Arizona · Nonprofit
FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC
FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,255 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($275,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $608k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $349k
- Net assets
- $249k
What Fountain Hills Theater Inc does
Mission
Engage, inspire, entertain and challenge diverse audiences with innovative productions that range from the classics to new works; train and support our youth as the next generation of artists; and celebrate the essential power of the performing arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Live theatrical productions - established in 1986, fountain hills theater (fht) has a history of providing live theatrical productions on our intimate designated stages. "main stage" seats 129 patrons, offering well known comedies, musicals, dramas and block busters. "main stage too" seats 89 patrons and offers lesser known, smaller scale productions. Our full time youth theater performs on main stage too and fulfills our mission of providing opportunities to youth, both on stage and technically. Fht offers group rates and caters to many school field trips for students to attend and experience live theater. Our commitment to quality has been rewarded with over 800 arizoni nominations and over 200 awards. As well as numerous national youth awards. Volunteer participants as actors, house staff and technical crew average 250 per year from all over the valley. We performed 7 musicals, 1 plays, and 4 youth theater productions. We are pleased to see our audience returning, in good health, to enjoy live theater. Fountian hills theater continues to focus on bringing the best and broadest selection of live entertainment options to our community.
$322,304 spent$277,170 earned by the program85% of program spendingEducational classes, theatrical workshops, and camps - fht maintains its commitment to youth education. In a typical year classes, workshops and camps provide a variety of opportunities to learn and grow. We generally serve 350+ students. Our camps and workshops focus on teaching the skills needed to create a working theater production, while building self confidence and new friendships along the way.
$28,299 spent$31,488 earned by the program7% of program spendingCommunity events - participated in the thanksgiving day parade and made honorable mention. The youth theater and ross collins(youth artistic and technical director) were inducted into the lower verde valley hall of fame.
$26,680 spent$20,908 earned by the program7% of program spendingConcessions and playbill ads our audiences continue to enjoy donating for our concession offerings. The youth theater continues offering the candygram program to send encouragement backstage to our young performers while supporting the theater. We are once again offering our programs and our program ad opportunity to our patrons.
$4,108 spent$8,360 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,391.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $874k to $658k (−25%).
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: 2021 17% · 2022 32% · 2023 7% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC’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. 3 of the last 5 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $300 → $91k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC’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
FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 81% · 2022 81% · 2023 71% — 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
60% of FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
95% of FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC?
- FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,255 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($275,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $349,255 in grants to FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC?
- Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $275,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2021–2025), 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