Indiana · Nonprofit
THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC
THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,577,415 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($1,500,400). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $715k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What The District Theatre Inc does
Mission
The district theatre enriches and strengthens our community by presenting, supporting, and amplifying the voices of performing artists, particularly those who represent the diversity of human experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The theatre produces quality classic, contemporary and original works on stage and provides opportunities to showcase local talent by offering the opportunity to participate in various roles including acting, directing, production, musical performance, etc. The theatre also provides production and venue rentals.
$546,736 spentof which $456,042 as grants$271,835 earned by the program86% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$89,526 spent14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $636,262.
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.
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 $3.8M (+234%).
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 14% · 2022 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC’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. 2 of the last 6 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
Joe Chapelle
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $30k → $1.2M.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 DISTRICT THEATRE 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
THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 82%; 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: 2017 85% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 100% · 2022 53% · 2023 82% — 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
50% of THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
83% of THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $523k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 DISTRICT THEATRE INC has grown faster 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 THE DISTRICT THEATRE 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.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Central Indiana Community Foundation · exempt
- The Indianapolis Foundation · exempt
- Indianapolis Parks Foundation Inc · exempt
- The William E English Foundation · exempt
- Nextechorg Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC: 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 THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC?
- THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,577,415 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($1,500,400). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,577,415 in grants to THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DISTRICT THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 9 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