Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FULTON THEATRE COMPANY
FULTON THEATRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,077,944 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($1,821,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $6.1M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Fulton Theatre Company does
Mission
To create and produce exceptional theatre that moves the collective soul of our community and honors our national historic landmark.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The fulton first opened its doors in 1852. 170 years later, this national historic landmark theatre continues to entertain, educate and delight audiences, bringing live theatre, music, and more than 160,000 patrons into downtown lancaster annually. Today, under the leadership of executive artistic producer marc robin, the fulton theatre produces a mix of comedies, dramas and musicals, employing the talents of professional directors, designers, actors and playwrights from across the country.
$6,306,692 spent$6,927,989 earned by the program98% of program spendingThe theatre's robust education and outreach program engages over 10,000 students a year with artistic programming, thereby preserving the future of theatre arts. Fulton academy is committed to inclusivity of students of all abilities and socio-economic backgrounds. The academy provides resources to students who have intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities, as well as scholarship opportunities to families who demonstrate financial need. The fulton academy operates year round providing programs for early childhood through adult learners. In fy 2025, programming included: 68 students in winter workshops and 48 students in spring semester of academy class sessions. 261 students attended in-person summer academy week-long camps at the fulton in fy25. 206 students participated in the high school theatre festival after attending a performance at the fulton theatre. The fulton welcomed over 4,660 students to school day matinees with the productions of a christmas carol, aladdin, alice in wonderland and anastasia. Over 312 students attend the teen lounge program, which is offered once with every mainstage production. 91 college students and 126 high school students…
$56,495 spent$62,060 earned by the program1% of program spendingOur full production schedule limits event space rentals, which have primarily been utilized by non-profit organizations, donors, and current corporate sponsors. The organization builds scenery for other theatrical organizations, rents sets, props and costumes to groups including schools.
$55,709 spent$61,198 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,418,896.
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 2018 to 2019, from $24M to $33M (+37%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 27% · 2020 0% · 2021 13% · 2022 33% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of FULTON THEATRE COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Mr Richard Bowen
Executive director of development
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $225k → $572k.
14 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 FULTON THEATRE COMPANY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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
FULTON THEATRE COMPANY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
68% 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 FULTON THEATRE COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 44% · 2019 31% · 2020 20% · 2021 26% · 2022 70% · 2023 18% — 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
64% of FULTON THEATRE COMPANY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
66% of FULTON 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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FULTON THEATRE COMPANY is better cushioned than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FULTON 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 FULTON 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 FULTON THEATRE COMPANY?
- FULTON THEATRE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,077,944 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($1,821,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FULTON THEATRE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $6,077,944 in grants to FULTON THEATRE COMPANY, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FULTON THEATRE COMPANY?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,821,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FULTON THEATRE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 45 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing