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Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association

Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,650 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($5,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$73k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$232k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association does

Mission

To promote theatre criticism and education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Cash awards to American Playswrights

    $48,750 spentof which $48,750 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,750.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($70k) Expenses 100 ($63k) Net assets 100 ($201k)2019 Revenue 89 ($62k) Expenses 101 ($64k) Net assets 99 ($200k)2020 Revenue 79 ($55k) Expenses 87 ($55k) Net assets 99 ($200k)2021 Revenue 72 ($50k) Expenses 73 ($46k) Net assets 101 ($204k)2022 Revenue 77 ($54k) Expenses 79 ($50k) Net assets 103 ($208k)2023 Revenue 93 ($65k) Expenses 90 ($57k) Net assets 106 ($214k)2024 Revenue 105 ($73k) Expenses 84 ($53k) Net assets 115 ($232k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (105)Expenses (84)Net assets (115)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $214k to $232k (+8%).

$201k
$200k
$200k
$204k
$208k
$214k
$232k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’18
−$2k
’19
−$72
’20
$4k
’21
$4k
’22
$8k
’23
$20k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $300 → $5k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association’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

Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

47% 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 Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association.

53%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 93% — 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.

Where its funders are

Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.

MI
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association?
Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,650 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($5,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,650 in grants to Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association?
GANNETT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Foundation of American Theatre Critics Association 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 2 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