Indiana · Nonprofit
The Rees Theatre Inc
The Rees Theatre Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,431 to it, the largest being MARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($258,431). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $421k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $369k
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What The Rees Theatre Inc does
Mission
The REES Theatre Inc.s mission is to restore maintain and operate the historic Rees Theatre as an arts cultural and educational resource for the use and benefit of the community. In late 2022 the organization completed the final phase of its renovation and restoration of the theatre building and opened to the public. 2024 marked The REES Theatres second full year of operation as a center for arts education culture and celebration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
For almost seventy years the Rees Theatre in downtown Plymouth,Indiana served as the areas hub for family entertainment. Sadly in 2009 the 1940 Art Deco theatre closed and fell into disrepair. Recognizing the value of the building as an important cultural and historic landmark for the people of Plymouth and Marshall County a group of concerned citizens began meeting in 2016 and 2017 to explore how to bring the Rees Theatre back to life as a center for arts culture and education. In 2018 the Rees Theatre Inc. commenced the multi-phased restoration renovation and repurposing work on the building. The organization worked with architects engineers audio-visual experts and construction professionals for four years and proudly reopened the Rees Theatre doors to the public in October 2022. 2023 saw a few finishing touches being added to the restored theatre as well as final consultations with engineers architects and AV experts. In 2024 mechanical repairs and routine maintenance also took place. Also work began on the third floor of the Theatre. This area will house offices and meeting entertainment space.
$1,301 spent1% of program spendingIn its 2024 programming season the Rees Theatre presented an exciting and diverse slate of movies performances educational programs and community events. Highlights from the busy year included: *Cinema - Seasoned Citizens matinees childrens movies; *Theater - Community theater and comedy acts; *Music - Live performances featuring bands and artists representing a diverse array of musical genres; *Education - Workforce training and seminars workshops academic lectures documentary presentations elementary field trips academic award programs speech and debate team showcase; *Civic - public forum nights service and community club meetings fundraisers and award presentations; and *Celebrations - graduation parties holiday parties class reunions wedding events. For each happening at The REES volunteers welcomed the community serving as ushers concessions workers and post-event cleaners. Paid audio-visual technicians and artistic directors ensured that presentations at The Rees were of a high caliber. Even when not hosting an event or program the Rees Theatre serves as a center for community connection. The restored lighted marquee continues to enhance the downtowns streetscape announcing…
$208,122 spent$116,536 earned by the program99% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $209,423.
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 $2.1M to $4.4M (+109%).
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: 2020 24% · 2021 46% · 2022 65% · 2023 2% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of The Rees Theatre Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $70k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 Rees 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 Rees Theatre Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 Rees Theatre Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 57% — 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
84% of The Rees Theatre Inc'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 $60k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $309k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 Rees Theatre Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Rees 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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Rees 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 Rees Theatre Inc?
- The Rees Theatre Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,431 to it, the largest being MARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($258,431). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Rees Theatre Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $369,431 in grants to The Rees Theatre Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Rees Theatre Inc?
- MARSHALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $258,431 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Rees 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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