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National Asian American Theatre Company
National Asian American Theatre Company (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,688,641 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($670,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $995k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $797k
What National Asian American Theatre Company does
Mission
National Asian American Theatre Company ("NAATCO")'s mission is to assert the presence and significance of Asian American theatre in the United States, demonstrating its vital contributions to the fabric of American culture. NAATCO puts into service its total commitment to Asian American theatre artists to more accurately represent onstage the multi- and intercultural dynamics of our society. NAATCO is equally committed to Asian American theatre technicians and administrators. Through our practice, we demonstrate a rich tapestry of cultural difference bound by the American experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
From January 18 - February 15, 2025, we produced a production of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, with modern verse translation by Andrea Thome and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried. The cast features 11 Asian-American actors, all women, and an all women design team. The production was nominated for two Drama Desk awards: Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play by Maria-Christina Oliveras and Outstanding Adaptation of a Play by Andrea Thome.
$388,599 spent$50,476 earned by the program51% of program spendingFrom May 8 - June 8, 2025, we co-produced a production of Bus Stop by William Inge with Classic Stage Company and Transport Group. The production was directed by Jack Cummings III and featured a cast of 8 Asian-American actors. Bus Stop was nominated for Outstanding Revival by the Lucille Lortel Awards.
$215,000 spentof which $165,000 as grants$61,330 earned by the program28% of program spendingWith rehearsals beginning in February 2025, and performances in March 2025, TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AK, produced Shakespeares TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar as part of the NAATCO National Partnership Project. The production was also in partnership with Play On! Shakespeare and featured an all Asian cast.
$162,851 spentof which $125,000 as grants21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $766,450.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $164k to $1.0M (+533%).
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: 2017 71% · 2018 43% · 2019 34% · 2022 12% · 2023 17% · 2024 52% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $25k → $397k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 National Asian American Theatre Company’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
National Asian American Theatre Company leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 National Asian American Theatre Company.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 50% · 2019 55% · 2020 38% · 2021 40% · 2022 92% · 2023 82% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of National Asian American Theatre Company's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
54% of National Asian American Theatre Company's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding National Asian American Theatre Company receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $330k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$330k
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 National Asian American Theatre Company: 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 National Asian American Theatre Company?
- National Asian American Theatre Company (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,688,641 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($670,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Asian American Theatre Company have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,688,641 in grants to National Asian American Theatre Company, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Asian American Theatre Company?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $670,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Asian American Theatre Company find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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