Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED
READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,273 to it, the largest being THE WYOMISSING FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $365k
What Reading Civic Opera Society Incorporated does
Mission
Reading Civic Theatre will provide high quality musical theatre in the Reading Berks County area with a commitment to entertaining the public in the field of theatre arts with the primary mission of training and developing talent within our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In December RCT performed seven shows of the Broadway musical Annie. All seven were essentially sell outs.
$19,500 spent$44,180 earned by the program21% of program spendingIn October RCT performed six shows of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd. Attendance capacity was around 80%.
$19,710 spent$31,165 earned by the program21% of program spendingIn April RCT performed six shows of the Broadway musical Into the Woods. Attendance capacity was around 86%.
$17,040 spent$30,970 earned by the program18% of program spendingRCT performances of Titanic Concert Version three shows.
$8,740 spent$12,270 earned by the program9% of program spendingRCT performances of Rock of Ages eight shows
$19,870 spent$27,075 earned by the program21% of program spendingRCT Special performance of our Senior Spotlight featuring performers aged 55 and older. One show
$300 spent$2,150 earned by the program0% of program spendingRCT special performance of Fright night one show readings of local historian ghost stories.
$255 spent$2,350 earned by the program0% of program spendingRCT Youth Summer Camp two-week education training on theatrical arts for children aged 8 to 18.
$8,660 spent$10,350 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $94,075.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $408k to $304k (−25%).
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: 2022 0% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $49 → $72.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED’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
READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 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
91% of READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $273 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
READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED: 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 READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,273 to it, the largest being THE WYOMISSING FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,273 in grants to READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- THE WYOMISSING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like READING CIVIC OPERA SOCIETY INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2021–2025), 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