Vermont · Nonprofit
SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD
SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD (Vermont) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,041 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($178,922). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $392k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $572k
- Net assets
- $306k
What Sandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd does
Mission
Sandglass Theater is dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as a means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder. To this end, we develop and promote innovative work in puppetry and theater.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sandglass had a very active year locally with its 2024 installments of the Winter Sunshine Series, the Voices of Community series, and the annual Crankie Show. In addition to shows at our home theater barn, Winter Sunshine artists also presented several school shows. Voices of Community had artists of diverse ethnicities and cultures do seed residencies to develop new material to then share with our local audience. Our biggest local project was our biannual Puppets in the Green Mountains international puppet festival. Puppeteers and theater artists came from across the country and from around the world, as did our audiences. The theme of the festival was "Just Around the Bend." The festival included the world premier of Sandglass's newest production entitled "Feral."
$136,197 spent$56,800 earned by the program60% of program spendingSandglass also had a busy touring year. Three shows for children and families, "PUNSCHI," "Oma," "Isidor's Cheek" toured in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. "When I Put On Your Glove" toured in New Hampshire, Maine, and Pennsylvania. "The Amazing Story Machine" was performed at the Chicago Puppet Festival, and the "Babylon" film was shown at the Festival of Wonder.
$56,883 spent$33,034 earned by the program25% of program spendingSandglass provided an artist residency in three Vermont Schools and one New Hampshire school. Sandglass provided a "Babylon" film showing and workshop for an Ethiopian Community Development Council fundraiser. Sandglass also presented a workshop as part of the Puppets in the Green Mountains festival. Sandglass conducted its annual Summer Intensive training, attracting puppeteers from across the nation and from around the world.
$29,837 spent$43,066 earned by the program13% of program spendingTheater rental to visiting artists and Sale of merchandise (puppets, books, videos, and art work).
$4,176 spent$1,617 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $227,093.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $231k to $276k (+19%).
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: 2020 18% · 2021 11% · 2022 3% · 2023 11% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $26k → $116k.
From the IRS filings of SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD’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
SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 37% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 27% — 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
80% of SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 6 states in all.
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
SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD?
- SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD (Vermont) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,041 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($178,922). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $572,041 in grants to SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD?
- NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $178,922 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER RESEARCH LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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