Maryland · Nonprofit
OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC
OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,060 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $178k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $103k
What Open Circle Theatre Inc does
Mission
The purpose of open theatre,inc (oct) is to be a place where artists with and without disabilities can be mentored, receive training, and reach their professional potential in theater arts. Oct involves artists with disabilities in all aspects of the organization - programmatic, production, administrative and management. Oct goal is to utilize the considerable talents of these artists to create professional theatrical productions, and serve as a vital resource to expand the cultural and vocational opportunities for residents of the washington, dc community, with particular attention to people with disabilities.another goal of the oct is to provide accommodations for patrons with disabilities to fully experience the breadth of its artistic work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Theatrical productions and perfomances.
$107,301 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $107,301.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $19k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 OPEN CIRCLE 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
OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 82% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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
OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54k 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
OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC 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 OPEN CIRCLE 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.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC?
- OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,060 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $204,060 in grants to OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC?
- DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 8 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