North Carolina · Nonprofit
Mouths of Babes Theatre
Mouths of Babes Theatre (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Mouths of Babes Theatre does
Mission
In 2024 Mouths of Babes Theatre advanced new documentary and original works delving into social and historical themes. Initiatives comprised The Oak Grove Project The Recovery Project and the Scotopia New Works Festival. The organization offered teaching residencies workshops and youth theatre programs emphasizing storytelling and performance for community involvement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
GLOW Academy Teaching Residencies: Offered daily theater education residencies to approximately 200 middle school students at GLOW Academy. By engaging in acting storytelling and collaborative performance projects students improved communication creativity and confidence. This initiative represents the organizations primary educational endeavor and a crucial element of its mission to connect youth and the community through theater.
$20,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants58% of program spendingScotopia New Works Festival: Launched the inaugural Scotopia New Works Festival a community-centered event highlighting original plays that explore social justice history and recovery. The festival featured staged readings short plays and workshops engaging more than 250 audience members and 30 artists. Funding supported artist stipends venue rentals and marketing to promote local storytelling and civic dialogue through new theatre works.
$12,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants35% of program spendingContinued development of The Recovery Project a storytelling and performance initiative in partnership with Hope Recovery Community Center. The project utilizes documentary theatre to convey real stories of addiction recovery and resilience. In 2024 MoB conducted workshops and a public reading showcasing local participants and artists engaging an audience of over 100 community members.
$2,500 spentof which $2,500 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $34,500.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
LaTuan Danns
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 Mouths of Babes Theatre’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
Mouths of Babes Theatre leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
100% 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 Mouths of Babes Theatre.
“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
100% of Mouths of Babes Theatre'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
Mouths of Babes Theatre runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
96%
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 Mouths of Babes Theatre: 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 Mouths of Babes Theatre?
- Mouths of Babes Theatre (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mouths of Babes Theatre have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,000 in grants to Mouths of Babes Theatre, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mouths of Babes Theatre?
- Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mouths of Babes Theatre 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 2 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