New York · Nonprofit
OPEN HAND THEATER INC
OPEN HAND THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,005 to it, the largest being JM McDonald Foundation Inc ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $-198224
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $243k
What Open Hand Theater Inc does
Mission
Our mission involves celebrating the human experience through theater, mask and puppet traditions from around the world. Open hand theater: creates & tours original performances throughout central new york; presents innovative educational programs in traditional and non-traditional settings; is a magical castle, theater and mask and puppet museum on north salina street in syracuse, new york; collaborates and works with others to strengthen the community.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Employed masks & puppets to produce theatrical pieces for children & adult audiences, including performances in schools, parks, community centers, churches & professional theaters.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $5.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 HAND THEATER 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 HAND THEATER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 HAND THEATER INC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like OPEN HAND THEATER 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 OPEN HAND THEATER INC: 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 OPEN HAND THEATER INC?
- OPEN HAND THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,005 to it, the largest being JM McDonald Foundation Inc ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPEN HAND THEATER INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,005 in grants to OPEN HAND THEATER INC.
- Who is the largest funder of OPEN HAND THEATER INC?
- JM McDonald Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPEN HAND THEATER INC 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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