Nebraska · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER
FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER (Nebraska) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,877 to it, the largest being OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($245,533). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $462k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $567k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Friends of the Midwest Theater does
Mission
To enhance the arts commnity within the nebraska panhandle by preserving the historic midwest theater for present and future generations and nurturing a lively community through the presentation of mainstream and specialty films, performing arts, youth arts and education and community events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Friends of the Midwest Theater acquired and totally remodeled a classic old theater. The theater is now used for various entertainment events for all segments of the population in western nebraska. The operation uses the serices of more than 300 volunteers each year to complete its exempt purpose.
$382,348 spent$195,703 earned by the program83% of program spendingAll other accomplishments - Friends of the Midwest Theater acquired historically significant buildings, totally renovating the sructures, and making them available for cultural events from movies to live theater productions. Thousands of individuals have enjoyed the productions in the facility.
$77,162 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $459,510.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.0M (+24%).
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: 2017 11% · 2018 8% · 2019 4% · 2020 19% · 2021 38% · 2022 34% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER’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 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $48k → $110k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 MIDWEST THEATER’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 MIDWEST THEATER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 MIDWEST THEATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 56% · 2022 28% · 2023 71% — 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.
How long its funders stay
36% of FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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
81% of FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $268k 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
FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER is better cushioned 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 FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER
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 Nebraska
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
95%
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 MIDWEST THEATER?
- FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER (Nebraska) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,877 to it, the largest being OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($245,533). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $566,877 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER?
- OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $245,533 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE MIDWEST THEATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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