Illinois · Nonprofit
FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP
FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,061 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($70,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $345k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $246k
- Net assets
- $-25415
What Filament Theatre Ensemble Nfp does
Mission
The mission of filament theatre is to create a more equitable society by celebrating and amplifying the perspectives and experiences of young people through the performing arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Theatrical productions and partnerships: produced 2 public ticketed productions; cloud man (an interactive puppet piece for ages 0-7. An international partnership with scottish company, constellation points) and forts (an indoor experiential playmaking experience) which ran at filament theatre's venue and tranfered to tony award winning regional theatre writers theatre in glencoe, il.
$173,055 spent$81,350 earned by the program78% of program spendingEducation and family programs: continued providing theatre based classes for families and schools through in-school and after-school residencies with public elementary schools, summer camps, and on site classes. Curriculum based primarily around the themes of filament's theatrical productions. In 2024, the production cloud man toured to elementary schools and libraries, bringing filament's production into schools for the first time.
$31,245 spent$43,074 earned by the program14% of program spendingArtistic residency and youth development program: commission and developed new works under the banner of filament's internationally renowned spark program. Students apply to serve on a panel and receive 6 weeks of free training through weekly workshops. Professional artists applied to a student panel; the studenst provided the guidance and feedback for further development on the path to generate new works for the national canon of art for young audiences.
$18,441 spent8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $222,741.
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 2019 to 2020, from $99k to $152k (+53%).
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: 2022 14% · 2023 0% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 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 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $31k → $27k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP’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
FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
76% 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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 81% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 37% — 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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
62% of FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $94k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k 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.
Against its field
FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP: 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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP?
- FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,061 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($70,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $246,061 in grants to FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP?
- The Chicago Community Trust 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 FILAMENT THEATRE ENSEMBLE NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 13 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