New York · Nonprofit
THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC
THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,749,601 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Theatre Communications Group Inc does
Mission
Tcg's mission is to lead for a just and thriving theatre ecology. By "lead for," we mean communal leadership that models listening, accountability, and action. By "just and "thriving," we envision a movement that has the investments, commitments, and participants it needs to abundantly serve multifaceted communities and advance equity and justice. And by "theatre ecology," we mean all the individuals who make up the theatre field, whether they be artists, administrators, students, educators, technicians, or trustees.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grant programstcg distributes grants to theatres and individuals each year through a series of philanthropic partnerships. By making funds available to organizations, individual artists, and administrators, tcg can provide professional development opportunities for a growing body of professionals and help build and connect a new generation of practitioners. Programs during fy25 included: the willa kim costume design scholarship; the rising leaders of color program, which supported a cohort of theatre journalists; a new round of thrive! Grants, providing general operating support for under-resourced theatres of color; and the introduction of funds for the dolls, a new granting initiative for trans women of color artists.
$1,018,402 spentof which $99,845 as grants24% of program spendingPublicationstcg is the largest independent publisher of dramatic text in north america. Our catalog has over 500 titles, including 22 pulitzer prize-winning plays, one nobel prize winner, 11 macarthur "geniuses", and numerous tony, drama desk, and obie award nominations and winners. Tcg books proudly represents over 140 writers who embody excellence in contemporary playwriting and also represent diverse identities of race, ethnicity, gender, and age. Our playwrights and authors are shaping the canon and legacy of modern theatre. Tcg books has a dual objective: to bring new literary voices to public attention and cultivate individual relationships with its playwrights that nurture their careers. To date, over 5 million copies have been sold. Tcg's industry-leading publication, american theatre magazine, is the national american professional not-for-profit theatre magazine, informing readers about meaningful work and significant issues affecting theatre art and practice. The country's only magazine devoted to theatre, at is committed to strengthening the national theatre ecology through public access to more equitable arts journalism. During fy25, the editorial content and podcasts…
$2,342,500 spent$1,137,368 earned by the program56% of program spendingMembershiptcg conducts research for and about the not-for-profit theatre field to assess the changing needs and conditions of the theatre community, chronicle the field's growth, support national advocacy efforts, and create resources to aid theatre professionals in their work. Tcg also provides field-wide leadership by representing the field in washington, dc, by advocating on a range of issues, including nea appropriations, covid-relief efforts, arts education funding, tax incentives for charitable giving, the visa process for international artists, funding for cultural exchange, and protecting performing arts technology. For over four decades, tcg has led the american not-for-profit theatre field as one of its most robust and influential sources of theatre-specific research and surveys. Tcg assesses and chronicles the field's fiscal evolution including finance, audience, and donor trends through theatre facts, the industry's broadest overview of the theatre ecology; the salary survey; and other special publications and topical surveys in areas such as governance, employee benefits, and more. In fy25, tcg released the 44th annual theatre facts report for 2023, documenting the…
$830,515 spent$30,472 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,191,417.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $7.8M to $5.3M (−32%).
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 2% · 2019 5% · 2020 2% · 2021 22% · 2022 15% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $794k → $1.1M.
14 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 62% · 2019 41% · 2020 49% · 2021 48% · 2022 30% · 2023 19% — 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
31% of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
65% of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 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. $551k 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.
Government funding THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $965k on record — $965k federal, $460 state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$965k
- Advertising$460
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 THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC?
- THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,749,601 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $10,749,601 in grants to THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 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.
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 77 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