingDcpa event services produces awe-inspiring events in dramatic venues for both external clients and dcpa events. It encompasses the seawell ballroom, directors room, and various lobbies and theatre spaces. In fy25, it hosted 86 external events and greeted 40,080 guests to events ranging from non-profit fundraisers and corporate events to weddings and product launches.
$952,869 spent$1,127,284 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $77,813,829.
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 2020 to 2021, from $79M to $101M (+28%).
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 13% · 2018 8% · 2019 9% · 2020 15% · 2021 72% · 2022 17% · 2023 13% · 2024 13% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Hassan Salem
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $357k → $1.1M.
23 of 115 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.7M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Helen G Bonfils Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS raised.
From the IRS filings of DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% 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
36% 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 DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 34% · 2019 23% · 2020 19% · 2021 19% · 2022 38% · 2023 15% — 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
48% of DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
59% of DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has grown faster than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$80k
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 DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Helen G Bonfils Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
- DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Colorado) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,815,156 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($1,124,531). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $10,815,156 in grants to DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,124,531 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 115 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