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THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER

THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,294,988 to it, the largest being Tides Foundation ($1,548,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$1.0M
Revenue FY2025
26
Funders on record
$3.3M
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
12/26 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 76%

Against its field

THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER is better cushioned than half of the 2,883 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve4.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,883 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Three funders worth looking at

Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($756k) Expenses 100 ($574k) Net assets 100 ($421k)2019 Revenue 92 ($696k) Expenses 106 ($610k) Net assets 121 ($507k)2020 Revenue 180 ($1.4M) Expenses 116 ($665k) Net assets 285 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 175 ($1.3M) Expenses 110 ($630k) Net assets 451 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 101 ($765k) Expenses 130 ($745k) Net assets 456 ($1.9M)2023 Revenue 122 ($921k) Expenses 187 ($1.1M) Net assets 420 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 136 ($1.0M) Expenses 195 ($1.1M) Net assets 398 ($1.7M)2025 Revenue 133 ($1.0M) Expenses 176 ($1.0M) Net assets 395 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (133)Expenses (176)Net assets (395)Peer revenue range

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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 (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,374 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$182k
18
$86k
19
$694k
20
$696k
21
$20k
22
$150k
23
$94k
24
$10k
25
4.3
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $106k → $217k.

5 of 26 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.

47%
largest funder
78%
top three
~4
effective funders

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

47% of THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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.

MN
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 statesis 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.

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 26 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

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.

Federal$55k
grants $55kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • 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

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New York

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 15%Fundraising 4%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
Conflict-of-interest policyWhistleblower policyDocument retentionBoard reviewed the 990Audited financials

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

NY

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 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,294,988 to it, the largest being Tides Foundation ($1,548,000). 12 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 26 organizations giving $3,294,988 in grants to THEATER ET AL INC DBA THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER, 12 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.

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 26funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing