North Carolina · Nonprofit
METTLESOME THEATER
METTLESOME THEATER (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,388 to it, the largest being THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC ($6,388). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $209k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Mettlesome Theater does
Mission
Mettlesome produces creative and smart projects that amplify artists' voices in the South. Mettlesome's mission is to empower our community using the principles of improv comedy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Durham arts nonprofit Mettlesome Theater produces creative and smart projects that amplify artists' voices in the South. In 2024, we offered nearly 50 classes that taught improv and sketch comedy, held nearly 400 performances in the theater space, and increased the number of staff members and performers we paid monthly by 350%.
$144,216 spent$182,539 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,216.
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.
Chief executive
Jack Reitz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 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 METTLESOME THEATER’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 METTLESOME THEATER's grant income comes from North Carolina 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
METTLESOME THEATER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like METTLESOME THEATER
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for METTLESOME THEATER: 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 METTLESOME THEATER?
- METTLESOME THEATER (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,388 to it, the largest being THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC ($6,388). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METTLESOME THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,388 in grants to METTLESOME THEATER.
- Who is the largest funder of METTLESOME THEATER?
- THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,388 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METTLESOME THEATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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