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Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre

Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,780 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($113,447). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$382k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$158k
Net assets
$638k
8/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre does

Mission

Using the empowering vehicle of theater to provide exceptional and enriching entertainment and educational programming that is accessible to all members of our community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Presentation of high quality theatrical productions and performances for all ages. Theatrical arts education for all ages.

    $274,022 spent$294,356 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $274,022.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($286k) Expenses 100 ($263k) Net assets 100 ($474k)2019 Revenue 99 ($284k) Expenses 105 ($277k) Net assets 100 ($475k)2020 Revenue 39 ($112k) Expenses 34 ($89k) Net assets 105 ($498k)2021 Revenue 77 ($220k) Expenses 47 ($123k) Net assets 126 ($595k)2022 Revenue 113 ($322k) Expenses 117 ($309k) Net assets 128 ($608k)2023 Revenue 107 ($305k) Expenses 120 ($315k) Net assets 126 ($598k)2024 Revenue 134 ($382k) Expenses 130 ($342k) Net assets 135 ($638k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (134)Expenses (130)Net assets (135)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 2020 to 2021, from $527k to $608k (+15%).

$539k
$526k
$527k
$608k
$621k
$626k
$666k
2017201920202021202220232024
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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2019 7% · 2020 47% · 2021 53% · 2022 25% · 2023 4% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

20% of Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’17
$7k
’19
$23k
’20
$97k
’21
$13k
’22
−$10k
’23
$40k
’24
6.4
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.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed788711911
Joined··+0+7+7+3+3
No longer listed··08351
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $500 → $29k.

2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre’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

Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 96% · 2021 80% · 2022 87% · 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 7 states in all.

NY
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Rhode Island out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve6.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 18%Fundraising 1%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre?
Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,780 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($113,447). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $157,780 in grants to Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre?
THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $113,447 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Renaissance City Theatre Inc DBA The Granite Theatre find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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