Vermont · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC
FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,041 to it, the largest being LGBTQ FUND OF VERMONT INCORPORATED ($42,447). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $221k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $298k
What Friends of the Historic Playhouse Theatre Inc does
Mission
To provide entertainment enrichment to the community through a non-profit movie theatre experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The friends of the historic playhouse theatre was established to sustain and improve the playhouse movie theatre so that community members may enjoy thoughtful entertainment and social engagement in a local, shared setting. The playhouse movie theatre first opened at its randolph location on august 4, 1919, and has survived to be one of the few remaining single-purpose theaters to remain in operation in the united states. It is eligible for inclusion on the national registry of historic places and is a cherished asset of the local community. The playhouse shows both "first run," popular films and lesser-known "art films- and documentaries to provide cinematic options to the community. We started the year with a run of five consecutive best picture oscar nominees. In april, bess o'brien, accompanied by folks featured in her film, brought just getting by, her documentary on homelessness in vermont, to the playhouse. Jay craven likewise brought lost nation, his new film about the founding of our republic, in july. We screened the anime film look back and the documentaries blink and the women's adventure tour 2024. And for eight weeks throughout the summer we ran saturday matinees of…
$112,754 spent$56,873 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $112,754.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $6k to $406k (+6363%).
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 35% · 2022 5% · 2023 6% · 2024 12% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $7k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE 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
FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
86% 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 FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
86% of FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,041 to it, the largest being LGBTQ FUND OF VERMONT INCORPORATED ($42,447). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $58,041 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC?
- LGBTQ FUND OF VERMONT INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $42,447 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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