Ohio · Nonprofit
MADCAP PRODUCTIONS
MADCAP PRODUCTIONS (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Charles H Dater Foundation Inc ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $185k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $0
What Madcap Productions does
Mission
Madcap Productions puppet theatre is a national touring company that creates high quality live puppet theatre entertainment and education for young audiences.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Based in cincinnati, ohio, madcap puppet theatre is nationally known for its original, high quality children's theatre productions and for professional and effective educational programs that include performances, workshops, residencies and special programming that addresses such issues as conflict resolution, health, safety, environment and social concerns. In partnership with schools across the country, madcap brings art to children to enhance their education with life-enriching performances drawn from world literature and cultures. In collaborations with symphonies, museums, opera and ballet, madcap brings a richly textured artistic experience to children and their families throughout the country. In it's 35 year history millions of (continued on schedule o)
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $20k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 MADCAP PRODUCTIONS’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
MADCAP PRODUCTIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
80% of MADCAP PRODUCTIONS's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like MADCAP PRODUCTIONS
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 MADCAP PRODUCTIONS: 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 MADCAP PRODUCTIONS?
- MADCAP PRODUCTIONS (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Charles H Dater Foundation Inc ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MADCAP PRODUCTIONS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to MADCAP PRODUCTIONS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MADCAP PRODUCTIONS?
- Charles H Dater Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MADCAP PRODUCTIONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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