New York · Nonprofit
THE FEATH3R THEORY INC
THE FEATH3R THEORY INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,074,457 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($900,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $780k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $683k
What The Feath3r Theory Inc does
Mission
The feath3r theory carries out its mission by creating, presenting, and supporting artistic and educational programming that enriches the community and strengthens civic life. The organization works to preserve and celebrate brooklyn's cultural history, including historically significant arts spaces; produce and present live performances and artistic works across multiple disciplines at affordable cost to the public; cultivate the next generation of artists, audiences, and patrons; and provide educational programs for theater patrons, new york city residents and young people. Through these activities, the feath3r theory seeks to expand access to the arts, encourage community dialogue, and serve its constituencies in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The feath3r theory produced and presented multidisciplinary performing arts programming for public audiences in new york city, including dance, theater, and media-based works. The organization supported artists through rehearsals, workshops, residencies, and live performances featuring emerging and established collaborators. Programs were designed to expand public access to contemporary performing arts, support artistic development, and foster community engagement through accessible cultural and educational programming.
$198,683 spent$36,310 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $198,683.
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 2024 to 2025, from $206k to $683k (+232%).
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: 2022 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of THE FEATH3R THEORY INC’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. 3 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $73k → $64k.
From the IRS filings of THE FEATH3R THEORY 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 FEATH3R THEORY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
91% of THE FEATH3R THEORY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 FEATH3R THEORY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE FEATH3R THEORY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE FEATH3R THEORY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FEATH3R THEORY 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 FEATH3R THEORY INC?
- THE FEATH3R THEORY INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,074,457 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($900,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FEATH3R THEORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,074,457 in grants to THE FEATH3R THEORY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FEATH3R THEORY INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FEATH3R THEORY 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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