New York · Nonprofit
ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC
ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,817 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) ($217,867). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $275k
- Net assets
- $-67563
What Origin Theatre Company Inc does
Mission
To discover, cultivate and develop emerging european writers and artists by staging their works in new york city theatre.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Origin began its fiscal year 2024 with outreach to potential producers for origin 1st irish 2024, which we decided to move to late march/april instead of the usual january slot. This decision was made with several factors in mind. Chief among them was the continued impact of covid and flu season on audience attendance in january. We also felt that a festival celebrating irish culture would benefit from aligning with st. Patricks day festivities in mid-march for promotional purposes. Preparations for fundraising began on the first day of the new fiscal year, including plans for a new season opener event held at tavern 29 on september 17th, 2023. The evening featured a talkback with black 47 frontman and celebrated irish playwright larry kirwan. A raffle was held to raise funds, and we shared our vision for the upcoming season. Origins largest fundraiser of the season took place at a beautiful manhattan penthouse on monday, october 30th, 2023. We honored the consul general of ireland to new york, helena nolan, and her husband, sami dahdouh, with the tom moran business to arts award for their outstanding support of irish theatre in new york, both during and following the global…
$117,853 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $117,853.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $84k to $6k (−93%).
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: 2018 16% · 2019 23% · 2020 29% · 2022 46% · 2023 22% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Carletta Downs
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $31k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY 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
ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 58% · 2019 80% · 2020 85% · 2021 100% · 2022 90% — 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
79% of ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $218k 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.
Against its field
ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC's revenue fell 39% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC?
- ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,817 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) ($217,867). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $274,817 in grants to ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY INC?
- THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) is the largest funder on record, with $217,867 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 6 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