Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY
FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,727 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $229k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $8k
What Four Seasons Theatre Company does
Mission
Using musical theatre as a means of engagement, Four Seasons Theatre strives to create a strong organization which provides a consistent, high quality experience for everyone involved onstage, backstage, in the audience, and in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
As a theatre organization we produce different shows each year so for the purpose of this filing I'm listing them below as different program services.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
SONGS & STORIES Series with three different performances We tell stories not only to entertain, but to reveal ourselvesto explore, to discover, and to share our identities. We use our voices to propel into the air the tale of who we are, the song of where we came from, and the story of how we move through the world. ------ SONGS & STORIES: "Swissconsin" Friday, October 18, 2024 at 7 pm Ruth Marty, the daughter of Swiss immigrants, she grew up singing folk songs while helping her father, a cheesemaker, and playing accordion. Eventually settling in Green County, she worked as a homemaker, raised calves, and managed the books for The Big Farm. Through her 95 years, music has been a source of joy and community. Preshow Talk with Professor Jim Leary, Downhome Dairyland project. Personnel includes Ruth Marty, Sarah Marty, Jim Leary, New Glarus Alphorn Band, Edelweiss All Stars, Fran Anderson, and Tim & Kathy Williams. Goal: Highlight Swiss heritage, culture, and history in southern Wisconsin, provide access to the Overture Center for performers from New Glarus, Wisconsin (population 2,200). Support and highlight elderly performers (age 94 and age 87, respectively). Audience: 215 paid…
$30,009 spent$11,250 earned by the program15% of program spending"All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914" December 5-15, 2024 The Playhouse at Overture Center in Madison, WI Description: ALL IS CALM, takes place on the Western Front, Christmas, 1914. A German soldier steps into No Mans Land singing Stille Nacht. Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, and peace. A remarkable true story, told in the words and songs of the men who lived it. 'All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914" has become a holiday tradition in our community. Partnered with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum who provided a curator to speak with the cast and to deliver four free preshow lectures for the general public. ---- Metrics: We sold 2,298 regular tickets and also welcomed a dress rehearsal audience with 40 arts teachers from area public schools, 10 military veterans, and 23 arts administration students. In addition, 10 community members ushered and saw each show at no cost x 8 shows = 80 people. Cast of 11 local actors plus a production team of 12. Plus 4 preshow lectures with an average attendance of 125/lecture for a total attendance of 500.
$71,622 spent$67,495 earned by the program35% of program spendingCOMPANY February 20March 2, 2025 The Playhouse at Overture Center in Madison, WI Winner of five Tony Awards, CompanyStephen Sondheim and George Furths groundbreaking musical comedyis at once boldly sophisticated, deeply insightful, and downright hilarious. Its Bobbys 35th birthday party, and all his friends keep asking, Why arent you married? Isnt it time to settle down and start a family? An examination of the choices we make about life, love, and friendship, Company takes us through the gamut of emotions sorry-grateful, regretful-happy. --- Metrics: We sold 2,222 regular tickets. In addition, 10 community members ushered and saw each show at no cost x 8 shows = 80 people. Cast of 15 local actors plus a production team of 15 and an orchestra of 17. Plus 4 preshow lectures with an average attendance of 80/lecture for a total attendance of 320.
$100,547 spent$64,383 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $202,178.
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 2024 to 2025, from $34k to $8k (−77%).
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.
35% of FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY’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. 4 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $40k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY’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
FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% 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 FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 72% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
97% of FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $181k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY: 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 FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY?
- FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,727 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $186,727 in grants to FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY?
- MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUR SEASONS THEATRE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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