Oregon · Nonprofit
Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc
Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $471,563 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($225,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $472k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc does
Mission
Rehabilitation and restoration of a historic theatre according to National Park service standards. The mission is to open the theatre.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Auditorium ceiling was completely finished: Lighting and fire suppression installations were completed and ceiling painted. This included the designing and painting of the chandeliers medallion on the ceiling around the point where the chandelier is hung from. The restored chandelier was also installed and lit up for the first time since 1959. Shortly after that, the large temporary work platform was removed. This platform was in place for about 22 months and allowed crews to work on the restoration of the ceiling froma stable and flat floor only 12 feet below the ceiling. After the removal of the work platform, crews turned their focus to framing. The large, curved walls that transition from the exterior walls of the theater into the stage proscenium were framed; which included arched entryways onto stairs leading up the stage, and large alcoves that will house the main speakers of the theaters sound system. There was additional framing in the basement under the stage, and in the lobby. In the bathreeoms, the remaining plumbing work was completed and passed their pressure tests. Out front, the ceilings of the entryway and canopy were insulated and installed. The false ceiling…
In 2023 the foundation was focused on prioritizing meeting the requirements for the Economic Development Administration grant that was awarded in late 2022. The foundation made great progress and expects to solicit bids in Q1 of 2024 for a contractor to finish the project by Q3 of 2024
2024 was a year for planning and estimating: as well as grant writing and management. The Foundation took some time off from managing capital construction to raise more funds for construction and continue to plan the final iteration of the theater. While simultaneously working with the Department of Commerce regarding the Economic Development Administrations grant, weve put a lot of bandwidth into applying for and managing other grant opportunities that serve easter Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. However, the Foundations sights are still set on publishing an invitation to bid in late February of 2025 to solicit a contractor that will finish this historic preservation project. This level of grant management and project planning takes time, and it takes energy. Our all-volunteer board worked hard throughout 2024 to ensure a successful 2025, and we are excited to cash in the fruits of our labor this year to oversee the completion of our beloved theater. Throughout 2025,the Liberty Theatre Foundaton continued working with the Federal Economic Development Agency, and made a second attempt to solicit competitive bids to finish the restoration project. Unfortunately, yet again we…
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $431k to $747k (+73%).
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: 2018 52% · 2019 9% · 2020 99% · 2023 37% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Ashley OToole
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $24.
2 of 8 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 Liberty Theatre Foundation 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
Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 61% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 100% · 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
64% of Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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.
Against its field
Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $730k on record — $622k federal, $108k state.
- Department of Commerce$622k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$108k
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 Liberty Theatre Foundation 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc: 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 Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc?
- Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $471,563 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($225,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $471,563 in grants to Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc?
- The Ford Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 8 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