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THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION
THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $928,751 to it, the largest being Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc ($163,750). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $929k
- Net assets
- $12M
What The Tampa Theatre Inc A/K/A Tampa Theatre Foundation does
Mission
The organization raises funds to maintain and improve the historically significant tampa theatre facility, and to provide support for artistic and educational programming, including films, concerts, educational programs, and other events which promote a greater appreciation and understanding of the arts, history and humanities. The theatre's activities and services to the community are organized on the financial reports into six different program areas. Each program area reflects activities which support and deliver multiple shows and events. All programs contribute to the theatre's goal to promote understanding and appreciation of the performing and cinematic arts in all forms, to raise, receive and maintain funds to assist with the preservation, restoration, operations, and fundraising for the tampa theatre, and to present and promote educational programs and events which promote a greater appreciation and understanding of the tampa theatre's specific historic significance. The theat
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration and maintenance of the historic tampa theatre for the enjoyment of current and future generations. Program activities include the presentation of live performances, films, lectures and other cultural events. A significant focus of the organization is centered on the restoration and upkeep of the facility, built in 1926 and listed on the national register of historic places and which is designated as a city tampa landmark.
$4,538,128 spent$3,985,117 earned by the program100% of program spendingRestoration and maintenance of the historic tampa theatre for the enjoyment of current and future generations. Program activities include the presentation of live performances, films, lectures and other cultural events. A significant focus of the organization is centered on the restoration and upkeep of the facility, built in 1926 and listed on the national register of historic places and which is designated as a city tampa landmark.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,538,128.
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 2024 to 2025, from $12M to $15M (+25%).
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 13% · 2018 38% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 52% · 2022 18% · 2023 6% · 2024 22% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Michael Hooker
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 12 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $59k → $92k.
8 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $371k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
49% 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 TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 42% · 2019 41% · 2020 39% · 2021 34% · 2022 41% · 2023 43% — 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
36% of THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
87% of THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $238k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $934 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $934
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 TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tampa Theatre I LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION?
- THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $928,751 to it, the largest being Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc ($163,750). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $928,751 in grants to THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION?
- Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc is the largest funder on record, with $163,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 34 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