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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,529 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$6.2M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$248k
Net assets
$-40560
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County Inc does

Mission

The performing arts center of suffolk county strives to enrich a wide range of communities with quality theatrical experiences through diverse arts, entertainment and educational programs. We endeavour to serve these communities in a fiscally responsible manner, to provide affordable resources to schools and non profit organizations and to ensure the future of the theatrical arts in our region.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The performing arts center of suffolk county strives to enrich a wide range of communities with quality theatrical experiences through diverse arts, entertainment and educational programs. We endeavor to serve these communities in a fiscally responsible manner, to provide affordable resources to schools and non profit organizations and to ensure the future of the theatrical arts in our region.

    $5,935,103 spent$5,206,945 earned by the program
    97% of program spending

  2. At gateway's acting school we set out to take talented, creative young people on a journey to open up their imaginative world allowing them to appreciate their sensitivity and unique ideas. We allow them to be who they are, to think more deeply, to feel larger, to dream bigger. We give them tools and skills to guide them, shape them and broaden their horizons.

    $55,400 spent$202,308 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

  3. We have a large inventory of scenery and backdrops available for rent. All of our scenery is stored in tractor trailers. Most scenery and props were constructed in our own scene shop. Others were obtained from outside sources (broadway, national tours, regional theatres, etc.). We continue to promote the theatre art by renting to many different types of organizations ranging from high school productions, to community theatres, to professional and touring companies.

    $120,374 spent$260,352 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,110,877.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($5.0M) Expenses 100 ($5.0M) Net assets -678 ($-175008)2018 Revenue 97 ($4.9M) Expenses 95 ($4.8M) Net assets -322 ($-83219)2019 Revenue 121 ($6.1M) Expenses 119 ($6.0M) Net assets 100 ($26k)2020 Revenue 40 ($2.0M) Expenses 44 ($2.2M) Net assets -581 ($-149811)2021 Revenue 88 ($4.4M) Expenses 78 ($3.9M) Net assets 1340 ($346k)2022 Revenue 103 ($5.2M) Expenses 105 ($5.3M) Net assets 1032 ($266k)2023 Revenue 119 ($6.0M) Expenses 119 ($6.0M) Net assets 1071 ($276k)2024 Revenue 124 ($6.2M) Expenses 130 ($6.5M) Net assets -157 ($-40560)
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Revenue (124)Expenses (130)Net assets (-157)Peer revenue range

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 $1.3M to $3.5M (+171%).

$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$3.5M
$2.1M
$2.6M
$2.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 20% · 2021 55% · 2022 37% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

8% of PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’17
$92k
’18
$109k
’19
−$176k
’20
$496k
’21
−$79k
’22
$10k
’23
−$317k
’24
1.6
months of
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

Ken Searles

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed68777767
Joined·+2+1+0+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·0200010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $31k → $62.

Funder
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'20
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1
1
1

3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY 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

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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

100% 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 PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC.

61%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 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 PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $248k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC's revenue grew 24% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve1.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY 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

Second Generation Theatre Company83%Su Theatre Corporation D/B/A Syracuse Stage83%Astoria Performing Arts Center Inc83%Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc81%Broadway Training Center of Westchester Inc81%Playwrights Horizons Inc81%Random Farms Kids Theater Inc81%Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc80%

Nationally

Growing Stage Theatre for Young Audiences Inc84%Gateway Center for Performing Arts Association83%Second Generation Theatre Company83%Su Theatre Corporation D/B/A Syracuse Stage83%Stamford Center for the Arts Inc83%Astoria Performing Arts Center Inc83%Portland Stage Company82%I Can Do That Theatre Company82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

NY

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • 215 S Country Associates LP · partnership
  • Lra LLC · partnership
  • Allan & Allan Arts Ltd · corp_trust
  • Lilac Arts Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC?
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,529 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $247,529 in grants to PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY 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 2017–2024), 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