New York · Nonprofit
ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC
ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,062,249 to it, the largest being THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ($1,366,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Rosie's Theater Kids Inc does
Mission
Rosie's theater kids, inc. ("rtkids") is a not-for-profit organization established in 2008 to provide musical theater training and a professional theater experience to underprivileged new york city public school children. Rtk is dedicated to enriching the lives of children through the arts, and does so through several programs. Its goal is to inspire excellence, motivate learning, uplift the human spirit, and instill a lifelong appreciation for the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational development:ps broadway is rtkids' entry-level program, delivering in-school, introductory musical theater classes to approximately 1,000 5th grade students at 15-18 new york city title I public schools every year. Every 5th grade student at each participating school takes part in 15 weekly, hour-long musical theater training classes. Students also attend an in-school concert and talkback with a professional performing artist, and the program culminates in a performance where students showcase the songs and choreography they have learned for their families and school community. Ps broadway's inclusive, comprehensive curriculum aligns with common core state standards, complementing classroom learning and helping students build foundational skills for life.
$863,574 spent45% of program spendingConservatory training:acte ii (a commitment to excellence) is rtkids' nationally recognized 7-year performing arts training program, serving approximately 150 new york city public school students in grades 6-12. Students receive full scholarships for 7 years of sequential, in-depth training in voice, dance, and drama. High school students are also members of a performance ensemble that works with members of the new york city arts community to develop pieces for public performances. Acte ii uses the arts as a catalyst to develop critical life skills such as collaboration, leadership, and confidence and encourage excellence both in and out of the rehearsal room. In addition, our academic initiatives aim to improve students' test scores on standardized tests, increase high school graduation rates, and increase the percentage of students accepted into college or higher education.
$990,375 spent$682,458 earned by the program52% of program spendingHigher education support:acte ii high school students participate in the arts plus initiative, which supports students' academic success through structured tutoring, formalized sat preparation provided by atlas test prep, and intensive college admissions counseling. Year after year, 100% of our students graduate from high school (compared to the city's rate of 80%) and 95% of our students in grades 9-12 maintain at least a 3.2 gpa. 100% of our students are accepted into college or higher education, and many have received full or significant scholarships at noted institutions.sam scholarship in 2014, rtkids established the scholastic and artistic merit (sam) scholarship, which provides one or two acte ii seniors each year with a scholarship to cover gaps in student aid ($1.8m awarded to date). The sam scholarship is awarded to outstanding students selected by the rtkids executive team and board members. Recipients are students who have consistently demonstrated excellence within rtkids' programs.students complete a rigorous application process in march of their senior year. Selection is based on academic achievement, artistic ability, comportment, commitment, and financial need.the…
$65,577 spentof which $49,933 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,919,526.
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 2017 to 2018, from $9.2M to $8.3M (−10%).
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 8% · 2018 4% · 2019 6% · 2020 8% · 2021 25% · 2022 16% · 2023 6% · 2024 2% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Rosie O'Donnell
Chair & president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $171k → $519k.
13 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 63% · 2019 41% · 2020 28% · 2021 28% · 2022 43% · 2023 31% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
74% of ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS 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. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC's funding base is broadening — from 20 funders to 28 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $285k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$285k
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.
Organizations like ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 47 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rosie's Broadway Kids Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC?
- ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,062,249 to it, the largest being THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ($1,366,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $5,062,249 in grants to ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC?
- THE GERALD J AND DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $1,366,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 66 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