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National Queer Theater

National Queer Theater (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,559 to it, the largest being THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$264k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$362k
Net assets
$54k
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What National Queer Theater does

Mission

National Queer Theater produces new theatrical works by, for, and with LGBTQ+ communities. Key programming includes the annual Criminal Queerness Festival and the Staging Pride youth arts education program. National Queer Theater engages in LGBTQ+ advocacy, social justice work, and artistic initiatives in partnership with other theaters and community groups.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. National Queer Theater engages in LGBTQ+ advocacy, social justice work, and artistic initiatives in partnership with other theaters and community groups.

    $126,878 spent$243,021 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Education Programs such as Staging Pride

  3. Produced the annual Criminal Queerness Festival, for playwrights from countries that criminalize LGBTQ individuals, at Lincoln Center

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $126,878.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($74k) Net assets 100 ($2k)2020 Revenue 199 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($74k) Net assets 3374 ($75k)2021 Revenue 251 ($185k) Expenses 271 ($200k) Net assets 2872 ($63k)2022 Revenue 218 ($160k) Expenses 244 ($181k) Net assets 1929 ($43k)2023 Revenue 371 ($274k) Expenses 361 ($266k) Net assets 2269 ($50k)2024 Revenue 358 ($264k) Expenses 353 ($261k) Net assets 2434 ($54k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (358)Expenses (353)Net assets (2434)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7k to $75k (+934%).

$7k
$75k
$63k
$43k
$50k
$54k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 23% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of National Queer Theater’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$110
’19
$72k
’20
−$15k
’21
−$20k
’22
$7k
’23
$3k
’24
2.5
months of
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.

20232024
Listed813
Joined·+6
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $15k → $110k.

2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Queer Theater’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 Queer Theater has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

52% 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 Queer Theater.

30%
largest funder
56%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2021 40% · 2022 32% · 2023 36% — 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.

How long its funders stay

63% of National Queer Theater's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

98% of National Queer Theater's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
PA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

National Queer Theater has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve2.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding National Queer Theater receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.

Federal$45k
grants $45kcontracts $0
23
24
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$45k

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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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 50%Fundraising 1%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Queer Theater: 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 Queer Theater?
National Queer Theater (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,559 to it, the largest being THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does National Queer Theater have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $361,559 in grants to National Queer Theater, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of National Queer Theater?
THE PIERRE & TANA MATISSE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like National Queer Theater 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 14 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