Washington · Nonprofit
OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS
OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,856 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($86,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $549k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $230k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Olympic Theatre Arts does
Mission
Ota's mission is "entertaining, educating, and inspiring community involvement through experiences in the arts." we envision ourselves as the heart and soul of our community, enriching lives and fostering collaboration. We value our community above profit; artistic excellence; an empowering environment for personal growth; a commitment to volunteers; and financial sustainability.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Live theatre: ota's primary service is to engage its community through the performing arts. Main stage productions, which are mounted year-round, bring in hundreds of volunteer actors, singers, musicians, directors, production and stage managers, set and costume designers, property masters and technicians for lights, sound, and projections as well as 'front of house' hospitality personnel. These collaborative, immersive experiences attract thousands of patrons, providing entertainment opportunities not available anywhere else in our city while offering opportunities for growth in the arts. Encouraging diversity and inclusion, perspectives are presented to enhance stories. All positions are open to community volunteers to fill. Ota's on the job training and education develops practical skills and deepens our pool of community resources in the arts.
$261,481 spent$196,932 earned by the program94% of program spendingSpecial events: original works developed by local artists groups are produced in cooperation with ota to provide a venue and a voice for our creative community. Ota presents a unique venue in this rural community, combining its 160+ seat main stage theatre with a gathering hall reception area that can provide versatile space for large meetings, receptions, or cafe-style entertainment. Our versatile performance spaces are used for music concerts, comedy and improv shows, dance productions, and fundraisers and seminars for other nonprofit groups. Centrally located in downtown sequim, our building is a community center with ample on-site parking that serves as a "hub" for festivals and events throughout the larger community.
$6,548 spent$5,498 earned by the program2% of program spendingEducation: ota creates growth opportunities for youth by making children the primary emphasis for educational workshops, camps, and classes. Public funding for arts education and development is practically non-existent in our community's public schools, and ota embraces the challenge to fill that gap in performing arts education. We present intensive programs focused on youth throughout the year. Special emphasis is made to involve children of all skills, interests, and abilities to contribute towards the live performances that are the culmination of each workshop, often involving 30-60 children per production aged 5 to 18. Ota continually strives to find sponsors and partners to keep costs low and offer scholarships so any child can participate. As a matter of fact, all volunteer opportunities at ota, which are open to any age range, have expansive educational components. We also sponsor or host classes in various aspects of theatre arts and other fine arts disciplines.
$9,085 spent$14,853 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $277,114.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $897k (−41%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 67% · 2022 29% · 2023 12% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 8 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.
Chief executive
David Herbelin
Executive director
Board chair
Steve Rodeman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $37k.
4 of 12 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 OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS’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
OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 66% · 2022 90% · 2023 62% — 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
50% of OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
91% of OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k 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
OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS: 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 OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS?
- OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,856 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($86,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $229,856 in grants to OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $86,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OLYMPIC THEATRE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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