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Jersey City Theater Center Inc

Jersey City Theater Center Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,219 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($93,125). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$304k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$132k
Net assets
$111k
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Jersey City Theater Center Inc does

Mission

JCTC's mission is to present innovative and progressive performing arts, visual arts, and educational art programs, which embrace the diverse identity and preserve the rich history of Jersey City, bringing its community closer and enhancing its quality of life. JCTC programming encompasses theater, music, dance, film, and multi-media.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. 1. Diverse Storytelling: Hosted over 35 events showcasing stories of diverse communities and people through multiple forms of performing arts and theatre, aligning with our vision to unite humanity through the arts.Community-Centered Programming:Collaborated with HealthierJC to integrate wellness and mental health themes into rogramming, using the arts as a medium for healing and dialogue.2. Expanded Arts Education InitiativesNew School Partnerships: Launched arts education programs in underserved schools in the Greenville neighborhood, including Hudson County Schools of Technology, PS 17, and Hudson Arts and Science Charter School: Global Arts Education and JCTC Youth Theatre Programs at JC Public Library, Summer Acting Program to provide students with workshops and performances that celebrate cultural diversity. Reached over 3,000 students, fostering a deeper appreciation for the arts and creating pathways for creative expression.3. Robust SeasonOriginal Productions: Developed and produced two original works that explored themes of war and peace, social justice, and personal identity.Cultural Exchange: Presented 32 performances featuring artists from over 9 countries, offering…

    $299,678 spentof which $1,498 as grants$120,466 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $299,678.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($588k) Expenses 100 ($373k) Net assets 100 ($153k)2018 Revenue 77 ($454k) Expenses 125 ($468k) Net assets 90 ($139k)2019 Revenue 46 ($272k) Expenses 63 ($234k) Net assets 115 ($177k)2022 Revenue 87 ($512k) Expenses 111 ($415k) Net assets 229 ($350k)2023 Revenue 62 ($363k) Expenses 123 ($459k) Net assets 166 ($254k)2024 Revenue 46 ($269k) Expenses 95 ($354k) Net assets 111 ($169k)2025 Revenue 52 ($304k) Expenses 97 ($362k) Net assets 73 ($111k)
2017201820192022202320242025
Revenue (52)Expenses (97)Net assets (73)Peer revenue range

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 $350k to $262k (−25%).

$414k
$358k
$354k
$350k
$262k
$175k
$113k
2017201820192022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2022 22% · 2023 26% · 2024 22% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

74% of Jersey City Theater Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$215k
’17
−$15k
’18
$38k
’19
$97k
’22
−$96k
’23
−$85k
’24
−$58k
’25
0.9
months of
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.

2017201820192022202320242025
Listed33499107
Joined·+0+4·+5+4+1
No longer listed·03·534
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $32 → $15k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 Jersey City Theater Center 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

Jersey City Theater Center Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75% 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 Jersey City Theater Center Inc.

70%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 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

70% of Jersey City Theater Center 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 $39k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states.

NY
PA
NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Jersey City Theater Center Inc's revenue fell 48% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−19% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Jersey City Theater Center Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $334k on record.

State$334k
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Top programs
  • GRANT IN AID$204k
  • FEDERAL$84k
  • DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$26k
  • TRUST FUND$20k

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 Jersey City Theater Center 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 6%Fundraising 9%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Jersey City Theater Center Inc?
Jersey City Theater Center Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,219 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($93,125). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Jersey City Theater Center Inc have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $132,219 in grants to Jersey City Theater Center Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Jersey City Theater Center Inc?
Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $93,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Jersey City Theater Center Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 7 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