California · Nonprofit
DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC
DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,575 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Diversionary Theatre Productions Inc does
Mission
The mission of Diversionary Theatre is to provide an inspiring and thought provoking theatrical platform to explore complex and diverse LGBTQIA+ stories, which influence the larger cultural discussion.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
39 Years of Groundbreaking Theatre & Arts EducationThe Mission of Diversionary Theatre is to provide an inspiring, inclusive, and empowering space for community to celebrate and explore complex, provocative, and diverse LGBTQIA+ stories which contribute to the larger cultural discussion.Diversionary Theatre (Diversionary) is the third oldest LGBTQIA+ theatre in the country, founded in 1986 during the darkest days of the HIV/AIDS crisis in order to bring to light important social issues that impact the quality of life of LGBTQIA+ people. Diversionary has been a beacon for a community searching for a platform to be heard for over three decades. The rapidly evolving national debate over LGBTQIA+ rights, marriage equality, adoption rights, discrimination, and bullying all speak to the need for our mission, and indeed, Diversionary has been instrumental in fostering the conversation over these issues in San Diego.Diversionary is a rare, yet essential part of the American cultural landscape, and as the only LGBTQIA+ theatre in San Diego, a vital part of the communitys arts ecology. Since its inception, Diversionary has produced over 150 World, West Coast, and San Diego premieres and…
$1,259,149 spent$212,663 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,259,149.
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 $2.8M to $4.6M (+67%).
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 6% · 2018 11% · 2019 9% · 2021 11% · 2022 23% · 2023 11% · 2024 12% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $19k → $286k.
9 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS 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
DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 56% · 2019 56% · 2020 85% · 2021 24% · 2022 28% · 2023 52% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
65% of DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $520k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS 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 DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC?
- DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,575 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,064,575 in grants to DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC?
- THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIVERSIONARY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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