Virginia · Nonprofit
THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC
THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $571,583 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($320,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $738k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $572k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Firehouse Theatre Project Inc does
Mission
The firehouse theatre project, inc. Is a thriving hub of creative activity, an artistic home, and a center for community engagement where new work is created and performed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Buried child- a metaphorical study of the decline of the american dream. 14 performances. 935 attendees. Peter and the starcatcher- an imaginative, playful origin story for the beloved peter pan legend. 15 performances. 1470 attendees water by the spoonful (virginia premiere)- the friendship, love, pain and triumph shared between members of an online recovery group. 14 performances. 927 attendees. Detroit '67 (richmond premiere)- siblings decide what to do with their family inheritance as racial tensions boil over in the streets of detroit.14 performances. 1356 attendees.
$720,190 spent$737,752 earned by the program100% of program spendingTo encourage and support richmond's artistic community, the organization provided their space to various theatrical and arts groups throughout the fiscal year for use during non-production periods.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $720,190.
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 $1.2M to $1.3M (+7%).
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 2% · 2018 5% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 15% · 2022 40% · 2023 9% · 2024 1% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT 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. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $135k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT 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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 73% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 58% · 2023 74% — 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
75% of THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT 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
THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC has grown faster than half 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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$45k
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 FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $571,583 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($320,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $571,583 in grants to THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC?
- E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $320,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing