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THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC

THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $989,813 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($140,970). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$540k
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$990k
Net assets
$523k
19/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What The Musical Theater Project Inc does

Mission

To foster a deep appreciation of the american musical and the social and cultural history that surrounds it by creating programs that educate as well as entertain people of all ages

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. School programs provided to public, private and charter schools in rural, suburban and urban settings

    $52,771 spent$34,845 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  2. Concerts and cabarets included performances at various venues in and around cleveland and partnership with other music related non profit organizations

    $383,976 spent$72,518 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  3. Archival projects-radio progams and recordings. The program has more than 100,000 listeners each year in the northeast ohio area alone.

    $65,840 spent$18,532 earned by the program
    13% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $502,587.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($546k) Expenses 100 ($507k) Net assets 100 ($391k)2018 Revenue 146 ($800k) Expenses 114 ($578k) Net assets 157 ($613k)2019 Revenue 148 ($807k) Expenses 149 ($756k) Net assets 170 ($665k)2020 Revenue 123 ($674k) Expenses 141 ($713k) Net assets 183 ($715k)2021 Revenue 80 ($439k) Expenses 88 ($446k) Net assets 224 ($877k)2022 Revenue 86 ($472k) Expenses 122 ($619k) Net assets 173 ($677k)2023 Revenue 91 ($496k) Expenses 114 ($575k) Net assets 163 ($639k)2024 Revenue 97 ($530k) Expenses 127 ($646k) Net assets 143 ($561k)2025 Revenue 99 ($540k) Expenses 121 ($615k) Net assets 134 ($523k)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (121)Net assets (134)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $699k to $1.0M (+44%).

$427k
$662k
$699k
$1.0M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.0M
$951k
$910k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

73% of THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 25,057 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$40k
’17
$222k
’18
$51k
’19
−$38k
’20
−$7k
’21
−$147k
’22
−$79k
’23
−$115k
’24
−$75k
’25
5.4
months of
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.

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Listed19182021181615118
Joined·+2+4+1+2+3+1+2+2
No longer listed·32055265
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $57k → $125k.

8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 MUSICAL THEATER 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 MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

45% 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 MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC.

14%
largest funder
39%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 36% · 2019 23% · 2020 16% · 2021 28% · 2022 45% · 2023 32% — 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

46% of THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

96% of THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

NY
OH
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $444k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 19%Fundraising 1%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC?
THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $989,813 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($140,970). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $989,813 in grants to THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $140,970 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT INC 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 27 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