Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC
THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,463,490 to it, the largest being Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation ($2,728,500). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $30M
What The Tivoli Theatre Foundation Inc does
Mission
The corporation shall, by itself or in affiliation with other entities, own, hold, lease, operate, maintain, renovate, and improve certain real property known as the tivoli theatre, the soldiers & sailors memorial auditorium, including the robert kirk walker community theatre, and the tivoli center (collectively, the "venues") located in chattanooga, tennessee, in order to (a) to provide performing arts venues for the community and other entities and individuals for artistic and educational activities; (b) to preserve and restore the venues as historical landmarks, if appropriate; (c) to lease the tivoli center (or parts thereof) to third parties and other charitable organizations in support of the corporation's mission; and (d) to provide the general public with a greater awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the theatrical and performing arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation of two historic performing arts venues in chattanooga, tn, the tivoli theatre and soldiers and sailors memorial auditorium; to oversee the fundraising events and direction of the facilities. (does not include in-kind expenses of $32,050)
$15,557,269 spentof which $7,105 as grants$15,890,403 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,557,269.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $20M (+81%).
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 11% · 2021 47% · 2022 39% · 2023 33% · 2024 10% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION 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. 0 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Nicholas A Wilkinson
Executive director CEO
Board chair
W Keith Sanford
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $17k → $1.3M.
13 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION 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 TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 88% · 2020 50% · 2021 48% · 2022 51% · 2023 62% — 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
56% of THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $846k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% 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
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Tivoli Sub Two LLC · partnership
- Tivoli Prime Tenant LLC · partnership
- Tivoli Sub One Blocker Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,463,490 to it, the largest being Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation ($2,728,500). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $5,463,490 in grants to THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
- Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,728,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TIVOLI THEATRE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 28 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