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THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,579 to it, the largest being THEATER LEAGUE INC ($57,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$224k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$164k
Net assets
$-20232
4/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Theatre for Young America Inc does

Mission

To foster the educational and emotional growth of young people through the creative art of live theater and arts education.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Resident Performances: Theatre for Young American Inc (TYA) provided live professional performances at the City Stage in Union Station and Avila University. There were a total of 114 performances, before a total of 16,023 audience members. This represents an increase in overall attendance numbers, as well as number of attendees per performance. Audience members include school field trips, preschool classes, summer camps from other community organizations, families, and visitors from out of town. In addition, TYA provide post performance seminars, study guides, 'touch tours' of stage items for the visually impaired, and can provide ASL interpreted performances upon request.

    $158,422 spent$104,854 earned by the program
    91% of program spending
  2. Arts Education: TYA provided drama classes for 137 students form preschool through high school at the City Stage at Union Station and at Avila University.

    $15,991 spent$14,562 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $174,413.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($188k) Expenses 100 ($169k) Net assets 100 ($21k)2021 Revenue 83 ($156k) Expenses 78 ($132k) Net assets 245 ($52k)2022 Revenue 79 ($149k) Expenses 151 ($256k) Net assets -255 ($-54381)2023 Revenue 119 ($224k) Expenses 136 ($230k) Net assets -95 ($-20232)
2020202120222023
Revenue (119)Expenses (136)Net assets (-95)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $76k to $9k (−89%).

$45k
$76k
$9k
$21k
2020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 18% · 2023 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

50% of THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’20
$24k
’21
−$107k
’22
−$6k
’23
0.5
months of
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.

Chief executive

Eugene Mackey

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202023
Listed77
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $20k → $35k.

2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 FOR YOUNG AMERICA 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 FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

51% 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 FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC.

35%
largest funder
64%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 46% · 2021 37% · 2022 62% · 2023 71% — 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

14% of THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

60% of THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

MO
TX

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

Government funding THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.

Federal$30k
grants $30kcontracts $0
20
21
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$30k

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 FOR YOUNG AMERICA 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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

KS

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Questions and answers

Who funds THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC?
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,579 to it, the largest being THEATER LEAGUE INC ($57,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $163,579 in grants to THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC?
THEATER LEAGUE INC is the largest funder on record, with $57,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 11 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