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RED BULL THEATER INC

RED BULL THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,242,701 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD & MARCIA OWENS CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,025,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
55
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$481k
36/55 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Red Bull Theater Inc does

Mission

Red bull theater is a new york based theater company specializing in plays of heightened language.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Performances of great classic stories.

    $1,480,144 spent$564,186 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. Educational programs related to classic stories.

    $19,922 spent$37,480 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,500,066.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($1.8M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($173k)2019 Revenue 81 ($1.4M) Expenses 95 ($1.5M) Net assets 33 ($57k)2020 Revenue 85 ($1.5M) Expenses 55 ($902k) Net assets 378 ($653k)2021 Revenue 54 ($946k) Expenses 43 ($705k) Net assets 517 ($893k)2022 Revenue 89 ($1.6M) Expenses 86 ($1.4M) Net assets 612 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 78 ($1.4M) Expenses 113 ($1.8M) Net assets 339 ($585k)2024 Revenue 81 ($1.4M) Expenses 69 ($1.1M) Net assets 517 ($893k)2025 Revenue 99 ($1.7M) Expenses 132 ($2.2M) Net assets 278 ($481k)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (132)Net assets (278)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 2019 to 2020, from $185k to $764k (+312%).

$183k
$185k
$764k
$959k
$1.1M
$667k
$944k
$573k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 2% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 7% · 2022 4% · 2023 6% · 2024 5% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

65% of RED BULL THEATER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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.

$133k
’18
−$116k
’19
$596k
’20
$241k
’21
$164k
’22
−$472k
’23
$308k
’24
−$413k
’25
2.4
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.

Chief executive

Jesse Berger

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1315141819171716
Joined·+2+1+4+4+1+2+2
No longer listed·0203323
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $105k → $732k.

14 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 RED BULL THEATER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 funders by total. 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

RED BULL THEATER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

32%
largest funder
50%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 22% · 2019 36% · 2020 16% · 2021 32% · 2022 42% · 2023 34% — growing more concentrated.

“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

46% of RED BULL THEATER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

RED BULL THEATER INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 13 states in all.

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
DE
NC
DC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $540k arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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

RED BULL THEATER INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−24% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding RED BULL THEATER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.

Federal$35k
grants $35kcontracts $0
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23
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$35k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 18%Fundraising 12%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds RED BULL THEATER INC?
RED BULL THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,242,701 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD & MARCIA OWENS CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,025,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RED BULL THEATER INC have?
IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $3,242,701 in grants to RED BULL THEATER INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RED BULL THEATER INC?
THE HOWARD & MARCIA OWENS CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,025,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RED BULL THEATER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 55 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