Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,764,055 to it, the largest being The Roy Cockrum Foundation ($1,235,572). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Mosaic Theater Company of DC does
Mission
Mosaic Theater Company of DC produces bold culturally diverse theater that illuminates critical issues, elevates fresh voices, and sparks connections among communities throughout our region and beyond. The company was incorporated in december 2014 in washington, dc and is an independent not-for-profit corporation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The 10th anniversary, 2024-2025 season included five full productions:lady day at emerson's bar and grill by lanie robertson - an immersive nightclub experience of billie holiday's historic final performance in 1959; the art of care by derek goldman, a world premiere, devised theater experience, created in conjunction with georgetown university's lab for global performance and politics; out of character by and starring ari-el stachel, a world premiere co-production with theater j; cullud wattah, by erika dickerson-despenza, about the flint, michigan water crisis; and andy warhol in iran, by brent askari.education and engagement: in partnership with 50+ organizations and individuals, mosaic presented 27 reflection series audience engagement events curated to deepen the audience experience and build community. Mosaic hosted 11 intergenerational matinee performances and curated post-show conversations for students and seniors attended by 1584 individuals including 826 students from schools from 8 wards across the city and beyond. Mosaic hosted its third annual high school playwriting contest including public readings of the three winning plays with professional actors at the martin…
$2,303,148 spentof which $133,400 as grants$534,983 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,303,148.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $486k to $1.3M (+173%).
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 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 5% · 2021 20% · 2022 54% · 2023 6% · 2024 12% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $222k → $1.3M.
17 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
40% 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 MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 31% · 2019 28% · 2020 56% · 2021 23% · 2022 47% · 2023 66% — 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.
How long its funders stay
39% of MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $185k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$155k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$30k
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 MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC: 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 MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC?
- MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,764,055 to it, the largest being The Roy Cockrum Foundation ($1,235,572). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $6,764,055 in grants to MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC?
- The Roy Cockrum Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,235,572 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 49 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