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THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE
THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE (Ohio) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,518,490 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($2,525,216). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $21M
What The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre does
Mission
The akron civic theatre, a historical and vibrant nonprofit cultural arts center in downtown akron, enriches the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds throughout the region by presenting a diverse array of local and national performing artists and community events. In fy 2025, the akron civic theatre hosted 393 public events and many tours, rehearsals and auditions. Attendance at fy 2025 events was 169,065 and 185 dedicated volunteers gave 13,402 hours to greet and assist patrons. Through our all access program, we distributed 8,000 free ticket vouchers to economically disadvantaged families and senior citizens served by our partner social service agencies for concerts, family shows, musicals, and special events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The operation of the community hall foundation dba akron civic theatre includes presentations of live music (jazz, blues, folk), dance (ballet, contemporary), theater (all-city musical) and occasionally film. In addition, tours are offered and the facility is used for a variety of community-based events. The foundation also rents the facilities to a wide variety of organizations for the purpose of their presentation of live music, dance, theater, and film. The facilities are also used for other community-based fundraising events, as well as weddings and meetings.
$8,803,380 spent$7,488,945 earned by the program92% of program spendingThe community hall foundation dba akron civic theatre provides administrative, fiscal, logistical, and technical support to the city of akron in relation to its programming of lock 3 and lock 4 parks. Lock 3 hosts a series of free friday night concerts from memorial day to labor day, a series of saturday evening concerts from late june through labor day, and a number of festivals including the rib white and blue festival over fourth of july and the italian american festival the following week. Lock 4 hosts a series of jazz, blues and gospel concerts during the summer months.
$779,239 spent$636,806 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,582,619.
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 2020 to 2021, from $17M to $25M (+51%).
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% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Howard Parr
Exec director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $395k → $281k.
8 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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 COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 75% · 2019 25% · 2020 61% · 2021 67% · 2022 75% · 2023 60% — 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
44% of THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
62% of THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE'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 $2.9M that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M 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 COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE's revenue grew 64% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 366 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE?
- THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE (Ohio) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,518,490 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($2,525,216). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $7,518,490 in grants to THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE?
- THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,525,216 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 33 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