Wisconsin · Nonprofit
PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC
PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,051 to it, the largest being THE CUDAHY FOUNDATION ($128,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $148k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Pabst Theater Foundation Inc does
Mission
Promotion of the arts through the maintenance and operation of a community theater, adding to the cultural vitality of Metro Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin by presenting a wide range of artistic performances and educational events including music, dance and drama in the historic Pabst Theater Turner Hall Ballroom at the heart of - see Sch O
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Presentation of a wide variety and different types of artistic performances appealing to a broad and varied scope of audiences. During 2024 approximately 180 events and performances were held.
$8,055,521 spent$8,145,326 earned by the program87% of program spendingRental of the theater space to other theater groups, civic organizations, local government and the general public. During 2024 the facility was rented for 140 events and performances.
$1,233,595 spent$1,247,480 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,289,116.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.2M to $14M (+133%).
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: 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $70k.
From the IRS filings of PABST THEATER FOUNDATION 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
PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PABST THEATER FOUNDATION 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pabst Theater Concessions LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PABST THEATER FOUNDATION 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 PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC?
- PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,051 to it, the largest being THE CUDAHY FOUNDATION ($128,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $148,051 in grants to PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CUDAHY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $128,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PABST THEATER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2 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