New York · Nonprofit
THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC
THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,700 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $-571
What Theater for Personal Growth Inc does
Mission
The organizations mission is to present theater pieces for children and adults that are related to cultural awareness and personal development. In their learning by acting programs they teach children and youths
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Theater performances for children
$102,468 spent40% of program spendingBirthday parties
$46,110 spent18% of program spendingTheater workshops for children learning by acting
$107,590 spent42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $256,168.
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 2019 to 2020, from $42k to $20k (−53%).
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 2% · 2018 3% · 2019 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $500.
From the IRS filings of THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH 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
THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC'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. 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 FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $33k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC: 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 FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC?
- THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,700 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,700 in grants to THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC?
- OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATER FOR PERSONAL GROWTH INC 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 3 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