California · Nonprofit
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,144 to it, the largest being ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $402k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $361k
- Net assets
- $-36642
What Musical Theatre Academy of Orange County does
Mission
Mtaoc provides a year-round, innovative, performing arts education program to the youth of our community that nurtures their talents in music and theater, while builiding their confidence, and also helps them develop the essential skills to excel in school
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
MTAOC provides life-skill development training to the youth of our community, ages four to eighteen, through our innovative performing arts program. MTAOC offers our youth a special opportunity to explore and enjoy the arts through our programs and live musical theater performancs. Everyone deserves the chance to grow into the spotlight of their potential, and MTAOC has been providing our youth with that opportunity for over 35 years. We offer two or three age groups for casting, providing leveled opportunities for all of our students. We conduct four to six musicals throughout the year, two or three in the fall and two or three in the spring, with multiple show dates per musical, in addition to a summer camp that culminates in two performances. We also provide our youngest students with the opportunity to learn introductory skills in performing arts and gain on-stage experience during the seasonal shows. MTAOC provides our students with personalized instruction in acting, singing, and dancing so that all for our students can develop their skills to their greatest potential.
$387,528 spent$280,927 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $387,528.
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 2018 to 2019, from $175k to $13k (−93%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $57k → $60k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 44% · 2018 38% · 2019 64% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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
99% of MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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 MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: 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 MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY?
- MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,144 to it, the largest being ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($225,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $361,144 in grants to MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY?
- ARGYROS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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