Texas · Nonprofit
Pocket Theatre Inc
Pocket Theatre Inc (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,162,456 to it, the largest being ANN L RHODES AND CAROL GREENE RHODES ($790,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $420k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $252k
What Pocket Theatre Inc does
Mission
Hip Pocket Theatre is an experimental theater ensemble rooted deep in the heart of Texas, committed to widening the vision and scope of theater, relying on the imagery of fantasy and fable, original adaptation, and scripts that mainly draw their inspiration from legends and history of Fort Worth and the Southwest. The performance focus is interdisciplinary, combining traditional theatrical elements with original score, drama, mime, dance, puppetry, as well as environmental and visual installations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Season 49 opened not in the actual theater, but in the BackYard concessions area with a rough and tumble performance of Sam Shepard's The Mad Dog Blues, directed by Christina Cranshaw with original music written and performed nightly by Chris Curtis. Following, was a rousing rendition of Federico Garcia Lorca's play, The Billy Club Puppets, directed by Yvonne Duque-Guerrero with original acoustic music composed and performed by Darrin Kobetich. "The brilliance of The Billy Club Puppets lies in the way it buries so much bruising misery under verbal high jinks and physical comedy. Hip Pocket's production creates just the right balance between the silly and the darkly thought-provoking." - Manuel Mendoza, The Dallas Morning News. After this, Old Mother West Wind "came down from the purple hills to the green meadows" to share her homespun wisdom. Adapted from the Thornton Burgess short story by Johnny Simons, Lake Simons took over the directing duties this time around. Original music was written by Douglas Balentine in 1979, when this play was originally offered at the original Hwy. 80 location. For this performance, Douglas' music was transcribed and re-created by Joe Rogers and John…
$262,279 spent$47,950 earned by the program88% of program spendingIn the outreach department of the theater, Hip Pocket established The Diane Simons Mentorship Program in honor of co-founder Diane Simons who passed early in the 49th season. This program introduced 77 youths to the arts by way of a ticket give-away to high school and college age youth. This program allowed five technicians a golden opportunity to be mentored by professional theater technicians and to network with dozens of others in the area of stagecraft. Another branch of the outreach in 2025 was the continuation of the annual Twilight Soiree Puppet Pageant, having completed its third year in 2025. The program includes two weeks of free puppet-building workshops led by New York-based puppeteers Erin Orr and Chris Green, culminating in three days of performances. Nearly 50 community members participated this year; 18 attended workshops and performed. Thirty-one performers, including nine children, took part, ranging in age from 3 to 73. Each free show drew 45-55 attendees, nearing capacity. To expand audiences, this year's event will feature staggered performances. A distinctive and vital component of Hip Pocket's legacy is our ongoing collaboration with hundreds of local…
$34,705 spent$36,631 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,984.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $187k to $291k (+56%).
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 5% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 1% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 4% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $16k → $219k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Pocket Theatre 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
Pocket Theatre Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 85%; 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 64% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 68% · 2021 67% · 2022 70% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
71% of Pocket Theatre Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% 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
99% of Pocket Theatre Inc's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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.
Organizations like Pocket Theatre 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Pocket Theatre Inc?
- Pocket Theatre Inc (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,162,456 to it, the largest being ANN L RHODES AND CAROL GREENE RHODES ($790,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pocket Theatre Inc have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,162,456 in grants to Pocket Theatre Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pocket Theatre Inc?
- ANN L RHODES AND CAROL GREENE RHODES is the largest funder on record, with $790,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pocket Theatre Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 9 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