New York · Nonprofit
PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC
PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,228,188 to it, the largest being The New York and Presbyterian Hospital ($1,312,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What People's Theatre Project Inc does
Mission
Rooted in washington heights and inwood, the peoples theatre (formerly peoples theatre project) makes theatre with and for immigrant communities to build a more just and equitable world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School & community partnerships our team of professional teaching artists partners with approximately 20 elementary, middle, and high schools across new york city, primarily in upper manhattan and the bronx. Through culturally sustaining, student- centered theatre curricula, students collaboratively create original performances while building confidence, communication skills, and creative expression. The program serves approximately 900 k-12 students annually, including many multilingual learners.
$224,290 spent$84,833 earned by the program16% of program spendingAcademy for theatre, leadership & advocacy the peoples theatre academy is a rigorous, multi-year theatre and social justice leadership program for young people in upper manhattan. Through ensemble-based training, participants develop original theatre, strengthen leadership and advocacy skills, and build confidence as artists and community leaders. The academy provides a supportive artistic environment that centers diverse cultural experiences and offers full scholarships to all participants.
$445,197 spent$3,624 earned by the program33% of program spendingProducing immigrant theatre the peoples theatre develops and produces original theatrical works that center immigrant stories and perspectives. Working with professional artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, the organization creates ensemble-based productions that explore themes of identity, belonging, and social justice. Performances engage audiences across new york city and amplify voices and experiences often underrepresented on our nations stages.
$697,480 spent$72,611 earned by the program51% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,366,967.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $3.2M (+81%).
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: 2017 27% · 2018 36% · 2020 14% · 2021 41% · 2022 34% · 2023 11% · 2024 19% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 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 broadened from 4 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $114k → $1.5M.
10 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 40% · 2019 34% · 2020 53% · 2021 41% · 2022 26% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $569k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT 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 PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,228,188 to it, the largest being The New York and Presbyterian Hospital ($1,312,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,228,188 in grants to PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- The New York and Presbyterian Hospital is the largest funder on record, with $1,312,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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