New York · Nonprofit
SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD
SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,403 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($108,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Shea's O'Connell Preservation Guild Ltd does
Mission
To restore & maintain shea's buffalo theatre for present & future generations to enjoy as a working historic theatre providing a wide variety of live performing arts experiences for our patrons and innovative and effective educational experiences fostering an appreciation of live theatre by area youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Production and performance of theatrical experiences to the western new york community. Mixing classical productions with contemporary hits and new, innovative shows, shea's theatre remains committed to delivering world-class productions to its dedicated audience.
$24,365,847 spent$27,846,637 earned by the program99% of program spendingArts engagement and education to foster artistic expression and community involvement. The program aims to inspire creativity, cultivate diverse talents, and foster a deep appreciation for the arts by providing accessible and inclusive arts education, innovative programs, and meaningful community engagements.
$157,611 spent$64,076 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,523,458.
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 2024 to 2025, from $29M to $36M (+22%).
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% · 2021 45% · 2022 27% · 2024 4% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Brian Higgins
President/CEO
Board chair
James J Eagan
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $21k → $23k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $490k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD raised.
From the IRS filings of SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD 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
SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
34% 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 SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 60% · 2021 58% · 2022 43% · 2023 44% — 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
60% of SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 4 related entities
- Shea's Concessions LLC · disregarded
- 505 Pearl Street Wny LLC · disregarded
- 710 Main Street Inc · exempt
- All for One Theatre Productions LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD?
- SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,403 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($108,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $200,403 in grants to SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $108,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHEA'S O'CONNELL PRESERVATION GUILD LTD 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 9 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