California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE
SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being DR SEUSS FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $351
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $27k
What San Diego Theatre Critics Circle does
Mission
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to reviewing and honoring the top achievements in San Diego professional theater. The organization is made up of 9 professional theater critics who write about theater throughout the year, then vote to choose the top achievements. Each February, a ceremony is held to honor the top performances, direction, design and productions and cash awards totaling $2750 or are given in the categories of achievements by a small theater and youth critics. The event draws 400 people. We give away 30 percent of all tickets free to nominees, youth writers and volunteers. The cost to present the ceremony and pay for award plaques and scholarships is raised through a 50-50 mix of donations and ticket sales. The board and all members are volunteers. In addition to the awards ceremony, our members teach about theater criticism in high schools and judge theater competitions and have a newsletter and podcast.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Each February nominations are selected in up to 25 categories of theatrical excellence and an awards program in San Diego. Nearly 400 people attend the open-to-all event. All nominated artists receive free tickets, which are underwritten by donors and ticket sales. The awards are coveted by the local artists because it helps them get other work and theater companies use the awards as a way to establish a pattern of excellence when applying for grants. This year we awarded a $600 scholarship to the winners of our Young Critics writing competition for high school and college age students. We also awarded a $1,000 grant to the winner of the most outstanding achievement by a small theater (under 99 seats).
$0 spentof which $2,750 as grants
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2018 to 2019, from $6k to $17k (+199%).
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.
100% of SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.
From the IRS filings of SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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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 SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE?
- SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being DR SEUSS FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,500 in grants to SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE?
- DR SEUSS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 1 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