Iowa · Nonprofit
THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA
THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,942 to it, the largest being HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION ($241,086). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $612k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What The Capitol Theater Foundation of Burlington Iowa does
Mission
The acquisition and restoration of the capitol theater and isu buildings to provide a venue for performing arts events in burlington, iowa. In 2012 began operating as a regional performing arts center for southeast iowa and west central illinois.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Renovation of historic theater
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $2.5M (+4%).
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: 2019 2% · 2020 8% · 2021 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA’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. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $22k → $53k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA’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
THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 100% · 2019 64% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 92% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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
THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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.
Against its field
THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA 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 THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA?
- THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,942 to it, the largest being HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION ($241,086). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $346,942 in grants to THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA?
- HARRY & VIRGINIA MURRAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $241,086 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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