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THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC
THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,325,724 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($561,350). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $29M
What The State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick Inc does
Mission
The state theatre, new jersey's second largest performing arts center, links the world's great performing artists and artistic achievements to the people of new jersey. Continued on schedule o.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mainstage programming state theatre new jersey's mainstage programming features high-caliber performing artists across a variety of genres, including an increasing number of blockbuster acts. The theatre consistently brings in top-tier artists from around the world, serving more than 200,000 people from throughout the state annually. Pillars of its programming include the broadway series, which features national tours of hit broadway musicals; the orchestra series, which features renowned international orchestras in a hall noted for its acoustical excellence; continued on schedule o.
$13,208,805 spent$10,774,412 earned by the program95% of program spendingArts education arts education has been a cornerstone of state theatre new jersey's mission from its very first season, and has grown to serve nearly 20,000 people annually. Programs are provided at heavily subsidized cost or completely free of charge, and include performances for schools, which presents high-quality school day matinee performances for students;sensory-friendly performances, tailored for those on the autism spectrum or with other sensory sensitivies; the artist-in-residence program, which serves disadvantaged populations in special needs and inner-city schools, continued on schedule o.
$695,200 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,904,005.
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 $16M to $26M (+66%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 7% · 2021 58% · 2022 61% · 2023 7% · 2024 12% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
John S Fitzgerald
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $102k → $266k.
12 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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 STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
59% 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 STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 43% · 2019 78% · 2020 31% · 2021 22% · 2022 44% · 2023 19% — 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
65% of THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
56% of THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK 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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.3M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC?
- THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,325,724 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($561,350). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $2,325,724 in grants to THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $561,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 36 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