Michigan · Nonprofit
QUEER THEATRE INC
QUEER THEATRE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,588 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($38,879). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Queer Theatre Inc does
Mission
Queer Theatre Inc. exists to empower queer voices by building an accessible and equitable community through theatre and the arts.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Production of the Queer Shorts Festival a selection of several short plays one of which led to an award for best performance in a solo show. For this performance we paid five directors five playwrights one designer and eleven performers while showcasing queer representation to 147 audience members. Also along with the other shows on our season we provided ASL interpretation one of the performance nights.
$4,646 spentof which $600 as grants14% of program spendingProduction of Merry Queer and Bright a romantic comedy by a local playwright about mismatched experiences and how we find love. For this performance we paid a director a stage manager a playwright two designers three production crew and eight actors. We performed for 195 audience members including one night of ASL interpretation.
$9,624 spentof which $600 as grants28% of program spendingProduction of The Lysistrata Project a new play by a local playwright and adaptation of the classic play by Aristophanes this time set in a modern college setting. For this performance we paid a playwright director two stage managers one designer two production crew and 6 performers for a total of 201 audience members including one night of ASL interpretation.
$10,401 spentof which $3,218 as grants31% of program spendingProduction of Doctor Voynich and Her Children by Leanna Keyes. We hired a director a stage manager a designer and 5 performers for an audience of 62 including 1 night of ASL interpretation.
$6,098 spent18% of program spendingProduction of 12-Hour Playfest a series of short plays written rehearsed and performed in a 12 hour period. We paid five playwrights five directors and 11 actors for an audience of 64. This production was in collaboration with the Kalamazoo Nature Center.
$2,066 spent6% of program spendingStaged reading of Taproot for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. We paid a director a playwright and 7 actors for this reading.
$1,150 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,985.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2025 to 2026, from $3k to $25k (+623%).
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.
90% of QUEER THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Raquel Hellenga
Board President
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $11k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 QUEER 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
QUEER THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 QUEER THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 47% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of QUEER THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
QUEER THEATRE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 710 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 710 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like QUEER 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 Michigan
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for QUEER THEATRE 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 QUEER THEATRE INC?
- QUEER THEATRE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,588 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($38,879). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does QUEER THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,588 in grants to QUEER THEATRE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUEER THEATRE INC?
- KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $38,879 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUEER THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2018–2026), and the filings of 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing