Connecticut · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC
FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,597 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($165,597). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $176k
- Net assets
- $114k
What Friends of the Thomaston Opera House Inc does
Mission
The organization purpose is to raise monies to restore the Thomaston Opera House.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Monies raised and used for Thomaston Opera House Renovation
$252,502 spent$268,628 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $252,502.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $2k.
1 of 2 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 FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE 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 THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — 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
100% of FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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 THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC
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In Connecticut
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
97%
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 THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,597 to it, the largest being Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc ($165,597). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $175,597 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC?
- Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $165,597 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE THOMASTON OPERA HOUSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2024–2024), 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