Ohio · Nonprofit
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,667,558 to it, the largest being LKC FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA - LKC FOUNDATION ($1,325,833). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati does
Mission
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati is a professional theatre rooted in historic over-the- rhine, dedicated to engaging, enriching and inspiring audiences through our thought-provoking world and regional premier productions, creating and sustaining careers in professional theatre, building community partnerships, and sharing impactful education programs throughout our region.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Provided live theatrical performances and other programming to the community during the year. Also provided outreaching education services to various students and actors.
$2,872,262 spent$904,329 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,872,262.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $7.7M to $6.3M (−19%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 11% · 2021 34% · 2022 30% · 2023 33% · 2024 6% · 2025 4% · 2026 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI’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. 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.
Chief executive
D Lynn Meyers
Producing artistic director & CEO
Board chair
Linda Holthaus
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 19 funders, grant income fell $739k → $652k.
10 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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: $2.3M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts). These are real filings, and they are not money ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI raised.
From the IRS filings of ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 22% · 2019 45% · 2020 33% · 2021 29% · 2022 34% · 2023 27% — 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
37% of ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
80% of ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $705k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 62 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 62 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI?
- ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,667,558 to it, the largest being LKC FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA - LKC FOUNDATION ($1,325,833). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $4,667,558 in grants to ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI?
- LKC FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA - LKC FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,833 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2018–2026), and the filings of 50 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