Connecticut · Nonprofit
EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC
EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,291,370 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($692,960). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc does
Mission
The launchpad of the american theater, the o'neill is the nation's preeminent theater development center, dedicated to empowering new artists and works that advance american theater.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National theater institute (nti): this program is a semester of training in directing, playwriting, design, acting, movement and voice for college-aged students each year. Nti offers other accredited training and experiential programs: theater makers, a summer intensive in which students receive training, the opportunity for collaborative project work, and interact with the artists in residence at the o'neill summer conference.
$639,621 spentof which $127,313 as grants$763,045 earned by the program20% of program spendingNational playwrights conference: each summer this program provides emerging and established writers the opportunity to collaborate with directors, dramaturgs, actors and other professional staff to share and launch their new projects for the stage. The projects are highly competitive and selected through an open submission program involving more than 150 readers and a distinguished selection committee.
$139,391 spent$213,790 earned by the program4% of program spendingNational music theater conference: each summer this program offers a dynamic developmental opportunity for composers, librettists, and lyricists and their newest projects. Selected participants attend a month-long develomental residency in which they collaborate with directos, music directors, actors and other professional support staff. The projects are selected through an open submissions program involving a distinguished selection committee composed of more than 20 reviewers. The program is known for launching major new talent to prominence.
$115,037 spent$68,985 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services include critics, puppetry, interns, cabaret, ndf, and residencies.
$2,300,069 spent$144,665 earned by the program72% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,194,118.
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 2021 to 2022, from $15M to $13M (−15%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 8% · 2021 19% · 2022 25% · 2023 20% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 8 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
Carolyn Greenspan
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $421k → $500k.
11 of 67 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.
From the IRS filings of EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 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
EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
42% 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 EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 59% · 2019 21% · 2020 37% · 2021 25% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% — 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
36% of EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC'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
EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $539k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$400k
- Department of the Interior$139k
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 EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC?
- EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,291,370 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($692,960). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $5,291,370 in grants to EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $692,960 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 67 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