California · Nonprofit
South Orange County Community Theatre
South Orange County Community Theatre (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,911 to it, the largest being EUGENE & MARILYN GLICK FOUNDATION ($37,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $426k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What South Orange County Community Theatre does
Mission
The South Orange County Community Theatre was formed as a charitable organization for community benefit and exists to provide theatrical entertainment for patrons and theatrical training for youth and adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
(1.) The South Orange County Community Theatre annually provides 6 Mainstage Shows entertaining about 7,000 patrons; 6-8 Second Stage shows with attendance of about 1,200 patrons; 8-10 Outside Performances, Comedy Club, Solo and Group Concerts, and others entertaining about 1,000 patrons. (2.) The Theatre annually provides 4-6 formal classes with about 200 students, including home school performance; and provides on-stage and backstage performance and support opportunities to 250 volunteer actors, technicians and others. (3.) The Theatre Gives back to the community with gift certificates to fundraiser activities for 50 or more regional groups per year; makes the theatre available for meetings for these groups, opens the scene shop for set build and scenic art work for many groups including the Local Art Walk, Local Schools, Chamber of Commerce, Fiesta Association and others; also loans technical equipment to schools and other organizations as needed.
$52,451 spent$426,433 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $52,451.
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 2023 to 2024, from $630k to $1.9M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 24% · 2022 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of South Orange County Community Theatre’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Tim Mulroy
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $16k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 South Orange County Community Theatre’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
South Orange County Community Theatre leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 55% · 2022 54% · 2023 68% — 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.
Where its funders are
South Orange County Community Theatre draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
South Orange County Community Theatre runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like South Orange County Community Theatre
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
16% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Orange County Community Theatre: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds South Orange County Community Theatre?
- South Orange County Community Theatre (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,911 to it, the largest being EUGENE & MARILYN GLICK FOUNDATION ($37,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Orange County Community Theatre have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $64,911 in grants to South Orange County Community Theatre, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Orange County Community Theatre?
- EUGENE & MARILYN GLICK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Orange County Community Theatre 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 7 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