California · Nonprofit
THEATRE DYBBUK
THEATRE DYBBUK (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $994,277 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ($165,080). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $994k
- Net assets
- $307k
What Theatre Dybbuk does
Mission
Theatre Dybbuk creates provocative performances and innovative educational encounters that explore jewish thought to illuminate universal human experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
4a. Theatrical productions and presentations: we continued the development process for our next production - dracula (annotated) - set to premiere in september of 2025. In this piece we investigate bram stoker's dracula, weaving together our unique blend of historical investigation and heightened theatricality to create a new work from the core of the novel. This is the second in a series of ''annotated'' productions in which we explode and explore classic or well-known and culturally influential works to disrupt more familiar or comfortable ways of engaging with them. We presented seven public theatrical events: 1.) a new illuminated lecture called 'hymn of the majestic' which focused on jewish mysticism, presented at the philosophical research society. 2.) a revival of an illuminated (continued in sch. O) (continued) lecture called 'the marvelous puppet show' which brought together a talk by ucla professor barbara fuchs with performances by Theatre Dybbuk ensemble members - at the nimoy theatre. 3.) a revival of 'demons and descents', an evening of jewish tales of the supernatural from babylon to eastern europe, at the philosophical research society, read by actors from Theatre…
$134,457 spent$16,155 earned by the program68% of program spendingTheatre Dybbuk residencies combines elements from all of our other programs - bringing together scholarship and theatricality, arts and educational engagement connected to jewish history to communities throughout north america. It includes: -presentations of our full-length theatrical work, ''the merchant of venice (annotated), or in sooth I know not why I am so sad and a companion performance art piece, ''the villainy you teach'' -partnerships with local institutions to present training workshops for educators and community leaders, in which they learn techniques to engage with their constituents and students around the topics brought up in the performances and beyond. -curricula connected to the performances and workshops available on our website to learners and educators. In fy '25 we (continued in sch. O) (continued) spent a week each in montreal, qc, and toronto, on, serving approximately 450 participants.
$44,732 spent$37,964 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe art of collaborative leadership: Theatre Dybbuk's unique approach to professional development, which combines theatrical and storytelling techniques with organizational skill-building, has benefited lay leaders and staff members throughout the country. Sample workshops: the art of collaborative visioning, your mission in sixty seconds, how to make it rain - brainstorming! We partnered with 20 organizations throughout the united states serving over 1,250 participants.
$8,504 spent$127,200 earned by the program4% of program spendingWe also continued the dybbukast, offering bonus episodes of the podcast and online learning experience, that utilizes a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars to bring the creative works generated, read, and listened to in diasporic jewish communities to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today. The show is available for download on podcast platforms and our website. A wide array of learning resources are available on our website. The podcast's episodes have been downloaded or listened to more than 60,000 times since inception. All public engagements were offered at low or no-cost to the public.
$9,678 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,371.
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 2018 to 2019, from $37k to $124k (+235%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 18% · 2022 11% · 2023 20% · 2024 13% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of THEATRE DYBBUK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income fell $334k → $60k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 DYBBUK’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 DYBBUK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
82% 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 THEATRE DYBBUK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 45% · 2019 58% · 2020 40% · 2021 57% · 2022 46% · 2023 50% — growing more concentrated.
“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
10% of THEATRE DYBBUK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
THEATRE DYBBUK draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $370k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THEATRE DYBBUK holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THEATRE DYBBUK
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 California
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
63%
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 THEATRE DYBBUK: 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 THEATRE DYBBUK?
- THEATRE DYBBUK (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $994,277 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ($165,080). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATRE DYBBUK have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $994,277 in grants to THEATRE DYBBUK, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATRE DYBBUK?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES is the largest funder on record, with $165,080 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATRE DYBBUK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 16 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