New York · Nonprofit
ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC
ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $883,878 to it, the largest being UPSTATE THEATER COALITION FOR A FAIRGAME INC ($653,519). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $884k
- Net assets
- $10M
What Rochester Broadway Theatre League Inc does
Mission
The organization operates for the purpose of presentation of drama and musical arts for the cultural benefit of rochester, new york / finger lakes community and to set aside and to apply to charitable education purposes any net proceeds gained from the conduct of these activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Management and operation of the auditorium theatre in rochester, new york. Events range from broadway shows to comedy to dance competitions.
$14,322,865 spent$13,502,886 earned by the program98% of program spendingRbtl's education programs include stars of tomorrow, arts partners and theatre team. Stars of tomorrow is dedicated to recognizing high school musicals. Rbtl provides a in-depth cirrculum guides that tie-in seamlessly to the work being done during classrooms visits to provide insight about shows or to lead/co-teach lessons. The arts partners program provides professional development sessions filled with new ideas to reinvigorate teachers with strategies and lesson ideas around certain themes. Individuals have the opportunity to showace their student's work in rbtl's educational lobby displays which will be viewed by thousands of people attending the auditorium theatre.
$272,296 spent$147,471 earned by the program2% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,595,161.
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.
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 $7.2M to $14M (+96%).
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: 2017 1% · 2020 9% · 2021 64% · 2022 15% · 2023 7% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Arnie Rothschild
Chairman and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $12k → $111k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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
ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 70% · 2019 74% · 2020 64% · 2021 74% · 2022 77% · 2023 92% — 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 ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
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
99% of ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k 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.
Against its field
ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rbtl Properties LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC?
- ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $883,878 to it, the largest being UPSTATE THEATER COALITION FOR A FAIRGAME INC ($653,519). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $883,878 in grants to ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE INC?
- UPSTATE THEATER COALITION FOR A FAIRGAME INC is the largest funder on record, with $653,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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