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Screen a listPure Theatre
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$782krevenue
FY2025 · +61% in 3 yrs14staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−6.0%
Months of reserve0.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.8%
Middle half of peersMedianPure Theatre
Where the money goes FY2025 · $829k spent
Programs$662k80%Management and general$119k14%Fundraising$48k6%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$43k in FY2024 and −$47k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.2 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 5 of its 9 returns, 16% of revenue in FY2025. $54k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending25funders
$70ka year, last 3 years
38%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationSince FY2019$15k$43k$15k$15k$15kArts EtcSince FY2022$10k$11kThe Elliot and Eleanor FoundationNew in FY2023$15kHenry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation IncOn and off$3k$3k$3kRobin Chandler Duke FoundationStopped after FY2021$500$5k–The Joanna FoundationOn and off$3k$2kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$11k$23k$31k$30k$38k$47k6 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$5k$3k$1k$1k$1k$2k$500
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped