California · Nonprofit
MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD
MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,655 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($54,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $226k
What Musical Theatre Guild does
Mission
The musical theatre group guild (mtg), a non-profit membership company of theatrical professionals, is devoted to preserving the unique american art form of musical theatre - by presenting seldom-seen musicals, and by offering education for both the current and next generation of musical theatre audiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Musical Theatre Guild (mtg) began in january 1995. A group of 14 actors and singers met to create a guild for musical theatre artists, a forum where they can showcase their talents and present seldom-produced musicals at homes. From 1997 through 2025, 2-5 concert stage readings were presented to the public each season on a regular basis and mtg began to receive accolades from southern california's theatrical press.in 2006, mtg received the la drama critics cirle's margaret harford award for "sustained excellence in theatre". In 2022, we were honored at the 35th robby awards for the production of "it should have been you" performed in 2020.in 2023, our performance of "brigadoon" received the 36th robby award for best actress and best supporting actress in a musical.the guild's artists are a diverse group of all ages and ethnicities, and participation from a full range of cultural groups is actively encouraged. Mtg artists are all professional performers, members of actors' equity association, working together as a repertory company.mtg had 4 performances in 2025: (1)"it's complicated... An evening of songs about love" in february at the catalina jazz club; (2) "the drowsey…
$67,561 spentof which $58,058 as grants74% of program spendingMtg is committed to reaching young audiences. It is a member of the drama teachers association of southern california (dtasc).one of mtg many efforts to keep the art form alive for future genertaions is to bring theatre to students. In 2024, mtg moved from the alex theatre which had been its home for many years to the eli and edythe broad stage at santa monica college performing arts center. This relocation places mtg on campus of a major los angeles major, benefiting both the students as well as the college and the community.as part of its youth outreach program, mtg also gives free tickets to students to attend performances and/or participate in stage production of selected plays. In 2025, it was the "drowsy chaperone".in order to delight and educate young audiences, another strategy is to bring musical performances directly to the schools. Mtg had performed various musical programs at numerous schools and reached an average of 600 students annually with this program. In 2025, mtg presented "revolution" to schools in 4 performances.lastly, mtg donated proceeds from the 2 performances at the catalina jazz club to youth theatres affected by 2025 los angeles wildfires.
$21,550 spentof which $21,025 as grants24% of program spendingMtg continues its efforts with american sign language by having asl interpreters at its productions.the dei committee formed in 2022 continues its diversity outreach and sought implementation of dei in its theatre cast and production.
$2,278 spentof which $400 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $91,389.
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 2024 to 2025, from $157k to $226k (+44%).
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.
66% of MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Les Traub
Chairman and president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $12k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 GUILD’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
MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 95% · 2019 95% · 2020 92% · 2021 78% · 2022 89% · 2023 91% — diversifying over time.
“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
94% of MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 GUILD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 GUILD: 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 GUILD?
- MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,655 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($54,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $80,655 in grants to MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $54,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD 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 4 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