New York · Nonprofit
THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD
THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,759 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($225,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $726k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $444k
- Net assets
- $65k
What The Cell Theatre Company Ltd does
Mission
The cell theatre is a not-for-profit dedicated to the incubation and presentation of new work across all artistic disciplines that mine the mind, pierce and awaken the soul.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024 we had an incredibly busy season of productions, in addition to a healthy artist-in-residence program. We hosted three productions at the cell theatre, in addition to a co-production off-site. The first one, the tiger's bride took over all four floors of the building, the off-site co-production arctic explorations utilized a lot of resources early in the year and the final production communion was directed by our artistic director kira simring. 12 artist-in-residencies were granted, one of which being where we meet, a highly anticipated workshop of a play that incorporates original music in a concert-style setting. Our rental program saw it's best year yet with over $90,000 in revenue.
$441,145 spent$69,560 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $441,145.
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 2017 to 2018, from $250k to $177k (−29%).
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: 2023 6% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY 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. 7 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 narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $158k → $500.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 CELL THEATRE COMPANY 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
THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 67% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 79% · 2023 100% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
81% of THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $86k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $358k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD's revenue grew 25% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD?
- THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,759 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($225,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $443,759 in grants to THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CELL THEATRE COMPANY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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