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SUNDOG THEATER INC

SUNDOG THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,292 to it, the largest being The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc ($360,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$905k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$649k
Net assets
$1.5M
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Sundog Theater Inc does

Mission

Sundog Theatre is a performing arts organization that engages audiences and artists onstage through contemporary and original theater. In the general education classroom, we help student curricula come to life through theater, dance, music and visual arts.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Arts in Education: Sundog Theatre offered artistic outreach programs to 44 local schools, including after-school programs in theater, dance, music and visual arts, reaching 17,555 children. Sundog also provided acting instruction to 74 youth, and cultural programs to 398 seniors at four senior centers on Staten Island.

    $560,382 spent$671,884 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  2. Stage Productions: Sundog Theatre offered seven live main-stage and touring productions to the public reaching a total of 16,974 patrons.

    $175,334 spent$117,082 earned by the program
    24% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $735,716.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($591k) Expenses 100 ($541k) Net assets 100 ($414k)2021 Revenue 194 ($1.1M) Expenses 143 ($773k) Net assets 190 ($786k)2022 Revenue 206 ($1.2M) Expenses 179 ($966k) Net assets 251 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 221 ($1.3M) Expenses 173 ($938k) Net assets 340 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 126 ($743k) Expenses 121 ($653k) Net assets 362 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 153 ($905k) Expenses 173 ($937k) Net assets 354 ($1.5M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (153)Expenses (173)Net assets (354)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.5M (+40%).

$547k
$930k
$1.1M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.6M
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 59% · 2021 66% · 2022 50% · 2023 36% · 2024 55% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

64% of SUNDOG THEATER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$50k
’20
$372k
’21
$253k
’22
$370k
’23
$90k
’24
−$33k
’25
20
months of
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

Susan Fenley

Executive Director

Board chair

Marjorie Hack

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed10106989
Joined·+0+0+3+0+2
No longer listed·04011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $507k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 SUNDOG THEATER INC’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

SUNDOG THEATER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

55%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2020 57% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 59% — 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

40% of SUNDOG THEATER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

SUNDOG THEATER INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.

NY
MA
CA
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’20
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SUNDOG THEATER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve19.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like SUNDOG THEATER 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 18%Fundraising 3%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

81%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds SUNDOG THEATER INC?
SUNDOG THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,292 to it, the largest being The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc ($360,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SUNDOG THEATER INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $649,292 in grants to SUNDOG THEATER INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SUNDOG THEATER INC?
The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc is the largest funder on record, with $360,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SUNDOG THEATER 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 2020–2025), 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