Kansas · Nonprofit
IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION
IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $300,000 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $300k
- Net assets
- $293k
What Iola Theatre Association does
Mission
Iola Theatre Association is raising funds through grants and a capital campaign to restore the Iola Theatre. We are working with an architectural firm to scope the restoration and renovation work needed and to obtain precise cost estimates. All work is to be funded through a capital campaign targeting local and regional donors and will ultimately result in construction documents that will be publicly bid. This period is estimated to take 180 days for the initial phase and an additional 180 days to secure funding and require approximately 20 hours per week by volunteers. Upon execution of construction documents, we anticipate a 365 day construction period, with total renovation/restoration costs estimated at approximately $4 million. This work will be funded through private foundation funding, state and local government support, and private donations. The general contractor will be overseen by a committee of the Board of Directors that will likely spend upwards of 30 hours per week.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Initial hiring of professionals was completed including hiring the architect firm, general manager for construction, and historic preservation consultants. Design phase is completed.
$127,552 spentof which $127,552 as grants88% of program spendingDesign of marquee to replicate the original marquee.
$17,360 spentof which $17,360 as grants12% of program spendingnothing
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,912.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $129k to $298k (+130%).
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: 2024 0% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Elizabeth Toland
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION?
- IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $300,000 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $300,000 in grants to IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION?
- THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOLA THEATRE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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