Maryland · Nonprofit
THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC
THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,999 to it, the largest being THE MHE FOUNDATION INC ($152,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $470k
What The Talent Machine Company Inc does
Mission
Tmc provides year-round programming in the central md region, by making high-quality theater arts experiences accessible and affordable to all children, including those with disabilities, in a safe, inclusive environment that fosters creativity, teamwork and personal growth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The talent machine company (tmc) produces four musicals each year, including one american sign language (asl) performance per production to ensure accessibility for the hearing impaired. Each show is complemented by free community workshops, performances, master classes, and resource presentations designed to engage youth of all experience levels and backgrounds. Participants, ages 518, are from anne arundel and neighboring counties, including home-schooled students and young people with disabilities. Notably voluteers provided over 6,585 hours to organization programs in 2024. Tmc stages three major shows annually: the summer teen show (ages 14 - 18), summer youth show (ages 7 - 14) and the holiday spectacular (ages 5 - 18). Tmc youth also perform year-round at community events promoting inclusion through the performing arts. Tmc also offers free open pre-audition workshops to promote equity and help build confidence and audition readiness for beginners.
$177,556 spent$107,381 earned by the program91% of program spendingThe penguin project musical:in partnership with the national penguin project, tmc annually produces a fully staged musical featuring young people with disabilitiesincluding those with down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism in all lead and ensemble roles. Each participant is paired with a peer mentor of similar age who supports them through the rehearsal and performance process. In collaberation with the penguin project, tmc hosts free informational sessions for families of children with disabilities offering resources and expert guidance to support thier needs.
$16,645 spent$20,928 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $194,201.
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 $249k to $341k (+37%).
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: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY 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. 1 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $26k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TALENT MACHINE COMPANY 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 TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 52% · 2022 53% · 2023 76% — 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
100% of THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $999 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC?
- THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,999 to it, the largest being THE MHE FOUNDATION INC ($152,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $200,999 in grants to THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC?
- THE MHE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $152,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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