Wisconsin · Nonprofit
HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC
HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,396 to it, the largest being WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($636,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Historic West Bend Theatre Inc does
Mission
To connect the community through entertainment, social, and educational experiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The historic west bend theatre, inc. (hwbt, 501(c)3), otherwise known as the bend, is an experience venue in downtown west bend, wi. Our purpose is restoring the west bend theatre, located at 125 main street, west bend, wisconsin, to a safe and functional historic building for use by both public and private entities, and to create opportunities within that space to benefit the greater washington county area in the form of education, entertainment, and the arts. Specifically, our organization will procure and promote opportunities for arts education designed to facilitate cultural awareness and build creative self-confidence for all who enjoy our venue, to present a broad and diverse array of performing and visual arts, and to act as a gathering place for and with the community around us.
$683,231 spent$615,496 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $683,231.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.7M to $4.3M (+60%).
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: 2020 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $180k → $71k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 HISTORIC WEST BEND 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
HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 69% · 2019 78% · 2020 91% · 2021 48% · 2022 90% · 2023 86% — 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
13% of HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
69% of HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC'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 $335k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $729k 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
HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC's revenue fell 39% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HISTORIC WEST BEND 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC?
- HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,396 to it, the largest being WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($636,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,063,396 in grants to HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC?
- WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $636,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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