New York · Nonprofit
THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC
THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CULLEN FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Theatre Alliance of Buffalo Inc does
Mission
To support, promote and develop member theatre companies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Theatre Bucks Program: a shared ticket program to allow public to purchase tickets for any member theatre. Members benefitted: 17
$0 spentAdvertising and Professional Fees: Shared advertising and promotion of member theatre shows. In addition, group auditions conducted benefitting all member theatres. Non-member theatres may also attend these auditions, for a small fee. Members benefitted: 17
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $50k to $40k (−21%).
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.
0% of THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.
From the IRS filings of THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO 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
THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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: 2019 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 THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO 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
THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC?
- THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CULLEN FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,000 in grants to THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO INC?
- CULLEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATRE ALLIANCE OF BUFFALO 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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