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THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER (New York) receives grants from 246 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,528,923 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,531,252). 166 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $71M
- Funders on record
- 246
- Grants received
- $34M
- Net assets
- $172M
What The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater does
Mission
See schedule othe organization's fundamental purpose, as adopted in its by-laws, is(1) to present, develop, and encourage the highest excellence in the performing arts; (2) to encourage and advance the public knowledge and appreciation of drama and classical, artistic, musical, literary and social tradition by theatrical performances available to the largest possible audiences, encompassing the full economic and social spectrum; (3) to maintain accessibility to lincoln center theater by maintaining the lowest practicable ticket prices; (4) to promote interest in the study of theater arts and drama in particular by providing the organization's artists, performers, managers and employees with an atmosphere of freedom to pursue creative objectives and with working conditions altogether encouraging excellence in the arts, human dignity, and individual freedom; and (5) to provide the premises, atmosphere and support for groups of performers who share the artistic standards, purposes and asp
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Theatrical production and operations, including artistic staff and facilitiesthe organization presents not-for-profit theatrical productions to the general public at the vivian beaumont and mitzi e. Newhouse theaters at lincoln center, as well as works by young and emerging artists (the lct3 program) at the claire tow theater at lincoln center. The following productions were presented: "mcneal" (beaumont theater, 76 perfs., attendance 83,220);"floyd collins" (beaumont theater, 98 perfs., attendance 81,700);"the blood quilt" (newhouse theater, 65 perfs., attendance 16,779);"ghosts" (newhouse theater, 82 perfs., attendance 22,697);"six characters" (tow theater, 50 perfs., attendance 5,224);"five models in ruins, 1981" (tow theater, 50 perfs., attendance 5,267).
$47,143,012 spentof which $134,041 as grants$24,879,603 earned by the program94% of program spendingMarketing, education & outreachthe education and community engagement department works with thousands of new yorkers each year in schools and in their communities, as well as at lincoln center theater (lct). Our education programs connect the artistry on our stages to new york city public schools in partnerships that support creative teaching and imaginative student learning through theater. Our community engagement programs use theater as a tool to spark curiosity, foster compassion, and empower our communities. Lct has five main education initiatives that serve both students and teachers in new york city's public middle and high schools. The high school program provides in-school workshops conducted by teaching artists as well as free tickets for our productions. The shakespeare program provides students with an introduction to the playwright by approaching his language as actors. The lead (learning english and drama) project helps multilingual learners improve their english-language speaking skills by utilizing theater techniques. The songwriting in schools program brings professional lyricists and composers into classrooms to teach students how to write songs from a…
$2,512,494 spent$1,248,471 earned by the program5% of program spendingSpecial artistic projects.special artistic projects include developmental workshops and readings of new plays and musicals (the play development program), commissions for new plays and operas, and the publication of the lincoln center theater review, a journal of the drama. Grants and awards within this program service are the cullman award for creative achievement.
$444,866 spentof which $30,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,100,372.
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 $166M to $199M (+20%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 26% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER’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.
Chief executive
Naomi Grabel
Exec. Dir. Devel. & planni
Board chair
Kewsong Lee
Chairman of board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 61 funders to 115 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $5.5M.
17 of 246 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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: $793k from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER raised.
From the IRS filings of THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 246 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 VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 13 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 13 funders to its left
31% 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 VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 11% · 2018 15% · 2019 17% · 2020 15% · 2021 8% · 2022 11% · 2023 13% — 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
44% of THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
77% of THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $185k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$185k
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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
- Lct Ragtime Joint Venture · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER?
- THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER (New York) receives grants from 246 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,528,923 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,531,252). 166 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 246 organizations giving $33,528,923 in grants to THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER, 166 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,531,252 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 246 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