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OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC

OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,269,275 to it, the largest being ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ($447,805). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$891k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$505k
10/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Oklahoma Childrens Theatre Inc does

Mission

Support, education and promotion of the theatre arts for oklahoma children.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational camps that teach, demonstrate and allow children to practice acting skills that enhance their understanding and appreciation of theatre art.

    $443,065 spent$391,762 earned by the program
    73% of program spending
  2. Theatrical productions at both the organizations's facilities and at various other venues to benefit and enhance children's understanding and appreciation of theatre art.

    $163,954 spent$50,454 earned by the program
    27% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $607,019.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($725k) Expenses 100 ($687k) Net assets 100 ($422k)2018 Revenue 101 ($730k) Expenses 104 ($712k) Net assets 104 ($441k)2019 Revenue 98 ($707k) Expenses 100 ($690k) Net assets 109 ($459k)2020 Revenue 78 ($563k) Expenses 86 ($592k) Net assets 102 ($429k)2021 Revenue 78 ($565k) Expenses 83 ($569k) Net assets 101 ($426k)2022 Revenue 114 ($829k) Expenses 113 ($779k) Net assets 113 ($475k)2023 Revenue 128 ($926k) Expenses 124 ($854k) Net assets 130 ($548k)2024 Revenue 144 ($1.0M) Expenses 143 ($981k) Net assets 144 ($609k)2025 Revenue 123 ($891k) Expenses 145 ($996k) Net assets 120 ($505k)
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Revenue (123)Expenses (145)Net assets (120)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $685k (−48%).

$432k
$455k
$493k
$537k
$569k
$1.1M
$1.3M
$685k
$515k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 27% · 2021 23% · 2022 30% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’17
$19k
’18
$18k
’19
−$30k
’20
−$4k
’21
$50k
’22
$73k
’23
$60k
’24
−$105k
’25
4.8
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.

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Listed131814131314161515
Joined·+7+3+3+4+1+7+4+6
No longer listed·27440556
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $6k → $236k.

4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC’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

OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

77% 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 OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC.

35%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 48% · 2020 47% · 2021 40% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% — 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

78% of OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.

NY
MO
DE
OK

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Oklahoma out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295k 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

Government funding OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $235k on record.

State$235k
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Top programs
  • Pmts-Local Gov't-Hlth,Soc Svc$138k
  • Pmts-Local Gov't-Gen Govt$97k

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.

Organizations like OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 28%Fundraising 11%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OK

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Questions and answers

Who funds OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC?
OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,269,275 to it, the largest being ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ($447,805). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,269,275 in grants to OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC?
ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC is the largest funder on record, with $447,805 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OKLAHOMA CHILDRENS THEATRE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 16 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing