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PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP
PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,050 to it, the largest being The Richard H Driehaus Foundation ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Paper Machete Group Inc Nfp does
Mission
Weekly live shows covering current events and pop culture. The shows feature essays from journalists, scholars, multi-disciplinary performers, and sometimes puppets. The show also includes comedy and sketches from Chicago comedians and touring performers as well as live music.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
52 weekly live shows. Here are some specific results from Machete shows in 2025: 1). 52 shows with an average weekly attendance of 151 for a total duplicated attendance of 4674. 2). We worked with 256 unduplicated artists (including 65 music acts). 3). We added 43 net new monthly donors, with an average monthly donation of $14 (total of ~150 active monthly donors at end of 2025).
$91,655 spentof which $37,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $91,655.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $17k to $41k (+144%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
J C Aevaliotis
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP’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
PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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: 2021 50% · 2022 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
100% of PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP's grant income comes from Illinois 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP?
- PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,050 to it, the largest being The Richard H Driehaus Foundation ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $18,050 in grants to PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP?
- The Richard H Driehaus Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAPER MACHETE GROUP INC NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2024), 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