New York · Nonprofit
THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER
THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,305,488 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($1,548,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Theater Et Al Inc Dba the Chocolate Factory Theater does
Mission
Theater et al, inc. Dba the chocolate factory theater (the organization") is an artist-run and centered incubator for experimental performance, an artist service organization and a community anchor.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization supports the creation and presentation of work in theater, dance, music & the visual arts with a focus on cross disciplinary collaborations.
$820,085 spent$60,980 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $820,085.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.2M to $2.0M (+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: 2018 18% · 2019 17% · 2020 16% · 2021 12% · 2022 29% · 2023 17% · 2024 7% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Sheila Lewandowski
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $106k → $217k.
5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER’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
THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% 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
56% 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 THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2019 54% · 2020 77% · 2021 35% · 2022 50% · 2023 23% — 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
44% of THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
74% of THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 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. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER is better cushioned 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 THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$55k
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 THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER?
- THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,305,488 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($1,548,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $3,305,488 in grants to THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,548,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 27 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