New Jersey · Nonprofit
EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY
EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,024 to it, the largest being LILLIAN LINCOLN FOUNDATION ($70,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $439k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $119k
- Net assets
- $650k
What East Lynne Theater Company does
Mission
The mission of eltc is to produce and present unique theatrical experiences:: american stage classics and newly written scripts based on relevant american history and/or literature which entertain, enlighten, and educate. Eltc's productions bring the past to the present.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization presents series of live performances, showcasing everything from classic vaudeville to contemporary theater, catering to diverse audience interests. Through these shows, a commitment to the arts has been demonstrated, designed to entertain, challenge, and unite viewers. The success of these events reflects the collective effort and talent involved. Focus remains on enriching the community through live performances, highlighting the unifying power of the arts and fostering growth and shared experiences within the community.
$311,813 spentof which $2,177 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $311,813.
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.
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 $225k to $450k (+100%).
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: 2020 45% · 2021 62% · 2022 22% · 2023 11% · 2024 17% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $1k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY’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
EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 78% · 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% — 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 EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $184k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$128k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$56k
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 EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY: 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 EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY?
- EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,024 to it, the largest being LILLIAN LINCOLN FOUNDATION ($70,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $119,024 in grants to EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY?
- LILLIAN LINCOLN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY 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 2020–2025), 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